Autumn in Malvern: Armonico Consort – Chaconne!

AUTUMN IN MALVERN
Malvern Theatres, Forum Theatre

ARMONICO CONSORT & BAROQUE PLAYERS
SOPRANO HANNAH FRASER MACKENZIE
COUNTERTENOR WILLIAM TOWERS
DIRECTED FROM THE HARPSICHORD BY CHRISTOPHER MONKS

The ground bass has been a fundamental of music for centuries and has not only given rise to some of the greatest and most popular works ever written such as Pachelbel’s Canon, but also to rarely performed gems such as ‘Che si puo Fare’ by Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi. This concert, for small instrumental ensemble and two of Armonico Consort’s soloists, both well-known to Malvern audiences, celebrates the extraordinary versatility of this simple but incredible musical force…

Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue
Purcell: Chaconne in G minor
Purcell: Chaconne from The Fairy Queen
Monteverdi: Pur Ti Miro & Zefi ro Torna
Purcell: Dido’s Lament
Strozzi: Che si puo fare
JS Bach: Den Tod (from BWV 4) & Wir Eilen (from BWV 78)

‘PURE PLEASURE’ THE GUARDIAN
★★★★★ THE INDEPENDENT
★★★★★ THE TIMES
★★★★★ BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
★★★★ THE TELEGRAPH

Free Pre-show talk at 4pm in Studio One with Christopher Monks, Hannah Fraser Mackenzie and William Towers. Click here to book.

Click here for the full Autumn in Malvern programme