Music by Candlelight with The Waldegrave Ensemble
Friday 8th December, 7:45pm
The Waldegrave Ensemble brings together some of the finest chamber players from the South of England for an intimate evening of festive music for flute, clarinet, oboe, horn, bassoon and piano, performed in stunning historic setting of The Horton’s Performance Space.
These professional musicians play together regularly in some of London’s top orchestras including the City of London Sinfonia and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. The concert promises to be an exciting performance not to be missed.
Concert Programme:
- Leontovych, Carol of the Bells
- Holst, arr. Robert Puff – Bleak Midwinter in the Northwoods
- Poulenc, Sextuor for wind quintet and piano
- Holcombe, Christmas Jazz Suite
Interval - Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite with piano and narration
- Anderson, Sleigh Ride
The Horton’s licensed Café-Bar will be open on 8th December from 9.15am until 10.30pm, serving meals, drinks and snacks.
The Waldegrave Ensemble:
Sarah Ovenden, flute
Becca Whitehouse, oboe
Elliott DeVivo, clarinet
Tom Findlay, horn
Sarah Hoyle, bassoon
Jill Morton, piano
The Waldegrave Ensemble is a flexible group with a wind quintet at its core. They perform a wide range of repertoire for wind quintet and collaborate with string and piano players to perform larger mixed chamber works.
Since forming in 2009 the Waldegrave Ensemble have set out to embrace new ways to engage their audiences during their performances; incorporating storytelling or theatre into performances or collaborating with dancers and using visual stimulus to enrich their listeners’ experiences.
Members of the group work alongside composers to create and perform new chamber works. Recent
collaborations include performances of ‘Calendar of intolerable inventions from around the world’ by Hong Kong born composer Raymond Yiu and the 2016 world premiere of a new quintet by British composer Matthew Taylor which they recorded with Toccata Classics.
Tickets: Adult £20*, Student £12*
*A £1.50 booking fee applies per ticket when booking online and in person. The booking fee covers costs charged to the charity for the booking system and payment processing.
