Concerts 2001-3

This is a list of the principal concerts, services, lectures and broadcasts I have been involved in since 2001, as conductor, recitalist or accompanist.


2001

 

Tuesday, 2nd October 2001

Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford

Voces Angelicae, conductor Francis Knights

Gibbons’ First Set of Madrigals and Motets of 5 parts

 

Saturday, 13th October 2001

Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford

Choral Evensong

Voces Angelicae, conductor Francis Knights,

Matthew O’Donovan (organ)

Music by Byrd and Stanford

 

2002

 

Sunday, 3rd February 2002

Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford

Gradualia, conductor Francis Knights

Music by Cornysh, Alonso Lobo, and White

 

Sunday, 3rd March 2002

Somerville College Chapel

Somerville College Chapel Choir, conductor Francis Knights

Sam Bayliss (organ), Henry Howard (tenor), David Somerville Wright (bass)

Wood: St Mark Passion

 

Saturday, 4th May 2002

New College Chapel, Oxford

Choral Evensong

Voces Angelicae, conductor Francis Knights; Matthew O’Donovan (organ)

Music by Shepherd, Howells and Stanford

 

Tuesday, 7th May 2002

Keble College Chapel, Oxford

Gradualia, conductor Francis Knights

Music by Gombert, Sheppard, Byrd and White

 

Saturday, 11th May 2002

The Bate Collection, Oxford

Harpsichord continuo workshop, led by Francis Knights

 

Sunday, 12th May 2002

Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford

Gradualia, conductor Francis Knights

Music by Gombert, Byrd and White

 

Tuesday, 21st May 2002

Holywell Music Room, Oxford

Joshua Getzler (baroque flute/recorder/voice flute), Francis Knights (harpsichord)

French Baroque Chamber Music - music by Couperin, Duphly,

Leclair, Hotteterre, Blavet, Forqueray and Danican-Philidor

 

Sunday, 9th June 2002

Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford

Joshua Getzler (baroque flute/voice flute), Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Music by Leclair, Duphly, Hotteterre, Couperin, and Blavet

 

Sunday, 18th August 2002

Holywell Music Room, Oxford

Joshua Getzler (baroque flute/recorder), Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Chamber Music from 18th century London - music by Henry Purcell,

Daniel Purcell, Stanley, Corelli and Handel

 

Saturday, 31st August 2002

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

Voces Angelicae, conductor Francis Knights

Renaissance Motets, Madrigals and Chansons

 

 Sunday, 1st September 2002

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

Voces Angelicae, conductor Francis Knights

Renaissance Motets, Madrigals and Chansons

 

Saturday, 9th November 2002

The Bate Collection, Oxford

Francis Knights (clavichord)

Music by Böhm, Buxtehude and Bach

 

Tuesday, 22nd October 2002

The Bate Collection, Oxford

Bach Collegium Oxford, director Francis Knights

Chamber music by Buxtehude and Biber

 

Wednesday, 23rd October 2002

Holywell Music Room, Oxford

Bach Collegium Oxford, director Francis Knights

Chamber and Vocal music by Buxtehude and Biber

 

Saturday, 16th November 2002

Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford

Gradualia, conductor Francis Knights

Music by Josquin, de Rore, White and Byrd

 

Saturday, 23rd November 2002

Douai Abbey, Woolhampton

Gradualia, conductor Francis Knights

Music by Alonso Lobo, Cornysh and White

 

Sunday, 24th November 2002

Holywell Music Room, Oxford

Voces Angelicae, conductor Francis Knights; Jane Jewel (cello)

Frideswide - Strong Peace

Readings and music in honour of St Frideswide (c.680-739), patron saint of Oxford,

devised by Michele Wates

 

Friday, 13th December 2002

St Barnabas’ Church, Oxford

Helen Maxey (soprano), Oxford Baroque Soloists, Francis Knights (organ)

Music by Bach, Handel, Rebel, Torelli and Vivaldi

 

Thursday, 19th December 2002

St John’s College Chapel, Oxford

Joshua Getzler (baroque flute), Miriam Nelken (viola da gamba), Francis Knights (harpsichord)

From Paris to Berlin - music by Leclair, Marais, Louis Couperin,

François Couperin, Telemann, J.S.Bach and C.P.E.Bach

 

2003

 

Wednesday, 22nd January 2003

Holywell Music Room, Oxford

Bach Collegium Oxford, director Francis Knights

Sonatas, Suites and Songs by Purcell and Marais

 

Sunday, 16th February 2003

Worcester Cathedral

Choral Evensong

Somerville College Chapel Choir, conductor Francis Knights,

Sam Bayliss (organ)

Music by Byrd, Noble and Brahms

 

Tuesday, 25th February 2003

Exeter College Chapel, Oxford

Voces Angelicae, conductor Francis Knights, Paul Thomas and

David Somerville Wright (baritones), William Falconer (organ)

Baritoni Reginalae

Music for baritone chorus by Duruflé, Purcell, de Rore, White and Wylkynson

 

Saturday, 1st March 2003

St Mary Magdalen, Oxford

Gradualia, conductor Francis Knights

Music by Palestrina, de Rore, Mouton, Gombert and Lheritier

 

Sunday, 9th March 2003

Somerville College Chapel, Oxford

Somerville College Chapel Choir, conductor Francis Knights

Sam Bayliss (organ), Philip Fine (tenor), David Somerville Wright (bass)

Stainer: The Crucifixion

 

Wednesday, 12th March 2003

Churchill College, Cambridge

Joshua Getzler (baroque flute), Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Baroque Chamber Music

Music by Couperin, Leclair and the Bach family

 

Saturday, 31st May 2003

St Mary Magdalen, Oxford

Gradualia, conductor Francis Knights

A Musical Journey through England from 1400 to 1600 - music from the Old Hall Manuscript,

the Eton Choirbook, Cornysh and Byrd

 

Tuesday, 3rd June 2003

The Bate Collection, Oxford

Joshua Getzler (baroque flute), Francis Knights (clavichord)

Music from the Berlin Court

Music by C.P.E.Bach, Benda and Frederick the Great

 

Monday, 30th June 2003

Greystoke Church, Penrith, Cumbria

Gradualia, conductor Francis Knights

Music by Byrd, Josquin, Palestrina and White

 

Tuesday, 1st July 2003

York Minster

Gradualia, conductor Francis Knights

Music by Byrd, Gombert, Palestrina, de Rore and White

 

August 2003

Canterbury Cathedral

Choral Evensong

RSCM Summer Course Choir, conductor Francis Knights

Music by Byrd, Tomkins and Tallis

 

Sunday, 21st September 2003

Manor House Museum, Bury St Edmunds

Francis Knights (clavichord)

Suites, Fantasias and Variations by Bach and his contemporaries -

music by J.S.Bach, Böhm, Buxtehude, Fischer, Froberger, Kreiger and Petzold

 

Sunday, 12th October 2003

Churchill College, Cambridge

Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Music by Louis Couperin, Duphly, Forqueray, Bach, Böhm, Buxtehude and Froberger

 

Wednesday, 5th November 2003

The Queen’s College Chapel, Oxford

Francis Knights (organ), Joshua Getzler (recorder) and Benjamin Narvey (theorbo)

Seventeenth century Italian Organ and Chamber Music -

music by Frescobaldi, Marini, Castello and Kapsberger

 

Saturday, 15th November 2003

St Mary Magdalen, Oxford

Gradualia, conductor Francis Knights

Music by Josquin, Lassus, Lheritier and Byrd

 

Saturday, 7th December 2003

Iffley Church, Oxford

Gradualia, conductor Francis Knights

Music by Josquin, de Rore, Byrd, Sheppard and Weelkes