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Program

Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment

26/27 season (some programs may change, contact Impulse Art Management for updates)

 

Bizet L’Arlésienne

Available early October 2026

Conductor: Sir Mark Elder

Translation and Direction: Jeremy Sams

 

Monteverdi Il Ritorno d’Ulisse

Available mid-October – 10 November 2026

Director: Rory Kinnear

Music Directors: Mark Padmore and Steven Devine

Ulisse: Mark Padmore

Penelope:  Christine Rice

Telemaco: Hugo Hymas

Minerva: Lucy Crowe

Ericlea: Sue Bickley

Melanto: Bethany Horak-Hallett

 

Bach Christmas Oratorio

Available 29 November – 6 December 2026 

Conductor: Vaclav Luks

Soprano: Hilary Cronin TBC

Alto: Hugh Cutting TBC

Tenor: Guy Cutting TBC

Bass: Florian Störtz TBC

 

Stravinsky Rite of Spring

Available 19 – 25 February 2027 

Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski

Rimsky Korsakov Mlada Suite

Stravinsky Funeral Song, Op. 5

Interval

Stravinsky Rite of Spring

 

Bach St John Passion

Available 13 – 21 March 2027

Conductor: John Butt

Soprano: Carolyn Sampson

Alto: Helen Charlston

Tenor: Laurence Kilsby

Evangelist: Nick Pritchard

Bass (Christus): Raoul Steffani

Bass (Pilate / Peter): Dingle Yandell

 

Vivaldi Concerti

Available April 2027 

OAE self-direct

 

Three different programme options available, depending on venue preference and budget, see below:

 

Programme 1:

Vivaldi RV 572 in F major for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, solo violin, cello, harpsichord, strings

Vivaldi RV 565 in D minor for 2 violins, cello and strings

Vivaldi RV 538 for 2 horns and strings

Vivaldi RV 566 in D minor for 2 recorders, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 solo violins and strings

Interval

Vivaldi RV 580 in B minor, L’Estrong Harmonico Op. 3 No. 10 for 4 solo violins, 2 solo violas and continuo

Vivaldi RV 437 in G major, Op. 10 No. 6 for solo flute and strings

Vivaldi RV 473 in C major for solo bassoon and strings

Vivaldi RV 537 in C major for 2 solo trumpets and strings

 

Programme 2:

Vivaldi Lute concerto in D major RV 93

Vivaldi Concerto for recorder in C major, RV 443

Vivaldi Concerto for recorder, oboe, 2 violins and continuo in C major, RV 87

Vivaldi concerto for 2 oboes and 2 baroque clarinets in C major

Vivaldi Concerto in D minor for 2 oboes, RV 53

Vivaldi Concerto in D minor for 2 violins and cello, RV 565

Vivaldi Concerto in F major for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, solo violin and cello, RV 572

Vivaldi Concerto in G major Op. 6 No. 10 for flute, RV 437

 

Programme 3:

Vivaldi Op. 3 No. 10 in B minor for 4 violins

Vivaldi Op. 3 No. 8 in A minor for 2 violins

Vivaldi Op. 3 No. 5 in A major for 2 violins

Vivaldi Op. 3 No. 5 in E minor for 4 violins

Interval

Vivaldi Four Seasons

 

Grieg

Late May / early June 2027 – the Bergen International Festival 

Piano: Leif Ove Andsnes

Franck Symphonic Variations

Grieg Symphony in C

Grieg Piano Concerto


The Kings Consort

2021/2022

 PROGRAMMA

Handel: Alexander’s Feast

Remaining dates available are March 27, 28, 29 & 30, 2023

 

Carolyn Sampson soprano

Joshua Ellicott tenor

Matthew Brook bass

Choir of The King’s Consort (18 voices)

The King’s Consort (25 instruments)

Robert King conductor

 

 

Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell

 

  Carolyn Sampson soprano Dido

  Matthew Brook bass Aeneas

  Hugh Cutting countertenor Sorceress/ Spirit

  Julie Cooper soprano Belinda

  Emily Owen Second Woman, First Witch

  David de Winter tenor Sailor 


Purcell: Why are all the Muses mute? (Ode for King James, 1685)               

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

 


“Welcome, glorious morn”

Royal Odes by Henry Purcell

dates still being discussed with France, so we are open to date offers

 

Carolyn Sampson, other soloists to be decided

 

Suite from Abdelazer

Purcell: Now does the glorious day appear (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, 1689)               

Suite from Dioclesian

Purcell: Welcome, welcome, glorious morn (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, 1691)

 


Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

 

The King’s Consort

Carolyn Sampson, other soloists to be decided

 

Byrd: Mass in Four Parts (c.1593)

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle


 

A Voice from Heaven

British Choral Masterpieces

 

Choir of The King’s Consort (24 voices)

Robert King conductor

 

Naylor: Vox dicentis: clama

Stanford: Three Latin Motets (Justorum animae: Coelos ascendit hodie: Beati quorum via)

Howells: I heard a voice from heaven

Walton: Set me as a seal

Walton: Where does the uttered music go

Harris: Faire is the Heaven

 

Britten: A Hymn to St Cecilia

Hewitt Jones: Drop, drop, slow tears

Murrill: The souls of the righteous

Leighton: Drop, drop, slow tears

Stanford: I heard a voice from heaven

Harris: Bring us, O Lord God

Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing (Motet on the death of President Kennedy)[A1] 


Combattimento

 

2021/2022

PROGRAMMA

 

This special baroque ensemble that has existed more than 25 year has put together it’s programs for next year. Because some of the programs get subsidies, we can offer buyouts. The following programs are offered:

 

Take Five- from Leipzig to Dresden, with works from Bach, Goldberg, Telemann, Fasch e.a.

Händel in Italië: with works from Händel, Vivaldi and Scarlatti.

Sirènes with the top violinist CHOUCHANE SIRANOSSIAN- with, for example, the violin concerto of Vivaldi en Ludovico Syrmen (1738-1792)

Spaanse Passie: including works by De Falla, but also Boccherini

 

Take Five!

 

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Concert à 4 in Es (TWV 43:Es1), for 2 violins, viola and continuo                         

 

Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c.1690-1758)

Trio sonata in B, for 2 violins, viola and continuo

 

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)                                                              

Praeludium & Fuge in c, Fk 29/32, for harpsichord (klavecimbel?)                                                             

 

Johann Friedrich Schreyfogel (?-?)

Concerto in d, for violin, strings and continuo                                 

 

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)                                                              

Adagio & Fuga in d, (Fk 65), for 2 violins, viola and continuo                 

 

Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758)

Canonische Sonate in D, for violin, viola and continuo                                             

 

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727-1756)

Praeludium in C & Sonate in c, for 2 violins, viola and continuo

 

Händel in Italië

 

Francesco Gasparini (1661-1727)

Ouverture “Ambleto”                                                                                                 

 

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)             

Sonata II in c-klein, for strings and bass continuo                                                                          

 

Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)                      

Concerto in g-klein (HWV 287), for oboe, strings and continuo                                             

Toccata in G-groot (HWV 571), for harpischord

Concerto in Bes-groot (HWV 288), for violin (solo), oboe, strings and continuo

 

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)

Concerto in F opus 6/12, for strings and continuo                                                                       

 

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)      

Sonata VI in D-groot, for 2 violins and bc                       

 

Georg Friedrich Handel

Suite from Rodrigo (HWV 5), for oboe, strings and continuo                                                             

 

Sirènes

 

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729):      

Suite “Céphale et Procris” (arrangement) – Violin Sonata IV in G major                   

 

Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935):

Two National Anthems

 

Maddalena Laura Syrmen (1735-1799)                 

Strijkkwartet in B flat major (opus 3/2) – Violin Concerto in A major (opus 2/3)           

 

Ludovico Syrmen (1738-1792)                                  

Violin Concerto                                                                                                            

 

Wilhelmina von Bayreuth (1709-1758)

Harpsichord concerto in G minor

 

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Violin Concerto in C minor RV 771, “per Anna Maria” (reconstruction)

 

Spaanse Passie

 

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757): arr. Charles Avison

Concert in D for strings & bass continuo

 

Luigi Boccherini                              

Flute Quintet in G op 19/2 (G 426)

 

Domenico Scarlatti

Two sonatas for harpsichord in A

 

Luigi Boccherini               (1743-1805)

Oboe Quintet in d op 55/6 (G 436)

 

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)      

Concierto (1926) for harpischord

               

Luigi Boccherini                              

Guitar Quintet IV in D (G 448), "Fandango"                         

 

Manuel de Falla (arr. Combattimento)                

Three Dances (El Sombrero de Tres Picos, 1919)   

 

Intercontinental Ensemble

2021/2022

PROGRAM

 

Stars indicate original compositions.

 

Concert 1: Oostenrijk

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symfonie N.2 (30”)

- Franz Schubert: Symfonie N.8 “Onvoltooide” (28”)

Possibly combine with Bohuslav Martinu’s nonet*, the standard piece for this line-up

Concert 2: Mediterranië

-    Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque (18”)

-    Isaac Albéniz: Iberia (20”)

-    Louise Farrenc: Nonette, op.38 (30”)*

Concert 3: Schatten van Vrouwen

-    Louise Farrenc: Nonette op.38 (30”)*

-    Bianca Bongers: Collage van een achtvlak  (15”)*

-    Clara Schumann: Romanzen op.21 (12”)

Concert 4: Tsjechse klanken

-    Bohuslav Martinů: Nonet, H374 (18”)

-    Leoš Janáček: V mlhách (In the mist) (15”)

-    Antonín Dvořák: Slavische dansen (35”)

 PROGRAMS WITH SOLOISTS

With cello:

-    Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor (30”)

-    Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony 3 “Schotse”: (32”)

Met viool:

-    Robert Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor (30”)

-    Felix Mendelssohn, Symfonie 4 (33”) / Franz Schubert: Octet (58”)*

Met piano:

-    Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor (30”)

-    Beethoven Symphony N.2  (30”)

 

SPECIAL CONCERTS

Concert 1: Under the spell of Schubert

 

Ensemble + 2 singers (tenor/baritone and sopra), lengte 60”

 

Collection of Goethe songs: (in collaboration with Noorderkerk concerts)

- Erlkönig (tenor / baritone)

- Gretchen am Spinnrade (Soprano)

- Wandrer’s Nachtlied (tenor / baritone)

- An Schwager Kronos (tenor / baritone)

- Der Rattenfänger (tenor / baritone)

- Meeresstille (tenor / baritone)

- Nähe des Geliebten (soprano)

- Ganymed (soprano)

- Heiss mich nicht reden (soprano)

 

Concert 2: “In Motu” (CD program)

 

Instrumentation: Ensemble (9), lengte 70”

 

Bohuslav Martinu: Nonet (15)

Nino Rota: Nonetto (30)

Felix Mendelssohn: Symfonie 4 (30)

 

Concert 3 “Wonder Women” (CD-program)

 

Instrumentation: Ensemble (9), lengte 60”

- Louise Farrenc: Nonette

- Bianca Bongers: Collage van een achtvlak

- Sarah Neutkens: September

- Aregnaz Martirosyan: Emotional Diversity

 

Interesting for contemporary festivals, 3 of the 4 works are by young composers.