2018

• Sun

  11

  Feb

  2018

  Vivaldi Undercover

  16.00

  Octagon Unitarian Chapel, Colegate, Norwich, NR3 1BN

   

  In this invigorating and colourful programme, Passacaglia explores Vivaldi’s music as it masquerades in various different guises, including music from The Four Seasons,  JS Bach’s wonderful keyboard transcriptions, and Passacaglia’s own take on Vivaldi’s virtuosic ‘La Follia’ Sonata.

  Annabel Knight and Louise Bradbury – Recorders
  Oliver Webber – Violin
  Taro Takeuchi – Baroque Guitar
  Robin Bigwood – Harpsichord
  Reiko Ichise – Viola da Gamba

  Adult tickets are available at Eventbrite, priced at £12. Child tickets, priced £5, are only available at the door but may be reserved by contacting us directly.

  

• Thu

  08

  Mar

  2018

  Passacaglia at Newcastle University

  13.10

  King's Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University NE1 7RU

  Music from the French Baroque

  JM Hotteterre (1674 – 1763) Premiere Suite in D major (1715)
  François Couperin (1668-1733) from Dix-septiéme Ordre: La Forqueray, ou la Superbe – Les Petits Moulins a Vent
  M Blavet (1700 – 1768) Sonata op2/4 in G minor, La Lumague (1732)
  A Forqueray (1672-1745) Pieces de Viole (1747): Allemande La La Borde – La Couperin
  N Chedeville (1705 – 1782) attrib A Vivaldi  Sonata in G major from Il Pastor Fido (1737)

• Wed

  25

  Apr

  2018

  Baroque Undercover

  7.30pm

  Armstrong Hall, Chapel St, Thornbury, BS35 2BJ

  Thornbury Arts Festival

  In this invigorating and colourful programme, leading baroque ensemble Passacaglia explores masterworks of the Baroque period music as you have never heard them before… Music by JS Bach, Vivaldi and Handel, including Passacaglia’s very own take on Vivaldi’s Spring from the Four Seasons, the famously ebullient variations on La Follia, JS Bach’s own keyboard re-workings of music by Vivaldi, plus an eighteenth century identity theft in the form of Nicolas Chédeville’s famous Sonatas from Il Pastor Fido.

  More information and ticket links coming soon. Queries: Tel 01454 416421

  

• Fri

  15

  Jun

  2018

  La Couperin

  19.00

  The Cello Factory, 33-34 Cornwall Rd, Waterloo SE1 8TJ

  Exquisite French baroque music in a funky modern art gallery setting.

  Baroque music experts Passacaglia introduce and play works by some of the era’s most colourful personalities. Beauty, opulence and character abound in this programme from 18th-century Paris, celebrating Francois Couperin’s 350th anniversary and with music by Hotteterre, Forqueray and Blavet.
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  Featuring Annabel Knight (baroque flute, recorders), Reiko Ichise (viola da gamba) and Robin Bigwood (harpsichord).

  Tickets via Ticket Source

  

• Tue

  07

  Aug

  2018

  Passacaglia Duo: La Royalle

  8pm

  Cyder House, Owlpen Manor, Nr Stroud GL11 5BZ

  Flautist and recorder-player Annabel Knight, together with harpsichordist Robin Bigwood, join forces to present an evening of beautiful baroque music in the idyllic surroundings of the incredible Olwpen Manor in the Cotswolds.

  La Royalle: Baroque Music for the French Taste

  Beauty, opulence and character abound in this feast of baroque music, played on King Louis XIVs favourite ear-soothing instruments – recorders, flutes and harpsichord. Music by Francois Couperin in his 350th anniversary year, and by other virtuoso musicians of the day: Charles Dieupart, Louis de Caix d’Hervelois, and Michel Blavet.

  NB This concert is part of a Double Bill and will be followed at 9.30, after an intermission, by Robin Bigwood’s solo recital, ‘Bach after Dark’.

  Attend just one concert or a get a reduced rate for the double-bill. Full details at https://owlpenbaroque18.eventbrite.co.uk

  

• Tue

  07

  Aug

  2018

  Robin Bigwood Harpsichord Recital: Bach after Dark

  9.30pm

  Cyder House, Owlpen Manor, Uley, nr Stroud, Glos GL11 5BZ

  Bach after Dark

  Robin Bigwood gives a recital of keyboard masterworks by the great JS Bach, including works from The Well-Tempered Clavier and a rare chance to hear the young Bach’s wonderfully flamboyant Aria Variata – a work which tantalisingly pre-empts the seminal Goldberg Variations.

  NB This concert is part of a Double Bill and follows on from the duo concert ‘La Royalle: Baroque Music for the French Taste’ which starts at 8pm.

  Attend just one concert or a get a reduced rate for the double-bill. Full details at https://owlpenbaroque18.eventbrite.co.uk

  

• Sun

  23

  Sep

  2018

  Passacaglia Duo: Treasures of the Baroque

  15.30pm

  Fowey Valley Music - St Fimbarrus Church, Fowey, Cornwall, PL23 1BX

  Annabel Knight and Robin Bigwood perform a selection of baroque music for recorder, flute and harpsichord by Bach, Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi

  http://www.foweyvalleymusic.org.uk/index.php/contact

  

• Tue

  18

  Dec

  2018

  Passacaglia Trio: A Baroque Christmas

  7.30pm

  Boston Grammar School, Rowley Road, BOSTON, Lincolnshire PE21 6JE

  Passacaglia Trio (Annabel Knight – Recorders and Flute, Reiko Ichise – viola da Gamba and Robin Bigwood – harpsichord) perform music from the Baroque with a Christmas theme, including pastoral and celebratory music by Rameau, Vivaldi and Telemann, and traditional instrumental French Noels.

  

   

   

  Guest tickets are available at the door or by contacting Mrs V Robinson in advance, tel: 01205 366018