Concert Archive
Bach – Sonata for Viola da Gamba (Cello) and Harpsichord BWV1027
Rameau – Quatrième concert from Pièces de clavecin en concerts
Couperin – dance suite from I’Impérial (from Les Nations)
Telemann – Cello Sonata (D Major) TWV 41:D6
Bach – Trio sonata (e minor) BWV528
Telemann – Trio sonata (G Major) TWV 42:G11
Bach – Violin Sonata (G Major) BWV 1021
Telemann – Quadro (e minor) TWV43:e2
St Matthew Blackmoor & Whitehill C of E Church
by Telemann, Rameau, Leclair and Handel
Handel – Trio Sonata HWV 403 ‘Saul’
Corelli – Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 12
Vivaldi – Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 12 RV 63 ‘La Folia’
Corelli – Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 7
Handel – Oxford Water Music Suites
Leclair – Première Récréation de Musique Op. 6
Bach’s sacred cantata “Ich Habe Genug” is central to this programme encompassing love and destiny, both earthbound and celestial. Bach and Handel’s sublime music explores this theme, through both composers’ understanding of the pains and delights of the human condition, expressed through the power and beauty of their music.
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
Alexandra Bellamy, baroque oboe
Harpsichord and chamber organ
Children from Rhodes Avenue Primary School and Bealings Primary School
Community choirs
Nicki Kennedy – soprano
Richard Edgar-Wilson – tenor
Farran Scott – baroque violin
John Moore – saxophone and electronics
Tatty Theo – baroque cello
Carolyn Gibley – harpsichord
Lynda Sayce – theorbo
The Brook Street Band gratefully acknowledges
support from PRS for
Music Foundation
towards this commission.
Children from Rhodes Avenue Primary School
Rhodes Avenue Community choir
Nicki Kennedy – soprano
Richard Edgar-Wilson – tenor
Farran Scott – baroque violin
Lisete da Silva – flutes and recorders
John Moore – saxophone and electronics
Tatty Theo – baroque cello
Carolyn Gibley – harpsichord
Jamie Akers – theorbo
The Brook Street Band gratefully acknowledges
support from PRS for
Music Foundation
towards this commission.
Sunday 29th January 2017
St John's Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
Rome, Venice and Naples – Handel’s Italian legacy
with Nicki Kennedy
Tuesday 14th March 2017
Leamington Music, St Mary's Church, Warwick
Tuesday 21st March 2017
Cambridge Early Music, Howard Theatre, Downing College, Cambridge
Thursday 6th April 2017
London Handel Festival, St. George’s Hanover Square, London
The Italian Connection
Saturday 22nd April - Sunday 23rd April 2017
love: Handel Festival, The Chapel, Norwich
A brand new Handel festival – a mixture of talks, workshops and concerts, curated and delivered by The Brook Street Band
Wednesday 26th April 2017
Baroquestock Feastival of Musick & Foode, Heath St Baptist Church, 84 Heath St, Hampstead, London, NW3 1DN
From Hamburg to London…via Bückeburg
Sunday 4th June 2017
St John's Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
Handel – friends, foes and flattery
Handel – Trio Sonata in Bb Op.2 No.3
Arne – Trio Sonata in Eb Op.
Boyce – Trio Sonata in g minor No.4
Veracini – Violin Sonata in g minor Op.2 No.5
Cervetto – Trio Sonata in Bb Op.1
Bononcini – Trio Sonata in g minor No.2
Geminiani – Trio Sonata in F No.3
Monday 5th June 2017
The Music Room, Hatchlands, East Clandon, Surrey, GU4 7 RT
Trio Sonatas by Bach, Telemann and Handel
Friday 9th June 2017
Foundling Museum, London, WC1N 1AZ
Music for cello and harpsichord from the rich cultural melting pot of mid-eighteenth century London
Wednesday 1st November - Thursday 2nd November 2017
University of Hull, Cottingham Rd, Hull, HU6 7RX
1 Nov Student workshop 2:00pm – 4:00pm
2 Nov Middleton Hall, concert 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Rachel Harris – baroque violin
Lisete da Silva – baroque flute
Tatty Theo – baroque cello
Carolyn Gibley – harpsichord
Sunday 17th December 2017
The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, NR2 3EF
The Brook Street Band returns to one of its favourite concert series, for its annual Christmas concert.
Wednesday 7th February 2018
Handel House Museum private event
Friday 23rd February - Sunday 25th February 2018
Muffat Festival, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
Venues & Dates
- Friday 23rd February 2018, 7.30pm
The German Violin School
https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/german-violin-school - Saturday 24th February 2018, 10.30am
An introduction to Baroque Dance
https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/dance-workshop; - Saturday 24th February 2018, 5.30pm
Festival talk
Georg Muffat (1653-1704)- his life, his music and his legacy - Saturday 24th February 2018, 7.30pm
All about the dance
https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/all-about-dance - Sunday 25th February 2018, 11:00am
The Italian Influence
https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/italian-influence - Sunday 25th February 2018, 3:00pm
The Concerto
https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/concerto
Friday 23rd February 2018
St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
The German Violin School
The emergence of a new style of violin writing in Germany in the 17th century (under composers including Biber, Muffat and Schmelzer) was to have a profound impact on the rise of the violin as a solo instrument in this region. Sensual music for 1 and 2 violins, 2 violas and continuo written by tonight’s composers, from the South of the country, is typified by its florid and ornate style.
Muffat String Sonata No. 2 in G minor (Armonico Tributo)
Schmelzer Trio Sonata in E minor
Biber Sonata violino solo representativa in A
Schmelzer String Sonata No. 8 in G (Sacroprofanus Concentus Musicus)
Krieger Trio Sonata No. 10 in D
Biber Sonata No. 1 in B minor (Fidicinium Sacro Profanum)
Schmelzer String Sonata No. 7 in D (Sacroprofanus Concentus Musicus)
Krieger Trio Sonata No. 9 in G minor
Muffat Florilegium Primum No. 7 in G ‘Constantia’
Saturday 24th February 2018
St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
An Introduction to Baroque Dance
Have you always wanted to know a little more about the relationship between baroque music and the dance steps that so often accompanied it, and were such an important part of courtly life in the 17th and 18th centuries?
Renowned Baroque dance teacher Philippa Waite leads a workshop suitable for all ages from 8 years upwards. No previous experience or partner required. The session will focus on basic steps found in typical dance types such as bourée, minuet, sarabande, gigue etc. as well as touching on the etiquette of the period.
Live music will be provided by members of The Brook Street Band.
Saturday 24th February 2018
St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
Festival Talk: Muffat – his life, his music and his legacy
Tatty Theo presents an illustrated talk, exploring this rich period of political and musical change in 17th-century Europe that shaped and defined Muffat’s music.
Free admission with ticket for 7.30pm concert
Saturday 24th February 2018
St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
All About the Dance
Following on from the morning’s exhilarating dance workshop, experience some of the wonderfully rich and joyous orchestral music for strings, flutes and recorders that was such an important part of life at French Courts and further afield.
Muffat Florilegium Secundum No. 2 in D ‘Splendidae Nuptiae’
Lully La Chasse from Ballet des Arts in G minor
Handel Suite in Bb HWV34 from Alcina
Fischer Le Journal du Printemps Op. 1 No. 3 in Bb
Bach Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV1067
Sunday 25th February 2018
St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
The Italian Influence
An intimate chamber programme (for 1 and 2 violins and continuo) which explores the Italian influence on chamber music by Muffat and Handel, paired with works by Corelli, the pre-eminent Italian virtuoso violinist of the period.
Today we credit Corelli with providing the template for so many Italianate musical innovations in the baroque era. However, Muffat’s Italian-styled violin sonata of 1677 predates all of Corelli’s chamber music, and shows that Italian influence prevailed in Germany before Muffat even encountered Corelli.
Corelli Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 1 in F
Muffat Violin Sonata in D
Handel Trio Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in Bb
Corelli Trio Sonata Op. 3 No. 5 in D minor
Handel Cello Sonata in D minor
Corelli Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 12 in D
Sunday 25th February 2018
St. John's Smith Square, St. John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
The Concerto
What better way to end a festival than with a glorious programme of solo and orchestral concertos!
Muffat’s influence stemmed far and wide, incorporating both French and Italian style, and his hugely important legacy is beautifully illustrated in these wonderful works by composers far better-known than Muffat today, but who each owe him a huge debt of gratitude.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV1048 in G
Handel Violin Concerto (Sonata a cinque) in Bb HWV288
Geminiani Concerto Grosso No. 12 in D minor (‘La Follia’; after Corelli Op. 5 No. 12)
Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 10 in D minor
Muffat String Sonata No. 5 in G (Armonico Tributo)
Friday 2nd March 2018
Thursday 8th March 2018
Friday 9th March 2018
Friday 16th March 2018
Saturday 17th March 2018
All Saints' Church, Weston Green, Esher, Surrey KT10 8JLMotets by JS Bach, Heinrich Schütz , and Orlando Lassus
Thursday 22nd March 2018
Friday 6th April 2018
Wednesday 18th April 2018
Saturday 21st April 2018
St. Paul's Church, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9ED
Motets by JS Bach, Heinrich Schütz , and Orlando Lassus
Monday 4th June 2018
The Great Barn, Oxnead Hall, Norfolk
Tuesday 5th June 2018
Handel & Hendrix in London, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HBHandel Violin Sonatas
This concert is the London launch of The Brook Street Band’s new recording for AVIE Records
Saturday 7th July 2018
Wymondham Abbey, Church Street, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0PH
Purcell’s King Arthur
Sunday 8th July 2018
St. Andrew's Church, Gunton
Saturday 14th July 2018
Baconsthorpe, Norfolk Private event
Saturday 28th July - Saturday 4th August 2018
Dartington International Summer School, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL
Saturday 22nd September 2018
Wednesday 26th September 2018
The Queen’s College Chapel, High St, Oxford, OX1 4AW
Saturday 29th September 2018
Shatwell Farm, Shatwell Lane. Yarlington, Somerset BA9 8DL
Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Conductor: Matthew Owens
Sunday 14th October 2018
St. George's Guildhall, King Street, King’s Lynn Norfolk PE30 1HA
Saturday 24th November 2018
United Reformed Church, Farnham, GU9 7QU
Sunday 16th December 2018
The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, NR2 3EF
The Brook Street Band returns to one of its favourite concert series, for its annual Christmas concert. This will be a special celebration of the Band’s 20th consecutive year giving this concert.
Friday 25th January 2019
The Chapel, 64 Park Lane, Norwich, NR2 3EF
Friday 22nd February 2019
Fishmongers' Recital Hall, The Britten Building, Gresham's School, Cromer Road, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6EA
Saturday 23rd February 2019
Sevenoaks Music Club, The Ship Theatre, Hollybush Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3UL
Thursday 7th March 2019
Friday 8th March 2019
Wednesday 13th March 2019
Wednesday 27th March 2019
Friday 31st May 2019
The Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ
Saturday 8th June 2019
Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1PT
Saturday 13th July 2019
Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1PT
Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Petworth Festival, 151 Whites Green Lodge, Lurgashall, Petworth, GU28 9BD
Sunday 28th July 2019
CPRE Norfolk Summer Fair 2019, Raveningham, Norwich, NR14 6NS