“One of the most exciting young singers this country has produced in years” (MusicOMH), countertenor Hugh Cutting brings his Refound Ensemble to Beverley for ‘Morpheus’, an exploration of songs of the night. Nocturnal dreams and encounters have inspired some of the greatest music ever written. This immersive evocation of night-time doesn’t only travel from Purcell […]
What draws you to attend particular concerts? Is it the performer? Music you already love? Or the opportunity to discover something new? Do you relish hours spent in the same musical time or place? Or is variety the spice of your musical life? In this talk, music journalist, broadcaster and cultural historian Flora Willson traces […]
As the market bustles outside and the morning light streams through the windows of St Mary’s, our handpicked team of chamber-musicians-in-residence sparkle in Mozart’s effervescent E flat major Piano Quartet. By contrast, Elgar’s Piano Quintet was written as the nation recovered from war, and as the composer stepped into the autumn of his own life: […]
