We were joined at the end by a young fan, aspiring percussionist Leo
Friday 22 May 2015
Blackmoor Festival
The Band performed as part of the Blackmoor Festival in Hampshire on 25th April. Joanna Selborne, the Festival organiser wrote: thank you all for the most amazing concert. I'm sure you could judge how popular it was by the amount of clapping at the end. The programme was delightfully varied and the final Leclair piece took us all by storm.Not all the audience are hardened concert goers but clearly everyone marvelled at the standard of the playing. What a fantastic sound!
We were joined at the end by a young fan, aspiring percussionist Leo
We were joined at the end by a young fan, aspiring percussionist Leo
March concerts update
We've had a fantastic week, starting with the Band's live performance and interview on Radio 3's In Tune, on 27 February. This was arranged by Jo Carpenter PR to promote the Band's Zimmerman's Kaffeehaus concert at St. John's Smith Square on 1st March. Tatty's interview about coffeehouse culture is now permanently available as a BBC podcast, uploaded on 2 March and archived under 27 February.
The concert at St. John's was the second in a series of three curated concerts, each one preceded by a talk. Zimmerman's Kaffeehaus is a subject close to Tatty's heart - and much coffee was drunk during the research and preparation for the talk! It was great to meet some of the Band's followers, and in particular, thank you to Andrea Liu for her beautiful photographs.
The concert series at St. John's Smith Square will continue in the 2015-2016 season, dates to be confirmed soon.
The Band also squeezed in a performance at Little Bealings in Suffolk. The village of Little Bealings is home to one of the schools taking part in the Band's flagship education project "Getting a Handle on Handel", and it was wonderful to pack out the village hall with a new audience for the Band. The Band will return to Suffolk later in the year in preparation for its performance at Snape on 10th July with composer Matthew King.
In the meantime, we've started rehearsals for a French-inspired programme with flautist Lisete da Silva, featuring Leclair, Rameau, Telemann Paris Quartets (and some Handel!). There'll be four opportunities to hear it this year in various parts of the UK. Again, do please have a look at the diary for dates and locations, and we look forward to seeing you at one of our concerts.
The concert at St. John's was the second in a series of three curated concerts, each one preceded by a talk. Zimmerman's Kaffeehaus is a subject close to Tatty's heart - and much coffee was drunk during the research and preparation for the talk! It was great to meet some of the Band's followers, and in particular, thank you to Andrea Liu for her beautiful photographs.
The concert series at St. John's Smith Square will continue in the 2015-2016 season, dates to be confirmed soon.
The Band also squeezed in a performance at Little Bealings in Suffolk. The village of Little Bealings is home to one of the schools taking part in the Band's flagship education project "Getting a Handle on Handel", and it was wonderful to pack out the village hall with a new audience for the Band. The Band will return to Suffolk later in the year in preparation for its performance at Snape on 10th July with composer Matthew King.
In the meantime, we've started rehearsals for a French-inspired programme with flautist Lisete da Silva, featuring Leclair, Rameau, Telemann Paris Quartets (and some Handel!). There'll be four opportunities to hear it this year in various parts of the UK. Again, do please have a look at the diary for dates and locations, and we look forward to seeing you at one of our concerts.
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