Saturday 18 October, 15:30 at St Paul's Church
BREMF Emerging Artists Showcase
EVENT OVER. A showcase of short performances from four talented and exciting early music ensembles
Date & Time: Saturday 18 October, 15:30
Ticket price: £20; under 30s £10; under 12s free; £5 standing
Venue: St Paul's Church
Your opportunity to hear the newest cohort of ensembles selected for the 2025 BREMF Emerging Artists scheme. Each ensemble presents a 20-minute performance, showcasing a programme which explores connections between music and nature.
Previous participants have gone on to be selected as BBC New Generation Baroque Ensembles and enjoyed national and international success – this is your chance to hear the stars of tomorrow!
Interval with tea and delicious home-made cakes
The Lyons Mouth
Elspeth Piggott & Ailsa Campbell sopranos
Ellie Stamp mezzo-soprano
James Botcher tenor
Tom Lowen bass
The Byrds & the Bees
A romp through 16th-century English and Italian countrysides. Bold shepherdesses tease amorous shepherds, God is praised with cymbals and harps whilst the bees revel in ambrosian cheer, drunk on the nectar stored in their curious cabinets.
The Royal Sackbut Collective
Jonathan Stevens, Buchen Zhao, Jessica Anderson, Pau Hernández, Ben Holford, Jonny Lovatt, José Teixeira sackbuts
Andrew Cowie sackbut, harpsichord
Communion of the Divine
The voice of the sackbut has long been used to symbolise divine presence in earthly instrumental sound. In this programme The Royal Sackbut Collective presents music by Monteverdi and Giovanni Gabrieli which explores dialogue between heaven and earth, ranging from the court of King Henry VIII, a king who ruled by divine right, to earthly prayers sent to the heavens by an imploring nymph.
Chantefable
Mariana Rodrigues soprano & Andrew Cowie harpsichord
From Hillside Gardens
An immersive journey blending music from Charpentier, Monteverdi, and Codex Zuola, with spoken poetry from Camões and Harriet Cameron performed with improvised harpsichord accompaniment.
Londinium Consort
Emanuele Addis lute, cittern
Rachel Allen soprano
Otto Hashmi recorder, Ecorder
Özgür Kaya & Mikołaj Piszczorowicz viola da gamba
In the woods soe wylde
A programme which brings together the music of John Dowland, words of William Shakespeare, and a new arrangement by Ben Finlay in an evocative programme where love escapes the restless sounds of the city and finds solace in nature.
