DANCE OF THE SPIRIT

GAINSBOROUGH ENSEMBLE AUTUMN CONCERT

Friday 2Oth September - 6pm

Friends Meeting House, Friars Street, Sudbury.

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"I am so pleased to announce that our string trio with cello,violin and viola will be bringing you a fascinating concert this September celebrating humanity’s primal drive to express itself through dance, featuring rousing 20th Century pieces by Krasa, Klein and Xenakis alongside exquisite English consort music by Purcell and Locke" Natasha Holmes

 

Programme:

 

DANCE OF THE SPIRIT

Hans Krasa - Tanec

Henry Purcell - Fantasia 1

Mathew Locke - Suite from the Flatt Consort

Henry Purcell - Fantasia 2

Iannis Xenakis - Dhipli Zyia

Henry Purcell - Fantasia 3

Gideon Klein - Trio 

 

Tickets. Advanced Booking: £15

Alternatively pay on the door (cash only)

Accompanied minors eight pounds

 

Booking here

 

PARKING Limited Parking Quay Lane or Quay Theatre or Kingfisher Leisure Centre.

 

Socialising There will be an opportunity to chat to the musicians after the concert if you would like to. Your ticket covers a free drink at a Salle Privée at The Secret Garden (just along the street) shortly after the end of the concert, around 7.15/7.30pm. If you would like to stay on for supper, please book a table directly with The Secret Garden here

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We are looking for funding and/or donations to expand our work, if you would like more details of this please email natashacatherineholmes@gmail.com 

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About the musicians

Natasha Holmes, violoncello

Natasha has played Romantic, Contemporary and Baroque music in The English Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Music Projects London and Norwich Baroque. She was a member of the first British chamber orchestra to tour in Siberia. She has made original recordings of birdsong together with her cello playing in the forests of England. Natasha also teaches asylum seekers English and gives talks on Historic Costume 

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Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin 

With a 40-year career spanning music from Mediaeval Europe to contemporary film scores, pioneering the use of Renaissance violins and Lira da Braccio, by way of a globe-trotting career as soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster and director, Pavlo Beznosiuk is one of the UK’s most eclectic violinists, who also recently starred on a Radio Show with his unique choice of classical/prog rock/jazz.

 

Rachel Byrt

Born in Wales, Rachel studied at the Guildhall, London and Hanns Eisler Hochschule, Berlin. Rachel is member of Britten Sinfonia, and guests with Les Siècles, Paris, Aurora and Academy of St Martin in the Fields. As a historical instrument specialist, she performs with London Handel Players, Gabrieli Consort and Players, In Echo and I Fagiolini. On viola d’amore, Rachel has performed for the BBC, at the Wigmore Hall and with Instruments of Time and Truth, based in Oxford, where she lives.