Concert: ‘A Baroque Garland’
Sophie Middleditch - recorder
Helen Hooker - recorder
Lynden Cranham - baroque ’cello
David Pollock - harpsichord
Programme:
- Johann Christoph Schultze (c.1733-1813) - Suite in D minor
- Gottfried Keller (d.1704) - Sonata No.5 in C major
- Jacques Paisible (c.1650-1721) Sonata in B flat J
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Sonata in G minor
Since its formation in 1998, The Parnassian Ensemble has gained a reputation for its virtuosic performances and innovative programming. It regularly appears at prestigious venues throughout the British Isles such as The Purcell Room; St John’s, Smith Square; St David’s Hall, Cardiff and The Fairfield Hall, Croydon. The ensemble also performs for festivals, music societies and museums as well as schools and universities.
The group’s concert schedule has included appearances at the Victoria and Albert Museum; the National Portrait Gallery; the Cobbe Collection of historical keyboard instruments, Hatchlands, Surrey; the Newbury Spring Festival; the Djanogly Recital Hall, Nottingham; the Firth Hall, University of Sheffield and the Totnes Early Music Society, Devon.
An unusual feature of its recitals is the introduction to audiences of fine, original, early eighteenth-century English recorder music which would otherwise remain virtually unknown. It was this enthusiasm that led to the recording of their critically acclaimed first disc, A Noble Entertainment – Music from Queen Anne’s London 1702-1714 (AV2094) released on the Avie Records label and which is now regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM and world-wide.
It is also developing an exciting project to commission new works by living composers.
The ensemble recently travelled to Bergen, Norway to teach at the Grieg Academy and to perform in the Antikk Musikk concerts series.