I am really pleased to announce that Dunedin Consort’s new disc ‘Bach: Ich habe genug. Cantatas BWV 82, 32 & 106’ is now available to order and to stream. The album contains absolutely amazing music, and it was a huge privilege to contribute to the recording. Click here to purchase the album.
On 2 July I will perform JS Bach’s sublime cantata, ‘Actus Tragicus’ (BWV 106) with Dunedin Consort – finally again in front of a live audience! The concert is kicking off the ensemble’s 25th anniversary, and a recording of the performance will premier soon after the live event.
I look forward to return to Wigmore Hall with Dunedin Consort on 23 February to perform JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4. The concert will be streamed live from the hall – for more information please head over to the website of Wigmore Hall.
I really look forward to deliver an online guest lecture at McGill University. The topic of my discussion will be social norms as performance practice in early modern Italian music.
I am really excited to announce that our new ensemble, Scots Baroque, with Aaron McGregor on violin, Lucia Capellaro on cello, and Alex McCartney on lute & guitar has launched. We all look forward to experiment with a fusion of techniques and genres, including improvisation and folk styles.
I am pleased to announce that ‘The Night With… Live Vol. One’ album is now available for order. I perform a selection of old and new pieces on the disc as part of Ensemble 1604, including Timothy Cooper’s ‘… shadows that in darkness dwell…’, which has been composed specifically for the ensemble. Tim’s fantastic piece has also been nominated for best new Electroacoustic/Sound Artwork as part of the Scottish Awards for New Music 2020. Click here to purchase the album.
I look forward to perform JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos with Dunedin Consort from 18 January to 1 February. We will start in Scotland, where our programme will also include Telemann’s recorder and flute double concerto, which I will be playing alongside the wonderful Katy Bircher. Afterwards, we will head to the States, with stops in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. For the final performance, we will be back in Europe, rounding it all off in Madrid.
From 10 to 12 December, I will play an exciting new programme with Ensemble 1604, as part of the contemporary music series The Night With. Our repertoire will juxtapose pieces from the seventeenth century and various works from the twentieth/twenty-first century, including the premier of …shadows that in darkness dwell… from composer Timothy Cooper. You can catch us in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Aberdeen on the above dates.
On 21 June I will perform live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune with Dunedin Consort. Our repertoire will include a movement from Sammartini’s F major Recorder Concerto and a couple of lovely Händel arias sang by Mhairi Lawson. Tune in if you can, and in case you missed the show, the broadcast will be available on the radio’s website for another month.
I am really pleased to be part of this excellent initiative: Scotland’s first international harpsichord festival. Alongside the wonderful lineup of soloists, Jan Waterfield and I will present our chamber programme Flatter, Tickle & Court the Ear in the French Institute, Edinburgh on 10 March.