25 November 2009

8pm

Michael Chance, Nicholas Daniel & Fretwork in King's

Michael Chance countertenor
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Fretwork
Reiko Ichise
Richard Campbell
Susanna Pell
Richard Tunnicliffe
Asako Morikawa
Richard Boothby

Orlando Gibbons: The Silver Swan; What is our life?; 2 Fantasias in six parts
John Woolrich: Three Arias for oboe & 6 viols from The Book of Disquiet
Sally Beamish: Divan (first performance)
Henry Purcell: Fantazia in four parts; O solitude;
Fantasia upon one note; The Evening Hymn
Orlando Gibbons: 2 Fantasias in six parts
Henry Purcell: Music for a while; In nomine in six parts;
In nomine in seven parts (with oboe)
Sir John Tavener: The Hidden Face

One of the world's leading counter-tenors, Michael Chance, returns to King's for a special concert with international oboist Nicholas Daniel and Fretwork. The programme is one they have given recently in Moscow (amongst other places), always in venues where there is a the sort of acoustic for which King's Chapel is famous.

The music is all British - from the 17th Century, by Purcell and Gibbons, right up to Sir John Tavener, one of the most celebrated of modern day composers. Included are the wonderful masterpieces of Orlando Gibbons' The Silver Swan and Purcell's Evening Hymn.

To complement the older music, comes a first performance, from Sally Beamish. Her new work Divan is a collection of settings of the Persian metaphysical poet Hafez, whose writings about animals has been an ongoing inspiration for Sally.

Sally writes: "This new Divan takes some of the previous settings and re-invents them for Michael Chance, with oboe and viols. The music reflects traditional classical Iranian setar playing, ornamentation and birdsong."


 Pre-Concert talk 7pm, Keynes Hall, King’s College (free event for ticket holders)

King's College Chapel

Tickets: (numbered) £25, £20 and £15;
(unnumbered and unsighted) £5
[Concessions: ¢ £23, £18, and £13; JP; WC 2 for 1; SS £5]

Booking code 25.1

Box Office: 01223 357851

This concert is given in partnership with Concerts at King's and with the kind permission of the Provost and Fellows of King's College.

photo Gerald Place
photo Patrick Harrison

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