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News
Bach weekend
June 6-8, 2008
Corelli Concerts is promoting a new
festival dedicated to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The
first weekend will take place from 6-8 June 2008, and will
feature cantata performances by soprano Evelyn Tubb, an
illustrated talk by BBC Radio 3’s Simon Heighes, and
chamber and choral performances.
The aim is to experience Bach’s
music in the context of music by composers he knew and
performed and will focus in part on Bach’s early works.
There will be talks for all the family on ‘Demistifying
Bach’ including a children’s illustrated talk on
invertible counterpoint! The afternoon slots on the Saturday
and Sunday will be given over chamber concerts entitled ‘Bach
after Lunch’. See you there!
Email Corelli Concerts if you want to be
on the e-newsletter for the Bach weekend.
Corelli on telly
December 24, 2007
Members of the Corelli Orchestra played
in the live BBC1 broadcast of Midnight Mass from Worcester
Cathedral on December 24. Accompanying the cathedral choir,
they performed extracts from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and
Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit.
Bach: St John Passion
March 1, 2008
The Corelli Orchestra will be joining
forces with the St Cecillia Singers of Gloucester for a
performance of Bach’s St John Passion on March 1.
Conducted by Russell Burton, the performance will feature
internationally-acclaimed tenor Andrew King as evangelist.
St David’s Festival
May 24, 2008
The Corellis will be joining forces with
St Davids Cathedral Choir under the baton of Alexander Mason in
a programme to include musicby Purcell (Rejoice in the Lord
alway, My heart is inditing), Vivaldi (Gloria), and Bach
(Jauchzet Gott) with soprano soloist Natalie Clifton-Griffith.
Cheltenham’s Pittville Pump Room
reprieved
Regulars of the Corelli Orchestra series
at the Pittville Pump Room will be relieved to hear that common
sense has prevailed. The Borough Council will not, after all,
but putting the building to commercial use. At the time or
writing it is understood that the Pump Room will be still
available to cultural events.
Since the consultation exercise took much
longer than had been intended - the announcement was made some
four months late - our plans have been delayed. We very much
regret that as a result, it has not been possible for the
Corelli Orchestra to run a series at the Pump Room for the
07/08 season.
Details of the new 2008/9 season will be
advertised shortly.
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