Events coming soon
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Monday 25 July 2022 at 6.30PM
Contemporary Consort with Michael Berkeley
A Dark Waltz & American Suite
King's Lynn Town Hall, Saturday Market Place, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DQ
Join Michael Berkeley, former Cheltenham Festival director, for conversation with Ambrose Miller followed by a performance of some of his chamber works. Performed by Sarah Thurlow’s Contemporary Consort, featuring cellist Andrew Skidmore and pianist Iain Farrington. Following the concert there is an opportunity to meet Michael over a complimentary glass of wine.
Past events
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Sunday 08 May 2022 at 7.00PM
Budapest Spring Festival - Women's Songs
This concert features a selection of works by women composers and poets, from Clara Schumann and Dora Pejacevic to the youngest generation, such as Louise Labe, Ingeborg Bachmann and Angéla García. The concert also includes performances of 'How do I love thee' from 'Songs of awakening Love' (music by Michael Berkeley and words by Elizabeth Barrett Browning), and 'Tant que mes Yeux' from Five Songs (music by Lennox Berkeley and words by Louise Labé). Women's voices that have been suppressed, ridiculed or even banned for centuries can now be heard.
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Sunday 08 May 2022 at 10.00AM
Super Flumina Babylonis
Super Flumina Babylonis
St. Pancras Parish Church, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BA
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Saturday 07 May 2022 at 7.00PM
Budapest Spring Festival - Silent Love
Austrian Cultural Forum Budapest, Benczúr u. 16, 1068, Budapest, Hungary
Hear forgotten female voices, including Elsa Asenijeff, who suffered a tragic fate, Dora Pejacevic, the Croatian composer born in Budapest, and Ursula Malok, who emigrated to the USA. The concert includes 'How do I love thee' (No. 3 from 'Songs of awakening Love', music by Michael Berkeley and words by Elizabeth Barrett Browning). Also performed are works by distinctive female composers such as Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin of Russian descent, Johanna Doderer and Gabriele Proy from Austria, Beth Falcone from the US and Australian cellist Melissa Coleman, who will play her own compositions.
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Thursday 17 February 2022 at 7.00PM
Somewhere: An English-Austrian Song Recital
Ode - In Memoriam & Three Rilke Sonnets
Austrian Cultural Forum London, 28 Rutland Gate, London, SW7 1PQ
This special evening will see the young virtuoso mezzo-soprano Josipa Bainac, accompanied by pianist David Hausknecht and violist Alexander Znamensky, interpret recent compositions by Austrian and English composers. The programme includes 'Ode - In Memoriam' and 'Und fast ein Madchen' from 'Three Rilke Sonnets' by Michael Berkeley. Also on the programme are works by Erich. W. Korngold, Akos Banlaky and others. The concert has a unique symbiotic twist: English poetry set to Austrian compositions, and vice versa.
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Tuesday 15 February 2022 at 7.30PM
Ensemble Compositions and Songs
Echo, Haiku, Ode - In Memoriam, Three Cabaret Songs & Three Rilke Sonnets
Razumovsky Academy, 56 College Road, Kensal Green, London, NW10 5ET
Michael Berkeley introduces a selection of his works along with ensemble compositions and songs by Lennox Berkeley, Beethoven, Haydn, Britten and others. The works by Michael Berkeley include:
Echo: Homage to Francis Poulenc for piano and viola
Und fast ein Mädchen (No. 2 from Three Rilke Sonnets for voice and viola)
Ode - In Memoriam for viola solo
Haiku for piano solo
Hard Times for voice and piano (No. 1 from Three Cabaret Songs)
Performed by Josipa Bainac (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Znamenskiy (viola) and David Hausknecht (piano).
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Sunday 13 February 2022 at 6.30PM
Viennese Connections Recital
Three songs to children
All Saints Church, Lovelace Road, Norwood, London, SE21 8JY
This recital includes 'A Cradle Song' and 'A Child Asleep' for voice and piano, from 'Three Songs to Children' by Michael Berkeley. Also on the programme are works by Mozart, Mahler, Banlaky and others. Performed by Josipa Bainac (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Znamenskiy (viola) and David Hausknecht (piano). Free entry.