At last! Real Live Music… The BEMP Third Thursday recital series opens on May 20th in All Saints' Church, Culmstock First up will be Newe Vialles, who are delighted to be returning to Culmstock for a recital of characterful and quirky music from 17th century England. The programme features sumptuous lyra viol music by the… Read More »Blackdowns Early Music Projects – Newe Vialles – Good Againe
Live performances at Lunchtime will hopefully be resuming in June and are planned to continue until November with a performance on the second Friday of each month. It is also hoped that most concerts will be recorded, so those who are unable to attend in person will be able to watch later on You Tube.… Read More »St John’s Taunton – Lunchtime Concerts: Rediscovered Treasures
Live performances at Lunchtime will hopefully be resuming in June and are planned to continue until November with a performance on the second Friday of each month. It is also hoped that most concerts will be recorded, so those who are unable to attend in person will be able to watch later on You Tube.… Read More »St John’s Taunton – Lunchtime Concerts: Pipes and Reeds
Two of the West Country’s finest fiddle-players join forces to form this fabulous duo with an innovative take on English traditional music and song. Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll are highly-respected musicians, composers and workshop leaders based in North Devon. They first collaborated as a fiddle duo on a busking trip around Spain and Portugal,… Read More »Blackdowns Early Music Projects – Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll – English Fiddles & Folk
Travel the world with the Mornington Trio without the need for Covid passports or quarantine! Long established on the South West music scene, Andrew and Lynn Carter and Lynda Edwards come together for a richly varied aural tour featuring oboe, bassoon and piano in trios, duets and solo. Their programme includes music by French early… Read More »St Johns Taunton – From Moscow to Mexico, a Sunday Afternoon Concert
Ed Jenkins, Director of Music at Queen’s College A varied selection of preludes and fugues from Book 1 of the Well Tempered Clavier by J.S, Bach with short introductions to each, as well as an overview of this seminal work of the keyboard literature'. In accordance with Covid regulations, it will necessary to book your… Read More »St John’s Lunchtime Concerts, “Ut Re Mi”
The three members of Pandora’s Box, Emily White, John Kenny and Miguel Tantos Sevilliano are bringing a programme entitled The Turning Wheel in which the extraordinary versatility of all three musicians will shine, as instrumentalists playing a range of instruments from sackbut to trombone, baroque violin to bicycle frame (yes!), and as singers, arrangers and… Read More »Blackdowns Early Music Projects – Pandora’s Box – The Turning Wheel
Trio Exe invite you on a musical journey back to Russia in the 1890s. A period when Russian music was full of romantic melodies and gorgeous harmonies, with native composers respected and revered across Europe and a thriving cultural scene. The main work in our programme is the Piano Trio No. 1 by Anton Arensky.… Read More »St Johns Taunton – Lunchtime Concert: Russian Romance
‘Purcell and Friends’ brings together some gems of the late 17th century to present popular songs and tunes from Purcell’s theatre works alongside music by his continental contemporaries performed by Martin Perkins (organ), Henrik Persson ( gamba/cello) Lisete da Silva (baroque flute/recorders) and Nicola Wemyss (mezzo). The original Musical and Amicable Society was founded in… Read More »Blackdowns Early Music Projects – The Musical & Amicable Society – Purcell & friends
