Exploring the development of the violin between 1600 – 1750 with glorious music by composers such as Castello, Marini, Corelli and Handel.
The concert will take place in the church, from 3 – 4pm and will be followed by tea and cake in the Church Hall.
Performers
Theresa Caudle
baroque violin
Alastair Ross
harpsichord
Programme
Castello: Sonata seconda
Marini: Sonata per sonar con due corde
Frescobaldi: Cento Partite sopra Passacagli (harpsichord solo)
Uccellini: Sonata 5 in f minor
Corelli: Sonata in F Opus 5 no.10
Handel: Sonata in g minor Opus 1 no.10
Tickets
£10 Friends (plus £0.78 booking fee)
£15 Non-Friends (plus £1.17 booking fee)
£5 Under 18s (plus £0.39 booking fee)
Please book tickets directly with the Festival office (Not the Corn Exchange).
Theresa Caudle has had a long and successful career in the early music world, both as a string player (baroque violin, viola and viola d’amore) and cornettist, becoming leader of The London Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble whilst still a teenager, and as a violinist joining ensembles such as The English Concert in the 1970s. She was a member of The Parley of Instruments for twenty-five years and principal second violin in the Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra for ten years. She continues to play with many leading period instrument ensembles including The London Handel Orchestra (of which she is a founder member), The Sixteen and The Monteverdi String Band. She leads The Hanover Band and directs her own ensemble, Canzona, as well as appearing as guest director with many other ensembles, both professional and amateur. Theresa has been a regular tutor on courses for baroque music at Benslow and Jackdaws, and is Artistic Director of the Baroque Week summer school.
Alastair Ross studied at New College, Oxford, where he gained a First in Music. He has pursued a career as a freelance organist and harpsichordist for fifty years, playing with groups such as The Academy of Ancient Music, The Sixteen and Theresa’s Canzona. For twenty years, with his soprano wife Gilly, he directed Concerto delle Donne, a three-soprano group specialising in music from 17th and 18th-century Italy and France. Their first CD, of music by Carissimi, was released by Signum Records in 2003, and a further CD, of music by Charpentier, in 2006. Now he enjoys giving concerts with his cellist son George, founder member of the Consone Quartet. Last year they issued a recording of the Geminiani cello sonatas, copies of which will be on sale after the concert this evening!