UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
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9pm Tuesday 12 March 2019
Emmanuel College Chapel, Cambridge
Late Evening Early Modern
AN APE, A LION, A FOX, AND AN ASS
A selection of madrigals, motets, and drinking songs from the taverns, featuring music by rarely heard female composers.
including music by
HENRY PURCELL
WILLIAM BYRD
VITTORIA ALEOTTI
CATERINA ASSANDRA
LUCREZIA VIZZANA
JAMIE CONWAY director
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2.20pm Monday 5 - Saturday 10 August 2019
St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh
IL SIGNOR BRUSCHINO at the EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL
ROSSINI IL SIGNOR BRUSCHINO
Staged, sung in Italian with English translation
Cast TBA
JAMIE CONWAY musical director
SAM TANNENBAUM stage director
LUCY ROBERTS producer
TESS JACKSON assistant musical director
MATTHEW GIBSON assistant musical director
FRANCIS BUSHELL assistant musical director
DUNCAN FRASER assistant stage director
IZZY COLLIE-COUSINS assistant stage director
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1.10pm Tuesday 16 October 2018
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Series
Raikes Consort with Sophie Westbrooke
J S BACH BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 5 in D major
JAMIE CONWAY RECORDER CONCERTO (new commission)
J S BACH BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 4 in G major
JAMIE CONWAY director/harpsichord
SOPHIE WESTBROOKE recorder
REBECCA DOHERTY recorder
NAOMI WARBURTON violin
LEORA COHEN violin
BECKY KERSHAW flute
The orchestra of the Raikes Consort opens the new academic year's Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Series (CULCS) held in West Road Concert Hall each Tuesday. The concert is a showcase of several consort members, including BBC Young Musician finalist Sophie Westbrooke in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and a new concerto for four recorders and strings by director Jamie Conway. Sophie is joined by Rebecca Doherty and Naomi Warburton for the Bach, while Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 will be played by Becky Kershaw, Leora Cohen and Jamie Conway.
PAST PERFORMANCES
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Raikes Consort tour to Florence, Italy
St Mark's English Church
TOM MOY conductor
JAMIE CONWAY conductor
JAMES ANDERSON-BESANT organ
10.30am Sunday 2 September 2018
EUCHARIST: BYRD - MASS FOR FOUR VOICES
BYRD MASS FOR FOUR VOICES
BYRD AVE VERUM CORPUS
PURCELL HEAR MY PRAYER
6.30pm Monday 3 September 2018
RECORDER THROUGH THE AGES
to include music by CASTELLO and CORELLI
SOPHIE WESTBROOKE recorder
JAMIE CONWAY harpsichord
6pm Tuesday 4 September 2018
THE RENAISSANCE
to include music by PALESTRINA and BYRD
6pm Wednesday 5 September 2018
ANTHEMS FROM ENGLAND
to include music by HOWELLS and PARRY
The consort will be travelling overseas for the first time to give a series of concerts and to sing the liturgy in St Mark's English Church in Florence, Italy. Led by guest conductor and Robinson College student Tom Moy, assisted by Jamie Conway and accompanied by St John's College Organ Scholar James Anderson-Besant, the choir of the consort will give two contrasting performances as well as aiding the worship in the church on Sunday morning. Raikes Consort recorder player and BBC Young Musician finalist Sophie Westbrooke joins the choir on tour to give a recital of recorder music old and new. Sophie will be accompanied by Jamie Conway.
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7pm Thursday 30 August 2018
St John of Jerusalem Church, Hackney E9 7EY
East London Symphony Orchestra and
Wyatt Sinfonia
Sibelius and Pejačević
ROBIN HAIGH LAGO for solo clarinet, harp and strings (new commission)
SIBELIUS VIOLIN CONCERTO
PEJAČEVIĆ SYMPHONY in F sharp minor
JAMIE CONWAY conductor
ZOE KUNDU conductor
CHARLES WESTHOFF violin
SAMUEL HUSTON clarinet
Partner ensemble East London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jamie Conway join forces with young conductor and trumpeter of the National Youth Orchestra Zoë Kundu and her ensemble Wyatt Sinfonia for a mixed programme in London, featuring new music by Royal Academy of Music graduate and British Composer Award winning Robin Haigh for solo clarinet, harp and strings (with Samuel Huston, clarinet), rare music by female Croatian composer Dora Pejačević, and Sibelius' great Violin Concerto with international award-winning Royal College of Music student, Charles Westhoff.
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19-21 November 2018
Emmanuel College Chapel, Cambridge
Cambridge University Opera Society
Michaelmas Show: Il signor Bruschino
ROSSINI IL SIGNOR BRUSCHINO
Staged, sung in Italian with English surtitles
JAMES WARD Gaudenzio
LOUIS WILSON Bruschino
ALICE WEBSTER Sofia
ANDREI SMID Florville
ROBERT NICHOLAS Filiberto
ANNA COOPER Marianna
LAWRENCE BISSELL Commissario
RICHARD DECKER Bruschino Figlio
JAMIE CONWAY musical director
SAM TANNENBAUM director
LUCY ROBERTS producer
MATTHEW GIBSON first assistant musical director
FRANCIS BUSHELL assistant musical director
TESS JACKSON assistant musical director
SOPHIE WESTBROOKE assistant producer
ALIX MARIE D'AVIGNEAU stage manager
MELANIE CHEN assistant stage manager
LUCY RUSSELL front of house manager
TOM MULLOCK set design and build
BEN WILLIAMS set design and build
The orchestra of the consort will accompany Cambridge University Opera Society's Michaelmas Show in Emmanuel College Chapel in November. Conducted by Jamie Conway, the cast will be drawn from the student body and the production will be fully staged and designed by a student crew. Don't miss out on these three performances of a rarely heard gem from Rossini.
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8pm Tuesday 24 April 2018
Robinson College Chapel, Cambridge
choir and orchestra of the Raikes Consort
Dixit Dominus
HARPSICHORD CONCERTO NO. 1 in D minor J S BACH
DE PROFUNDIS (new work) JAMIE CONWAY
DIXIT DOMINUS G F HÄNDEL
director JAMIE CONWAY
harpsichord JAMES ANDERSON-BESANT
24.Apr.18
The first performance
The Raikes Consort came together for the first time in Robinson College at the University of Cambridge after the Easter vacation in 2018 to perform Handel's formidable Dixit Dominus. The concert also featured St John's College organ scholar James Anderson-Besant in Bach's First Harpsichord Concerto as well as a new work for choir and baroque ensemble, De Profundis, by artistic director Jamie Conway.