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3rd July 2009
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This month's photo The Longslade Consort on tour - August 2008 Forthcoming Concerts Summer Tour Our Summer Tour is in East Anglia. Do visit a concert if you are nearby: Saturday 18th July 7.30 All Saints Drinkstone Sunday 19th July 7.00 St. Mary's Church, Harkstead Tuesday 21st July 7.30 All Saints Church, Mattishall Wednesday 22nd July 7.30 St. Andrew's Church, Hingham Friday 24th July 7.30 St. Mary's Church, Ellingham Sunday 26th July 5.00 St. Mary's Church, Grundisburgh Monday 27th July 7.30 St. Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth Tuesday 28th July 7.30 St. John the Baptist Church, Reedham Wednseday 29th July 7.30 St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds Thursday 30th July 7.30 St. Mary's Church, Homersfield Friday 31st July 7.30 St. Bartholomew's Church, Orford Saturday 1st August 6.30 Worlingworth Parish Church Friday 28th August 7.30-9.30 Castle Park Festival Guildhall Music, Bricks and Mortar. Music for the kings and queens of England. Stephen Butt (Radio Leicester) and The Longslade Consort present some reflections on the historic buildings of the Guildhall area with Royal Music from Richard III - George II. The Longslade Consort The Longslade Consort is a small group of musicians dedicated to bringing the highest standards of small consort music to the widest possible audience. Members of the group have performed on local radio, in nineteen Cathedrals, stately homes and numerous Parish Churches. They have also devised many Baroque dinners with 18thC food and music. The group has performed in the Barbican foyer, at the Edinburgh and Glasgow Early Music Festival Fringes and has appeared several times at the International Music Festival at Sidmouth. They make regular appearances at the annual Leicester Castle Park Festival. They are particularly noted for their lighthearted introduction to the World of Early Music. The Longslade Consort's collection of early musical instruments includes a set of Renaissance recorders, crumhorns, cornamuse, gemshorn, rauschpfeife, rackett, shawm, sordune, spinet, harpsichord, viol da gamba, an assortment of percussion including nakers and timbrel and a vast number of Baroque recorders. Apart from the recorders, most were made by the group's Director, John Bence. The woodwind are mostly based on originals in the Brussels' Collection and the spinet is a copy of an early 18th century original in a private collection. Yvette Adams' passion for Early Music began in her teens and before leaving school, she had been awarded recorder diplomas by two London Music Colleges. Despite working full-time for the NHS and studying for a PhD in canon law, Yvette is in great demand as a soloist and teacher. Yvette is primarily a recorder player, but most of her concerts include at least some music for other instruments such as crumhorn, rauschpfeife, gemshorn and spinet. Recent concerts have included performances at Leicester Early Music Festival 2004, on local radio, and in the Leicester Museums' Early Music Concert Series. With John Bence, she offers popular workshops for all ages. The group's first CD - "Music from the Mists of Time" is a lighthearted look at the World of Early Music with a wide-ranging selection of instruments from the Consort's collection, coupled with some great pieces from the Baroque, featuring Handel, Scarlatti and Telemann. A second CD, "A Window to the Past," released in 2002, presents a further selection of music from the group's vast repertoire. "This multi-talented group present early music with humour, enthusiasm and excellent Musicianship." Leicester Mercury, August 2001 "...We heard Recorder Concerti by Handel, Vivaldi, Sammartini and Telemann played with breathtaking dexterity by Yvette Adams and Stephen Bence - two superb artists who never fail to impress with their technical skills and musical insight." Leicester Mercury May 2001 "The Longslade Consort is an accomplished and versatile group led by the city's leading early Music specialist John Bence" Leicester Mercury July 2000 Leicester Waits We have been appointed official Leicester Waits. In our case that means early 18thC Waits - slightly anachronistic I know but what seems to suit the Lord Mayor's needs!. |
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