It will be absolutely fantastic to be part of the inaugural Glasgow Barons Early Music Festival. This is the first festival of this sort that Glasgow has seen in over 30 years. I will play with lutenist Alex McCartney, and our programme is titled Searching for Their Voice, featuring experimental music from the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
It is lovely to have a little article about Ensemble 1604’s debut album, Shadows That in Darkness Dwell, featured in this spring’s edition of The Recorder Magazine. You can get hold of the magazine via Peacock Press – hopefully my writing will provide you some intriguing background on the project, which will inspire you to have a listen to the album.
After a few years I am happy to return to the French Institute of Scotland’s international harpsichord festival which will take place in Edinburgh. I will play 17th-century Italian music with the wonderful Jan Waterfield on harpsichord. Do look up the festival to find out further details and to see its overall rich and varied programme.
I am really happy to have the chance to contribute to a wonderful recording in the making: the debut album of the incredibly talented Nardus Williams with Dunedin Consort. The disc will feature some great Handel cantatas – watch out for the release on Linn Records later in the year.
Ensemble 1604 will play two performances as part of the hugely exciting and ambitious The Night With… Festival, which is the brainchild of composer Matthew Whiteside, and in total it will feature 15 concerts, with 12 premieres over 60 works, and more than 80 performers over 2 days. In our first performance we will play Terry Riley’s In C, whereas our second one will feature the full length show of our recently released debut album, Shadows That in Darkness Dwell.
Ensemble 1604’s debut album is out now! It is titled Shadows That in Darkness Dwell and it features five new electroacoustic works by composer Timothy Cooper, which take inspiration from, rework, respond to, and further explore the music of John Dowland, as well as poetry, thought, and performance techniques that were prevalent during the time he was alive. The album is the result of a hugely rewarding collaborative journey – I hope you will find it exciting to dive into this unique sound-world. Available on all major streaming platforms, or please go to my discography page to order a physical copy.
It will be wonderful to play again a beautiful Bach programme with Dunedin Consort, featuring rising star countertenor Hugh Cutting, and directed by the one and only Peter Whelan. Catch us in St-Martin-in-the-Fields or Musselburgh!
This autumn I will return as guest musician and workshop leader to Dunedin Consort’s incredible Schools Workshop Programme, which brings fantastic opportunities to children who otherwise rarely have the chance to experience classical music.
I am beyond thrilled to have been appointed to the permanent position of Director of Performance & Assistant Professor of Performance at the Department of Music of the University of Nottingham – can’t wait to start in September!
I really look forward to return to Germany to perform with Turnstone Society. Our programme will explore various textures of the air, and it features recorders blended with viol and the brilliant singer, Lisa Solomon.