December 2010 Concert
Friday 11th December 2010 at 7.30pm
Wood Green School
Woodstock Road Witney OX28 1DX
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Concerts
CHARIVARI
AGRÉABLE
'The
King's Revels: from Potsdam to Paris'
Music for harpsichord, viol and baroque flute and oboe by Bach, Pachelbel, Telemann and others.
Charivari Agréable (trans. ‘pleasant tumult’, from Saint-Lambert’s 1707 treatise on accompaniment) was formed at the University of Oxford in 1993, and within the year became prize-winners of an international Early Music Network (UK) competition, made its debut at the Wigmore Hall, and recorded the first of many subsequent live concerts for the BBC, including Radio 3’s ‘In tune’, ‘Music Restor’d’, and ‘The Early Music Show’.
Charivari Agréable is recognized as ‘one of the classiest baroque bands’ (The Observer), whose 'musical intuitions are always captivating’ (Goldberg). ‘Charivari Agréable is one of the most versatile Early Music groups around at the moment. 'Under its benign director, Kah-Ming Ng, it appears to be infinitely adaptable, finding musicians who can fit into any of its many and varied programmes’ (International Record Review). The group has been hailed for its ‘thinking musicians who treat music of the past more creatively’ via their arrangements of music, ‘based on a greater knowledge of the historical and social contexts for the music’. They represent ‘a new and very exciting phase of the early music revival, one that enriches the existing repertory and can bring us ever closer to the spirit of the original music’ (Gramophone).
Apart from hosting an annual summer festival of early
music in Oxford, the ensemble regularly expands into Oxford’s resident
period-instrument orchestra, Charivari Agréable Simfonie. The orchestra has
on-going collaborations with some forty vocal groups - choral societies and
professional choirs alike - all over the UK, and has been conducted by many
musicians of renown, including Sir Charles Mackerras. The ensemble has
appeared at all prominent venues in London, including Buckingham Palace;
recent and forthcoming engagements include major festivals in the UK, and
tours to Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
Germany, Hungary, Latvia, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, South
East Asia, Turkey, and the USA.
"......charismatic performances and insightful research into often neglected areas of early music" The Times
“Virtuosity, impeccable tuning and imaginative phrasing ... played with
accomplieshed ease and authenticity...”
Early Music News
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