the english concert 2016-17 season

‘Here given new life with the invigorating English Concert, skittering firework displays alternate with soulful contemplations in a programme full of surprises.’ - The Independent

2016/17 season

The fact that Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day is one of those useless-but-fascinating nuggets of history that has stuck with me far more than anything enlightening that I could have learnt in history lessons at school. The theory that the two men might have even met during Shakespeare’s “missing years” between 1586 and 1592 as suggested in the 2007 Spanish film “William and Miguel” adds an extra fascination as we come to celebrate their joint Quadricentennial. We celebrate Cervantes at the Wigmore Hall in September with contributions from Purcell and Telemann, and Shakespeare with Mary Bevan and Tim Mead at Great Malvern and Spitalfields, before touring to East Asia.

Our theatre collaborations continue to flourish, with the orchestra resident in Buxton during July for a new production of Tamerlano conducted by Laurence Cummings, Dido and Aeneas in Lausanne in October, a revival of Orlando in Ferrara in November (where they celebrate the Quincentenary of the publication of Ariosto’s Orlando furioso), a staged production of Messiah by Tom Morris at the Bristol Old Vic in April and the much anticipated concert tour of Ariodante with Joyce DiDonato and Christiane Karg in April and May.

In addition, we welcome back one of our favourite collaborators Rachel Podger, who returns in February with a programme of Bach and Telemann. And for those of you looking for an alternative way to celebrate New Year, come and join us at the Wigmore Hall with a celebratory programme of Purcell, Vivaldi and Bach.

WELCOME

Harry Bicket Artistic Director

Welcome to the 2016-17 season with The English Concert. A season that will take us all over the globe, from the Far East, via Europe to North America.

A season that is also distinctly operatic in nature. As I am sure you have noticed, we have been particularly successful in the operatic form in recent years and our annual Handel tour to North America and New York’s Carnegie Hall continues with Joyce DiDonato singing the title role in Handel’s Ariodante. No doubt many of you will remember her unforgettable Alcina in 2014.

This summer’s Tamerlano, in partnership with Buxton Opera Festival, will be another operatic highlight following on from the gorgeous and moving candle-lit performance of Dido and Aeneas we gave there last year.

I am thrilled that some of the highlights of our previous season are revived further afield. Lausanne Opera plays host to our Dido and Aeneas in October, whilst Iestyn Davies reprises his exceptional role in Handel’s Orlando this November for a special performance in Italy.

Finally there is Messiah. Strictly speaking not an opera, but in the hands of Artistic Director Tom Morris its dramatic proportions are brought to the fore on the stage of the Bristol Old Vic. This thought-provoking new work is not to be missed, so please do try to come and join us in the week leading up to Easter 2017.

I am delighted with the growing number of partnerships which make our musical offering so much more varied. Not only do we return to our more familiar homes of the Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Spitalfields Festival and Buxton Opera Festival, but we revisit the Bristol Old Vic, Saffron Walden and Barber Institute in Birmingham. New friends, too, appear this season as we travel further afield to Stamford, Malvern Theatres and Taunton.

I look forward to seeing you at our events this season.

Gijs Elsen Chief Executive

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Jul 2016Bach - B Minor Mass - page 6 St Albans Cathedral, St Albans Saturday 9 July

Handel – Tamerlano - page 9 Buxton Opera House, Buxton Sunday 10 - Thursday 14 July

Godfather, Father, Son - page 10 St John’s Church, Buxton Wednesday 20 July

Sept 2016Don Quixote - page 13 Wigmore Hall, London Wednesday 14 September

Nov 2016Handel - Orlando (revival) Ferrara, Italy Tuesday 15 November

Bath Mozart Festival - page 17 Bath Abbey, Bath Saturday 19 November

Shakespeare in Love - page 18

Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern Tuesday 6 December

Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s), London Wednesday 7 December

City Hall, Hong Kong Sunday 11 December

Qintai Concert Hall, Wuhan Tuesday 13 December

Grand Theatre, Shanghai Thursday 15 December

National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing Saturday 17 December

New Year with The English Concert - page 23 Wigmore Hall, London Saturday 31 December

Dec 2016

Baroque Masters - page 14

Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford Saturday 8 October

The Brewhouse, Taunton Thursday 13 October

Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern Friday 14 October

Barber Institute, Birmingham Wednesday 26 October

Dido and Aeneas Lausanne, Switzerland Sunday 30 October

Oct 2016

Feb 2017Rachel Podger - page 24 Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden Friday 3 February

The Brewhouse, Taunton Sunday 5 February

Wigmore Hall, London Tuesday 7 February

De Singel, Antwerp Wednesday 8 February

Jun 2017Esnoga: Jerusalem of the North - page 32 Wigmore Hall, London Wednesday 7 June

Handel - Messiah - page 27 Bristol Old Vic, Bristol Thursday 6 - Sunday 9 April

Handel - Ariodante, USA Tour - page 31

Hill Auditorium (University of Michigan), Ann Arbor, Tuesday 25 April

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, Friday 28 April

Carnegie Hall, New York Sunday 30 April

Kennedy Center, Washington DC Tuesday 2 May

Apr 2017

Handel - Ariodante, European Tour - page 31 Theater an der Wien, Austria Friday 12 May

Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg Sunday 14 May

Barbican, London Tuesday 16 May

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris Thursday 18 May

May 2017

Education - page 35

Booking Information - page 36

Acknowledgements - page 38

Surrey Hills Festival - page 28 Effingham Sunday 7 May

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Andrew Lucas conductor St Albans Bach Choir St Albans Cathedral Choirs Elizabeth Cragg soprano Rachel Nicholls soprano William Towers countertenor Peter Mitchell tenor Thomas Flint bass-baritone

‘The greatest musical work of art of all times and nations’ wrote Hans Georg Nägeli in 1818 of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Having bought the manuscript from the estate of Bach’s more famous son Carl Philipp Emanuel, Nägeli sought to publish the monumental Mass for the first time; a rather brave proposition considering that Johann Sebastian’s reputation was rather limited in the early Nineteenth Century. Yet given the iconic status that the great Mass has gained since then, it is surprising how little is known about its origins. Why should Bach, the most committed Lutheran, assemble a Catholic mass in the last years of his life? Was it a test piece or an attempt to secure a position at the Elector’s Court in Dresden? Whatever Bach’s original purpose, the Mass in B Minor is one of the great works of musical history.

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Following the success of The English Concert’s residency in 2015, the orchestra returns to the Buxton Festival with a staged production of Handel’s Tamerlano under guest director Laurence Cummings.

Written in the summer of 1724, the year after Handel moved into his famous Brook Street home, Tamerlano belongs to a period of extraordinary operatic creativity. Within a few months two further masterpieces, Giulio Cesare and Rodelinda, had been completed, whilst first drafts of Tamerlano had been penned in just three weeks. Once again Handel would turn to the rock stars of the age, casting the great castrato Senesino, and the soprano Francesca Cuzzoni, to bring to life this tale of betrayal and revenge.

Handel – TamerlanoBuxton Opera House Sunday 10 - Thursday 21 July 2016

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Laurence Cummings director/harpsichord Rupert Enticknap Tamerlano Paul Nilon Bajazet Owen Willetts Andronico Marie Lys Asteria Catherine Hopper Irene Robert Davies Leone

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Stepping outside of the opera house, The English Concert’s Buxton residency continues to share an entirely instrumental offering. Bach and Telemann, two musical titans who became life-long friends after their paths first crossed in Eisenach, would soon go on to change the face of music in Germany. Together they set about establishing a distinctively German musical language, uniting popular aspects of the French suite and the Italian concerto. Nowadays we regard Bach’s Brandenburg concertos and orchestral suites as the epitome of this new approach, yet it was Telemann who was considered the foremost master by his contemporaries.

In the years following that confluence of genius in Eisenach, Telemann became godfather to Bach’s second son Carl Philipp Emanuel. He would become Germany’s leading keyboard virtuoso and, eventually, also achieve recognition as a composer. The extraordinary drama and intensity of his symphonies demonstrate that he, like his father before him, was determined to follow his own distinctive musical path.

This family affair showcases the flair of The English Concert’s principal musicians, with the virtuosity of the orchestra’s leader Nadja Zwiener, flautist Lisa Beznosiuk, and oboist Katharina Spreckelsen on full display and with a guest appearance from Huw Daniel on viola d’amore.

Godfather, Father, Son

Telemann - Tafelmusik Suite No. 3 in B flat TWV 55:B1 CPE Bach - Symphony No. 5 in B minor Wq182/5 Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV 1050 Telemann - Concerto for flute, oboe d’amore, viola d’amore and strings TWV 53:E1 Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C BWV 1066

St John’s Church, BuxtonWednesday 20 July 2016

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Laurence Cummings director/harpsichord Nadja Zwiener violin Lisa Beznosiuk flute Katharina Spreckelsen oboe d’amore Huw Daniel viola d’amore

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Harry Bicket director/harpsichord Anna Devin soprano Matthew Brook bass

Tilting at windmills and rescuing phoney princesses, such are the exploits of the laughable knight-errant Don Quixote, his loyal side-kick Sancho Panza and his faithful steed Rosinante. The masterpiece that is Miguel Cervantes’ 1605 novel has inspired many musical interpretations in the last 400 years, including an early opera by Mendelssohn and a tone poem by Richard Strauss. On the 400th anniversary of Cervantes’ death, The English Concert recount the adventures of Don Quixote through the music of Purcell and Telemann, interspersed with songs and texts from other contemporary productions.

Don QuixoteWigmore Hall, London Wednesday 14 September 2016

Purcell - Don Quixote Suite, including excerpts from The Married Beau and The Comical History of Don Quixote

Telemann - Don Quixote Suite


Baroque MastersSaturday 8 - Sunday 30 October 2016

Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford - Saturday 8 October The Brewhouse, Taunton - Thursday 13 October Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern - Friday 14 October Barber Institute, Birmingham - Wednesday 26 October

In an age of instant information and communication it is all too easy to imagine that the musical centres of Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries were isolated pockets of creativity. Yet entirely the opposite was true. Purcell knew very well that his quintessentially English style incorporated significant aspects from French music, where the now restored Charles II had been in exile. Bach and Telemann, meanwhile, sought to infuse aspects of Italian and French styles together with a German attention to harmony and counterpoint. Elsewhere, the music of Corelli and Vivaldi was lapped up by the bustling printing houses of Amsterdam while the amateur musicians of England happily devoured pirate copies to keep up to date. Whilst adopted by the English and turning his attention to the new form of English-language oratorio, Handel’s music similarly betrays his upbringing in Germany and early success in Italy. But from this fusion of ideas and styles comes the greatest music Europe had ever heard. The spark to create something new sets these musical giants apart as Baroque Masters.

The English Concert

Harry Bicket director/harpsichord Alfonso Leal del Ojo viola

Purcell - Suite from King Arthur Corelli - Concerto Grosso in C Op. 6, No. 10 Telemann - Viola Concerto in G TWV 51:G9 Vivaldi - Concerto for strings in G minor RV 157 Handel - Concerto Grosso in G minor Op. 6, No. 6 Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D BWV 1068

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The English Concert returns to the Bath Mozart Festival in the company of the incomparable Lucy Crowe. One of the leading lyric sopranos on stage today, Crowe’s speciality for baroque and classical opera is the ideal pairing for the virtuosic writing in this all-Mozart programme. From his first opera seria, Mitridate, to ‘Et incarnatus est’ from the Great Mass in C minor, a sense of the dramatic is never far from Mozart’s mind.

The orchestra’s indomitable leader, Nadja Zwiener, follows in the same spirit with Mozart’s final violin concerto, a work ripe with drama, exchanging reflective and introverted characters at one moment with overwhelming joy the next. None more so than in the finale with its raucous and playful ‘Turkish’ elements that give the concerto its name.

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Harry Bicket director/harpsichord/organ Lucy Crowe soprano Nadja Zwiener violin

Bath Abbey, Bath Saturday 19 November 2016

Mozart - Divertimento in D K136 Mozart - Al destin (Mitridate) Mozart - Ruhe sanft (Zaide) Mozart - Ah, se il crudel (Lucio Silla) Mozart - Et incarnatus est Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A K219 Mozart - Exultate Jubilate


Both Purcell and Handel shared the Restoration theatre’s fascination with Classical history and Elizabethan poets. Such a fascination endures to the present day, and in honour of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 1616 The English Concert set sail on a Far East tour featuring music inspired by the Bard. In the guise of an Elizabethan masque, and interspersed with songs by near-contemporaries, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen is a version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, a fashionable new Italian opera by Handel, also features in our tribute. Written for the superstars of the time, an astonishing range of emotional roles are contained within, from seduction, ambition, to madness, betrayal and revenge.

Shakespeare in LoveTuesday 6 - Saturday 17 December 2016

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Harry Bicket director/harpsichord Mary Bevan soprano Tim Mead countertenor

Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern - Tuesday 6 December Shoreditch Church (St Leonard’s), London - Wednesday 7 December City Hall, Hong Kong - Sunday 11 December Qintai Concert Hall, Wuhan - Tuesday 13 December Grand Theatre, Shanghai - Thursday 15 December National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing - Saturday 17 December

Purcell - Suite from the Fairy Queen interspersed with songs and dances by Purcell’s contemporaries

Handel - Suite from Giulio Cesare including Presti omai, Cara speme, and Caro, bella.

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"Under Harry Bicket's lively direction, each instrumentalist played as though personally responsible for the entire show, wringing out every ounce of

drama: at one point during Act II, the cellos unleashed such a torrent of fury

that they threatened to upstage the cast."

- Financial Times Handel's Orlando

Barbican

A LOOK BACK AT 2015/16

"The English Concert, under Harry Bicket, matched Coote

step-for-step during the more vivacious passages, and the delicate solos - the

bassoon of "Scherza infida" for example - were also exquisitely phrased and

beautifully pure".

- The Arts Desk 'Being Both' with Alice Coote

BBC Proms

"Here given new life with the envigorating English Concert, skittering firework displays alternate with soulful

contemplations in a programme full of surprises."

- The Independent Con eco d'amore (CD release)

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Harry Bicket and The English Concert usher in the New Year with a sparkling programme of baroque bubbles. Opening with music from Purcell’s King Arthur, an epic representation of warring Britons and Saxons, we are taken on a wide-ranging tour of 18th Century Europe before returning to London in the company of George Frederic Handel, the grand Saxon himself, now master of all he surveys in London’s musical life.

From a frosty Britain we head for the sunnier climes of Italy, warming ourselves with the skittering string flourishes of Arcangelo Corelli and the red-haired priest Vivaldi before the distinctive musical language of Bach and Telemann draws us back northwards across the Alps to Germany. As we return home to England we catch a glimpse of our adopted son Handel who represents a fusion of European styles. Born in Germany but spending his formative years and early success in Italy, Handel brought with him the very best of Italian music (including the Concerto Grosso) and of Italian musicians, before finally establishing a uniquely English music in his oratorios.

New Year with The English ConcertWigmore Hall , London Saturday 31 December 2016

The English Concert

Harry Bicket director/harpsichord Alfonso Leal del Ojo viola

Purcell - Suite from King Arthur Corelli - Concerto Grosso in C Op. 6, No. 10 Telemann - Viola Concerto in G TWV 51:G9 Vivaldi - Concerto for strings in G minor RV 157 Handel - Concerto Grosso in G minor Op. 6, No. 6 Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D BWV 1068


Distinguished violinist and director Rachel Podger leads The English Concert in a feast of suites and concertos by J.S. Bach and his lifelong friend Telemann. Adding spice to the banquet, and continuing our family focus from the Buxton Festival, is Bach’s son (and Telemann’s godson) Carl Philipp Emanuel whose extraordinary symphonies were to challenge all the established conventions of the early 18th Century and point a way forward to the classical and romantic world of Beethoven and beyond.

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Rachel Podger director/violin

Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden - Friday 3 February The Brewhouse, Taunton - Sunday 5 February Wigmore Hall, London - Tuesday 7 February De Singel, Antwerp - Wednesday 8 February

Rachel PodgerFriday 3 - Wednesday 8 February 2017

Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C BWV 1066Telemann - Quintet in F minor TWV 44:32CPE Bach - Symphony in G for strings and continuo WQ182Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 2 in A minor for violin, strings and continuo (after BWV 1067)Telemann - Concerto for three oboes and three violins in B flat TWV 44:43Bach - Double concerto for violin and oboe in C minor BWV 1060

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The Apostles are desolate at the loss of their charismatic leader, with their faith put to the ultimate test. Yet from the depths of such despair comes renewed conviction: theirs is a mission to redeem the world by sharing the news of Jesus’s life and death with all humanity. The Apostles’ conviction is matched by director Tom Morris, whose vision brings Handel’s Messiah to life on stage in our latest collaboration with the Bristol Old Vic.

Handel, the master of Italian opera, had turned his attention to English-language oratorio in the years preceding Messiah but had lost none of his dramatic skills. Indeed, Handel cast some of the best operatic voices of the generation and caused great controversy not only by recruiting a cathedral choir into his ‘club of fiddlers’ for the Dublin premiere, but by presenting such a sacred work in theatres upon his return to England, including its first performance at the Bristol Old Vic in 1782, something not repeated until recently.

Handel - MessiahBristol Old Vic Thursday 6 - Sunday 9 April 2017

The English Concert

Tom Morris director Harry Bicket conductor/harpsichord The Erebus Ensemble

A co-production between The English Concert and the Bristol Old Vic

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Duets are somewhat of a rarity in Handel’s stage works since the action is, for the most part, developed through the solo aria. But ever the dramatist, Handel seizes the opportunity to combine protagonists to highlight pivotal moments of the plot or emphasise emotion, often resulting in the most impassioned expressions of love. Thus in Handel’s first opera Agrippina, and in Ariodante some 25 years later, the duets stand as declarations of true love in the midst of betrayal, revenge and intrigue.

Sarah Connolly and Rosemary Joshua are two of this country’s most eminent Handelians and, with Harry Bicket in his element, they capture the very essence of Handel’s dramatic world through the medium of these miniature masterpieces.

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Harry Bicket director/harpsichord Rosemary Joshua soprano Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano

A selection of solo arias and duets from some of Handel’s best-loved operas and oratorios, including:

Agrippina - No, no ch’io non apprezzo Ariodante - Dopo notte, and Bramo aver mille vite Solomon - Welcome as the dawn of day Theodora - To thee, the glorious son of worth, and Streams of pleasure ever flowing Sosarme - Per le porte del tormento

Effingham Sunday 7 May 2017


Richly scored and tightly plotted, an all-star cast brings to life one of Handel’s finest operas, Ariodante. Following her stunning portrayal of Alcina in 2014, the latest instalment in our Handel opera series sees the much-anticipated return of the ever effervescent Joyce DiDonato in the title role. Marking 500 years since the publication of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, a tale of knights and entangled love, Ariodante stands as Handel’s final opera on the subject after Alcina and Orlando.

Whether an aficionado or someone new to baroque opera, this perfect example of Handel’s art, packed with virtuosity and emotional range, is not to be missed.

Handel - AriodanteUSA & European TourTuesday 25 April - Thursday 18 May 2017

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Harry Bicket director/harpsichord Joyce DiDonato Ariodante Christiane Karg Ginevra Joelle Harvey Dalinda Sonia Prina Polinesso David Portillo Lucanio Matthew Brook King of Scotland

Hill Auditorium (University of Michigan), Ann Arbor - Tuesday 25 AprilKauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City - Friday 28 AprilCarnegie Hall, New York - Sunday 30 AprilKennedy Center, Washington DC - Tuesday 2 May

Theater an der Wien, Austria - Friday 12 May Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg - Sunday 14 May Barbican, London - Tuesday 16 MayThéâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris - Thursday 18 May


Amsterdam and Venice, two great cities of music in the 17th and 18th Centuries, were not just bustling hubs of trade and culture, but home to large Jewish communities. Many had fled to Holland to escape persecution in Portugal and Spain, and having built the Esnoga, a vast synagogue in Amsterdam (the largest at that time in the world), the city became widely referred to as the ‘Jerusalem of the North’.

Religious freedom in both cities gave rise to a fusion of cultures, particularly in music. With a strong tradition of conservative monodic chant in sacred ceremonies, instrumental music being largely frowned upon in the Temple except for weddings, communities freely adopted western styles of composition to celebrate other important aspects of Jewish life such as holidays, anniversaries and feastdays.

The English Concert sets out to explore the beauty of Jewish musical life, including the music of Cervetto and Uccelini as well as non-Jewish composers commissioned to write for Jewish events such as Lidarti and Marcello.

Esnoga: Jerusalem of the North

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Harry Bicket director/harpsichord

Wigmore Hall, London Wednesday 7 June 2017

Including works for violin by Uccelini, works for cello by Cervetto, and Marcello’s setting of Psalm 21.

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Education

In the current climate where musical education comes under increasing pressure and is in real jeopardy of disappearing in some areas, it is incumbent on organisations like The English Concert to expose younger generations to such wonderful music.

Our flagship education programme, Crazy Composers, seeks to do just this, empowering primary school children in their musical performances and nurturing their spirit of discovery. As they experience the sounds of baroque instruments and what it is like to conduct an orchestra, the children are encouraged to be become enthusiastic explorers, journalists and forensic investigators as they discover what made the likes of Handel and Purcell tick.

As the scheme goes from strength to strength we have introduced a new leadership programme. Training teachers and workshop facilitators to become our new Kapellmeisters, we are able to reach an even greater number of children and to maintain our presence between performances.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic our Fellowship Programme continues to support emerging young performers as they try to make the transition from student to professional life. Fellows take part in coaching sessions and performances with our own musicians and international soloists, offering them crucial exposure to the highest level of music making. This year we are pleased to welcome four more members to the fellowship’s ranks.

Here’s to the future!


Booking Information:

Wigmore Hall - How to Book

In Person: 7 days a week: 10am - 8.30pm. Days without an evening concert 10am - 5pm. No advance booking in the half hour prior to a concert.

By Telephone: 020 7935 2141 7 days a week: 10am - 7pm. Days without an evening concert 10am - 5pm. There is a non-refundable £3.00 administration fee for all telephone bookings, which includes the return of your tickets by post if time permits.

Online: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk 7 days a week; 24 hours a day. There is a non-refundable £2.00 administration fee for online bookings, which includes the return of your tickets by post if time permits.

Barbican Centre - How to Book

In person: At the Advance Box Office, Silk Street entrance Mon-Sat 10am-9pm. Sun and bank holidays 12 noon-9pm.

By telephone: 020 7638 8891 (10am-8pm Mon-Sat, 11am-8pm Sun) Text phone for hard of hearing visitors 07710 854 085. Booking fee per transaction: £4.00. Booking fee includes the return of your tickets by first class post if time permits.

Online: www.barbican.org.uk Secure online ticketing open 24 hours a day. Reduced booking fee per transaction: £3.00

Spitalfields Music - How to Book

Booking for Spitalfields Music Winter Festival 2016 opens in September

By telephone: 020 7377 1362 (Mon-Fri 10am-6pm)

Online: www.spitalfields.org.uk


Acknowledgements

Sponsors Bircham Dyson Bell British Council Dream Cruises Rawlinson & Hunter

Charitable Trusts Andor Trust Arimathea Charitable Trust Bingham Trust Bircham Dyson Bell Charitable Trust The John Ellerman Foundation Dunard Fund Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Sir John Fisher Foundation Golsoncott Foundation Kathleen Hannay Memorial Charity Maecenas Reed Foundation

Core40 George & Daphne Burnett Nigel & Elizabeth Carrington Caroline Erskine Alan Gemes Dr Richard Golding Chris Loynes John & Sally Reeve Joe & Lucy Smouha Hugh & Helene Tilney Simon & Glenda Weil

Platinum Patrons Simon & Frances Jennings Graeme & Letitia Lythe His Hon Judge Michael Oppenheimer & Mrs Nicky Oppenheimer Mr & Mrs C. Weston

Gold Patrons Richard Baker Catherine Gibaud David Rendell & Ali Smith Dan Waters & Penny Pilzer Claire Wrathall

Silver Patrons Prof. Ross Anderson & Dr Vivienne Monk Robin Binks Bill & Sue Blyth David Dell CB Peter & Glen Firth Alan & Seema Harley Greta Hemus Mark & Sophie Lewisohn Mr & Mrs Timothy Llewellyn Kimiko Shimoda Richard Teed

Bronze Patrons Nicola Armitage Eric & Tilly Beinhocker Robert & Simone Benaim Miss Diana Darlington Michael Godbee Prof. S. Hilton Andrew Jackson Oscar & Margaret Lewisohn Anita de Lotbiniere Brian Mace Yuuichiro Nakajima & Wendela Elsen Jane Ridley Laura & Daniel Sandelson David Michael Steen Tony & Jackie Yates-Watson Tim Weston

The English Concert is deeply grateful for the continued support of Sponsors, Charitable Trusts, Patrons and Friends on both sides of the Atlantic.


Friends Mr John Abbott Miss Rosemary Andrew Di Allison Lord & Lady Balfour of Burleigh Geoffrey Barnett Cynthia Butterworth Richard Calver Fiona Cobb Peter Collett Mr & Mrs Michael Cooper Jane Craxton Mr Anthony Diamond Douglas Doig Christina & Hugh Dumas Martin Eaton Evelyn & Rose Ebsworth Ann & Steve Eddolls Dr Julia P. Ellis David Elyan Angela Fane Ian Fleming Mrs Clare Francis Felicity Good Peter & Tazim Hall Brian & Sue Hargreaves Eve Wakelin Harris Jonathan Hayward Peter Hildebrand Peter & Carol Honey Ms Clare Howell John Lackington Mike Lachowicz Alan Liebowitz & Barbara Weiss Prof. A. R. Lord Mr Andrew Maugham Nick Morrison Audrey de Nazelle Jeanne de Nazelle Linda de Nazelle Jonathan Neil-Smith Elizabeth Newlands John Osborn The Reverend Graham Palmer Sue Prickett & John Bryer

Mr & Mrs Rickett Mr Cecil Rowe Alan Sainer Brian Self Lawrence Shaw Mrs Priscilla Shaw Ms Shirley Spencely Michael Steen Miss Marilyn Stock V. Stoppenbach Frances Tait Dr & Mrs R. Waldes Mary Van de Water Janet & Gerald Watson Lord & Lady Weir John Weiss CB Richard Wildash Dr Christina Williams Mr & Mrs G. C. Williams Marie Winckler

The English Concert in America Mr Kenneth Bartels & Jane Condon Mr & Mrs James Barton Mr Jonathan Barton & Ms Amanda Foreman Mr & Mrs George Beane Ms Mary Beekman & Mr David Warner Mr & Mrs William Beekman Mr & Mrs Albert Bellas David Brittenham & Carolyn Summers Mr & Mrs Ralph S. Brown Mr & Mrs Thatcher M. Brown Mr Paul Brusiloff & Ms Nadja Caulfield Mr & Mrs Kenneth Buckfire Mr & Mrs George Burnett Mr & Mrs Blake Cabot Maria & Woodrow Campbell Mr & Mrs Edward Cohen Ms Cathleen Collins Ms Mona Cavalcoli Mr Robert Couturier Mrs Joyce Cowin Mr & Mrs James Cross Mr & Mrs Richard Debs


Mr & Mrs Michael Douglas Mr & Mrs Kostas Douzinas Ms Pamela Drexel Louise & Alexander Dye Mr & Mrs Frank Eberhart Mrs Judith Evnin Mr & Mrs Nicholas Firth Ms Nancy Fitzpatrick Dr Brandon Fradd Ms Beatrice Francais Mr & Mrs Robert Fribourg Mr & Mrs Jeffrey Friedman Mr Richard Gaddes Mr Victor Geraci Mr & Mrs Gary Glynn Mr & Mrs Edwater Greenberg Ms Christina Hamersley Mr John Hargraves & Ms Nancy Newcomb Mr & Mrs Arie (Elaine) Hochberg Ms Sophie Hughes Mr & Mrs John Ingleby Mr Frederick Iseman Ms Fritzi (Deborah) Kallop Mr Christian Keesee Mr & Mrs Kevin Kennedy Ms Patricia Klingenstein Mr & Mrs Ionel Klipper Mr David Knott & Ms Francoise Girard Mr Willem Kooyker & Ms Jdith-Ann Corrente Mr Alan Kornberg & Mr Harold Koda Mr & Mrs Stephen Lash Mr Robert Lipp & Ms Martha Berman Mr Michael Lonergan Mr Charles MacKay Mr & Mrs Philip Marineau Ms Susan G. Marineau Mr James Marlas Ms Irena Martens Ms Ann McChord Mr David McNeel Mr & Mrs Ray Mendez Mr & Mrs Richard J Miller Mrs William (Susan) Morris Mr Nick Morrison

Mr Stephen Novick & Mr Evan Golen Wright & Anna Maria Palmer Mr Stephen Parker Mr & Mrs Gordon B. Pattee Mr & Mrs Joseph Pierson Ms Marnie Pillsbury Ms Tatiana Pouschine Mr & Mrs John Rafferty Mr Carey Ramos & Ms Catrina Bentley Mr & Mrs Charles Robinson Susan Rose Fund for Music Mr & Mrs Alfred Ross Ms Cynthia Saltzman & Mr Warren Motley Mr & Mrs Philip Satow Mr & Mrs Scott Schafler Mr Eli Schonberger & Ms Gail Guillet Mr & Mrs Stanley DeForest Scott Mrs Ernest Seelhorst Mr Paul Sekhri & Mr Mark Gude Mr Michael R. Shraga Mr & Mrs Stanley Shuman Mr & Mrs H.R. Slack Mr & Mrs F Randall Smith Mr & Mrs Robert H. Smith, Jr Dr Jason Soifer Mr Andrew Solomon & Mr John Habich Mr & Mrs Howard Solomon Ann & Adam Spence Mr & Mrs George Steel Mr & Mrs Bruce Stillman Mrs Douglas Thomas Ms Evelyne Thomas Mr & Mrs Hugh J. Tilney Mr & Mrs Donald Tober Mr Robert Turner & Mr Peter Speliopoulos Dr Dilshard Vad Dr & Mrs Roy Vagelos Mr & Mrs John (Barbara) Vogelstein Mrs Sue Ann Weinberg Mr & Mrs Ronald L. Welburn Mr Raymond G. Wells Mr Brad Woolbright Mr Simon Yates & Mr Kevin Roon Ms Judy Zankel & Mr Norman Benzaquen

Founder Trevor Pinnock CBE

Artistic Director Harry Bicket

Chief Executive Gijs Elsen

Orchestra Manager Sarah Fenn

Production Coordinator Nick Hardisty

Digital Marketing Rebecca Kite

Press Nicky Thomas Media

Design Fred La Barre

Contacts:

Somerset House (West Wing) Strand London WC2R 1LA t: 020 7759 1100 [email protected] www.englishconcert.co.uk

Registered charity: 271765

Board of Trustees:

Mr G. Burnett chair Mr R. Binks Mr N. Carrington Mr A. Gemes Dr R. J. A. Golding

Mr A. Harley Mr S. Jennings Mrs N. Oppenheimer Mr J. Reeve Ms K. Shimoda

Mr J. Smouha QC Mr H. J. Tilney Mr S. Weil

the english concert 2016-17 season

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