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Music from the Pilgrims’ Way in Redhill
St Matthew’s Church, Redhill, Surrey, 1st September 2016 1.10pm This lunchtime concert formed part of the well-established series at St Matthew’s church, Redhill. The town stands just to the south of the ancient Pilgrims Way to Canterbury in Kent, along which Geoffrey Chaucer travelled … Continue reading
Medieval Music for England’s Medieval Festival
All Saints Church Herstmonceux, 27 August 2016 7.30pm We were delighted to be invited to give a concert in Herstmonceux that tied in with the 24th annual medieval festival at Herstmonceux Castle, which is the largest event of its kind … Continue reading
Vexations in Mayfield!
Mayfield Convent Chapel, Sunday 1 – Monday 2 May 2016 Our concert for the Mayfield Festival was possibly the oddest gig we have been asked to do (although whether it was as odd as playing the theme for “Upstairs Downstairs” … Continue reading
Anglo-French collaboration in Framfield
On April 2nd we took part in an unusual joint concert with the Sussex Waits and a group of visiting early musicians from the Conservatoire Camille Saint-Saens de Dieppe. All three ensembles performed works from their own repertoire, Faronel and the … Continue reading
500 Years of British Music in Sevenoaks… and Venice!
Walthamstow Hall School, Sevenoaks, Kent Thursday 21 January 6.30pm Santa Maria del Miracoli, Venice, Sunday 14 February 4.00pm Basilica SS Giovanni e San Paolo, Venice, Monday 15 February 4.00pm In January we gave a whistle-stop tour of music from the British Isles … Continue reading
Welcome Yule at Herstmonceux!
December 12th 7.30pm Following our concert earlier this year in the atmospheric surroundings of All Saints’ church in Herstmonceux, we are delighted that the Rector and churchwardens have invited us back to give a Christmas concert on 12 December. The … Continue reading
Faronel at the Hailsham Festival of Arts and Culture
We are very pleased to have been invited to present the opening concert of the 2015 Hailsham Arts Festival on September 12th at 12.00pm in Hailsham Parish Church. The festival has been running for some years now and contains a … Continue reading
Music for Pilgrimages on the Pilgrims Way
Saturday 29 August 7.30pm, St George’s Church, Wrotham, Kent Our next concert focuses on music for pilgrimages, and appropriately enough we will be presenting it in a church that stands on the ancient Pilgrims Way to Canterbury in Kent, along … Continue reading
Musicians and Murals!
Our Music and Murals concert in the picturesque setting of West Somerton church in Norfolk was geared towards celebrating the restoration of the church and its magnificent murals with music appropriate to the various periods of the building’s construction. From … Continue reading
Music and Murals in Norfolk
We are hugely looking forward to our next concert in Norfolk which is inspired by the magnificent newly-restored wall paintings at West Somerton church. The programme will include 14th century repertoire contemporary with the paintings, including works by Machaut, … Continue reading