Musical & Amicable Society - Concert archive 

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

2004

Saturday 28 February 2004 St James the Greater, London Road, Leicester.


University of Leicester Singers
Diana Sharp
- soprano
Sara Norris - mezzo-soprano
Stephen Wallace - counter tenor
James Gilchrist - tenor
James Arthur - bass
Anthony Pither - conductor

Handel Theodora




Wednesday 1 July 2004 Trinity College Chapel, Oxford

James O'Toole - violin
Kate Fawcett - violin
Henrik Persson - cello
Martin Perkins - harpsichord


Trio sonatas by Handel, 

Vivaldi, Gallo, Bach and Telemann



Saturday 3 July 2004 Methodist Central Hall, Coventry

Coventry Philharmonic Choir
Steven Russell - conductor

Purcell Come ye sons of Art,
Handel The King shall Rejoice
Handel Birthday Ode to Queen Anne
Boyce Symphony No 5



Saturday 14 August 2004 St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye

Ross-on-Wye Baroque Singers
Katherine Hawnt - soprano
Will Burn - baritone
Martin Perkins - director


Handel Acis and Galatea


Friday 3 December 2004 Fraser Noble Hall, London Road, Leicester
  Promoted by
Early Music at the University of Leicester
 

Kelly McCusker – violin  
Christiane Gagelmann – violin 
Miranda Walton – violin 
Jim O’Toole – violin 
Kate Fawcett – viola 
Robin Ashwell – viola 
Barbara Reiter – cello 
Francesco del Amo  cello and viola da gamba 
Henrik Persson
– cello
Christian Staude – violone
Martin Perkins - harpsichord

Vivaldi Four Seasons
Corelli Christmas Concerto
Bach Brandenburg Concerti 3 and 6



Saturday 4 December 2004 Great St Mary's, Cambridge

Kelly McCusker – violin  
Christiane Gagelmann – violin 
Miranda Walton – violin 
Jim O’Toole – violin 
Kate Fawcett – viola 
Robin Ashwell – viola 
Barbara Reiter – cello 
Francesco del Amo  cello and viola da gamba 
Henrik Persson
– cello
Christian Staude – violone
Martin Perkins - harpsichord

Vivaldi Four Seasons
Corelli Christmas Concerto
Bach Brandenburg Concerti 3 and 6




Saturday 4 December 2004 Wulfren Hall, Wolverhampton

Kelly McCusker – violin  
Christiane Gagelmann – violin 
Miranda Walton – violin 
Jim O’Toole – violin 
Kate Fawcett – viola 
Robin Ashwell – viola 
Barbara Reiter – cello 
Francesco del Amo  cello and viola da gamba 
Henrik Persson
– cello
Christian Staude – violone
Martin Perkins - harpsichord

Vivaldi Four Seasons
Corelli Christmas Concerto
Bach Brandenburg Concerti 3 and 6

2005

Saturday 5 March 2005


Coventry Philharmonic Choir
Steven Russell - conductor
Miranda Walton - violin
Kelly McCusker - violin
Kate Fawcett - viola
Henrik Persson - bass violin
Eligio Quinteiro - theorbo and guitar

Martin Perkins - harpsichord

Purcell Dido & Aeneas
Purcell Three Parts on a Ground and Chacony
Matteis Ground after the Scotch Humour
Pachelbel Canon and Gigue
Marini Passagallo



Saturday 11 March 2005 Birmingham Cathedral Choir

Birmingham Cathedral Choir
Marcus Huxley - conductor


Handel Messiah




Friday 6 May 2005 St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye



Bach Cantata BWV 21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis
and BWV 172 Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten!
Mozart Mass in C





Saturday 25 June 2005 The Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb

North London Chorus
Denise Leigh - soprano
Murray Hipkin - director


Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri
Vivaldi Gloria



Saturday 12 August 2005 St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye
   Promoted by Ross Live! 

Ross-on-Wye Baroque Singers
Katharine Hawnt - soprano
Christian Sturm - tenor
Will Burn - baritone
Martin Perkins - musical director
Ann Allen - director



Vivaldi Four Seasons
Purcell Dido & Aeneas




Saturday 13 August 2005 St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye
   Promoted by Ross Live! 


Ross-on-Wye Baroque Singers
Katharine Hawnt - soprano
Christian Sturm - tenor
Will Burn - baritone
Martin Perkins - musical director
Ann Allen - director


Bach Brandenburg Concerti 3, 4 and 6
Mozart Bastien und Bastiene

Saturday 1 October 2005
St Peter's Church, Church Langton


Abigail Kelly - soprano
Reisha Adams - alto
David Manford - tenor
Nicholas Perfect - bass
David Johnson - conductor
Harborough Millennium Chorus

Handel Messiah

Thursday 8 December 2005, 7.30pm Fraser Noble Hall, University Road, Leicester
  Promoted by
Early Music at the University of Leicester 

Warwick Cole – harpsichord
Kate Fawcett – viola and viola d’amore
Christiane Gagelmann – violin
Liz MacCarthy – violin
Kelly McCusker – violin
Philippa Morgan – bass
James O’Toole – violin and viola
Martin Perkins – harpsichord / director
Harriet Wiltshire - cello


Baroque Doubles: Concerti for Christmas


J S Bach
 Double Violin Concerto in D minor 
J S Bach Double Harpsichord Concerto in C
Telemann Concerto for Viola and Strings
Wassenaer
 Concerto Armonico No. 1 in G
Vivaldi Concerto for Cello,
Vivaldi Double Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings


Friday 9 December 2005, 7.30pm All Saint's Church, Hereford
  Promoted by
Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust
Warwick Cole – harpsichord
Kate Fawcett – viola and viola d’amore
Christiane Gagelmann – violin
Liz MacCarthy – violin
Kelly McCusker – violin
Philippa Morgan – bass
James O’Toole – violin and viola
Martin Perkins – harpsichord / director
Harriet Wiltshire - cello

Baroque Doubles: Concerti for Christmas

J S Bach
 Double Violin Concerto in D minor 
J S Bach Double Harpsichord Concerto in C
Telemann Concerto for Viola and Strings
Wassenaer
 Concerto Armonico No. 1 in G
Vivaldi Concerto for Cello,
Vivaldi Double Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings



Saturday 10 December 2005 Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge
  Supported by Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools
Warwick Cole – harpsichord
Kate Fawcett – viola and viola d’amore
Christiane Gagelmann – violin
Liz MacCarthy – violin
Kelly McCusker – violin
Philippa Morgan – bass
James O’Toole – violin and viola
Martin Perkins – harpsichord / director
Harriet Wiltshire - cello

Baroque Doubles: Concerti for Christmas

J S Bach
 Double Violin Concerto in D minor 
J S Bach Double Harpsichord Concerto in C
Telemann Concerto for Viola and Strings
Wassenaer
 Concerto Armonico No. 1 in G
Vivaldi Concerto for Cello,
Vivaldi Double Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings

2006



Saturday 4 March 2006, 7.30pm
Warwick Road United Reformed Church

Gail Hennessy - oboe
Kelly McCusker - violin
Coventry Philharmonic Choir
Steven Russell - director

Vivaldi - Gloria
Bach - Concerto for Oboe and Violin
and arias by Handel and Bach


Tuesday 11 April 2006, 7.30pm St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye
   Promoted by Ross Live!
Christian Sturm - evangelist
Katherine Hawnt - soprano
Ben Turner - countertenor
William Burn - baritone
Ross-on-Wye Baroque Singers
Martin Perkins - director

Pergolesi - Stabat mater
Reinhard Keiser - St. Mark Passion

A performance during holy week of Pergolesi's moving Passion-tide work with a new translation of Keiser's unknown St. Mark Passion - the inspiration for Bach's great Passions. more...




Saturday 10 June 2006, 7.30pm Coventry Cathedral
Coventry Philharmonic Choir
Sacrae Symphoniae Sackbut & Cornett Ensemble
Mark Chambers - falsettist
Nicholas Clapton - falsettist

Timothy Travers-Brown - alto
Andrew King - tenor
Matthew Vine - tenor

Matthew Brook - bass
Giles Underwood - bass

Steven Russell - director
Monteverdi - Vespers, 1610


Friday 16 June 2006, 7.30pm St. Peter ad Vincula
 
Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire
Promoted by Warwick Music Live

Anneke Scott - horn
Kelly McCusker and Ben Sansom - violin
Kate Fawcett - viola
Warwick Cole - cello

 Punto - Quartet Op.1, No.4
Haydn - Divertimento a tre Hob IV.5
Mozart/Michael Haydn - Romance
Punto - Quartet Op.1, No.6
Mozart - String Quartet KV458 'The Hunt'
Mozart - Horn Quintet in E flat KV407



Saturday 17 June 2006, 7.30pm St. Denys' Church, Eaton, Leicestershire

Natalie Clifton-Griffith - soprano
Gail Hennessy - oboe, oboe d'amore
Rachel Latham - flute
Kelly McCusker and Ben Sansom - violin
Kate Fawcett - viola, viola d'amore
Henrik Persson - cello
Martin Perkins - harpsichord/director

Mozart - Exsultate Jubilate
Bach - Concerto for Oboe and Violin, Concerto for Violin in A minor
Telemann - Concerto for flute, oboe d'amore and viola d'amore
Vivaldi - Concerto for Cello in G minor
Also including arias and instrumental works by Arne, Gluck, Bach and Handel.


Thursday 29 June 2006, 7.30pm Adrian Boult Hall,
Birmingham Conservatoire
 

Joel Raymond - oboe
Miranda Walton, Liz MacCarthy
and Bethan Morgan - violin
Kate Fawcett - viola
Henrik Persson - cello
Philippa Morgan - violone
Martin Perkins - harpsichord/director

Bach - Sinfonia to Cantata 196 Der Herr denket an uns
Marcello - Concerto for oboe
Telemann - Concerto for viola
Vivaldi - Concerto for cello in G minor
Bach - Sinfonia to Cantata 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen.


Saturday 12 August 2006, 7.30pm St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye
 Promoted by Ross Live!
 Jemima Philipps - harp
 Christiane Gagelmann - violin
 Kate Fawcett - viola
 Martin Perkins - harpsichord/director
 Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik KV525
 Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola  KV364
 Handel - Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op.3, No.2
 Handel - Concerto for Harp in B flat


Saturday 19 August 2006, 7.30pm St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye
   Promoted by Ross Live!

 Katherine Hawnt
- soprano

 Yvonne Eddy - soprano
 Christian Sturm - tenor
 Will Burn - baritone
 Ross-on-Wye Baroque Singers
 Martin Perkins - director

Frederick Lampe - The Dragon of Wantley

 

Thursday 7 December 2006, 7.30pm All Saints' Church, Hereford
  Promoted by
Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust

Nicola Wemyss
- soprano

Rachel Latham - flute
Martin Perkins - harpsichord
Miranda Walton - violin
Kelly McCusker - violin
Kate Fawcett - viola
Sophie Willis - cello
Sarah Halpin - bass

Concerti for Christmas

Bach Cantata BWV209 Non sa che sia dolore
 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
 Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
 Vivaldi Nulla in mundo pax sincera


Friday 8 December 2006, 7.30pm Fraser Noble Hall, Leicester
  Promoted by
Early Music at the University of Leicester 

Nicola Wemyss
- soprano

Rachel Latham - flute
Martin Perkins - harpsichord
Miranda Walton - violin
Kelly McCusker - violin
Kate Fawcett - viola
Sophie Willis - cello
Sarah Halpin - bass

Concerti for Christmas

Bach Cantata BWV209 Non sa che sia dolore
 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
 Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
 Vivaldi Nulla in mundo pax sincera

Saturday 9 December 2006, 7.30pm Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge
  Promoted by
Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools
 
 
Nicola Wemyss - soprano
Rachel Latham - flute
Martin Perkins - harpsichord
Miranda Walton - violin
Kelly McCusker - violins

Kate Fawcett - viola
Sophie Willis - cello
Sarah Halpin - bass

Concerti for Christmas

Bach Cantata BWV209 Non sa che sia dolore
 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
 Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
 Vivaldi Nulla in mundo pax sincera

 

2007



Friday 15 June 2007, 7.30pm Ullenhall
 
Emily Van Evera - Soprano
Miranda Walton - violin
Kate Fawcett - violin and viola
Warwick Cole - cello
Martin Perkins - harpsichord 

Purcell - Music from The Fairy Queen
Ariosti - Cantata La dove d'atre tenebre vestito (L'olmo)
Bach – Trio sonata
HandelGloria


Saturday 3 November 2007, 7.30pm Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
  Promoted by
Coventry Philharmonic Choir

Deborah Norman
- soprano

Timothy Travers-Brown - counter-tenor
Mark Stanley - tenor
Matthew Sandy - tenor
James Oldfield - bass
Coventry Philharmonic Choir
Steven Russell - director

Handel - Samson


Saturday 8 December 2007, 7.30pm Tewkesbury Abbey
  Promoted by
Tewkesbury and District Choral Society
Tewkesbury and District Choral Society
Ian Fox - director


Handel - Messiah




Friday 14 December 2007, 7.30pm St James' Church, Packington Estate,
North Warwickshire
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Huw Daniel, Kelly McCusker, Miranda Walton - violins
Kate Fawcett - viola
Warwick Cole - cello
Sarah Humphrys, Joel Raymond - oboe and recorder
Martin Perkins - harpsichord
Kate Aldridge - bass

Concerti for Christmas

Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Bach - Viola Concerto in E flat (reconstruction)
Vivaldi - Concerto for two oboes 
Alessandro Scarlatti - Sinfonia Quarta in E minor
Corelli - Christmas Concerto
Muffat - Passacaglia from Armonico Tributo No. 5 
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4.

 

Saturday 15 December 2007, 7.30pm Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge
  Promoted by
Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools
 
Kelly McCusker, Miranda Walton - violins
Kate Fawcett - viola
Warwick Cole - cello
Frances Norbury, Joel Raymond - oboe and recorder
Martin Perkins - harpsichord
Kate Aldridge - bass


Concerti for Christmas

M.A.S. return to Great St. Mary'sfor a third year with a programme of popular Baroque concertos.
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Bach - Viola Concerto in E flat (reconstruction)
Vivaldi - Concerto for two oboes 
Alessandro Scarlatti - Sinfonia Quarta in E minor
Corelli - Christmas Concerto
Muffat - Passacaglia from Armonico Tributo No. 5 
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4.


2008


Sunday 16th March 2008,  6.30 pm
St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye
A Concert for Holy Week
Promoted by
Ross Live!

Clementine Lovell - soprano
Polly May - contralto
William Helliwell - tenor
Andrew Fellowes - bass
Ross-on-Wye Baroque Singers
David Backhouse - chorusmaster
Musical and Amicable Society
Martin Perkins - director

J S Bach - Cantata 4 Christ lag in todesbanden

Bach - Cantata 182 Himmelskönig sei willkommen

Alessandro Scarlatti - Stabat mater


Saturday 10th May 2008,  7.30 pm
Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
ORFEO ED EURIDICE
C W Gluck
Promoted by
Coventry Philharmonic Choir

Timothy Travers Brown - Orfeo
Emily Van Evera - Euridice
Coventry Philharmonic Choir
Musical and Smicable Socitey
Steven Russell - conductor


Sunday 11th May 2008,  3.00 pm
St Bene't's Church, Cambridge
Bach Trio Sonatas
Promoted by
Cambridge Early Music

Huw Daniel - violin
Kate Fawcett - viola and violin
Warwick Cole - cello
Martin Perkins - harpsichord
Transcriptions of Bach's organ trio sonatas  including:
Trio sonata in C major BWV 529
Trio sonata in G major BWV 530
Goldberg - Trio Sonata No 4 in C major