Concerts 2007-9

2007

 

Tuesday, 6th March 2007

The Bate Collection, Oxford

Complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 4

Music by Byrd, Bull, Philips and Farnaby

Francis Knights (muselar)

 

Friday, 9th March 2007

Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge

"The Worst Oratorio in the World"

Tolhurst: Ruth

Tolhurst Festival Choir, Stephen Cleobury (conductor),

William Falconer and Francis Knights (piano)

In aid of Comic Relief

 

Wednesday, 23rd May 2007

Newnham College, Cambridge

Telemann: Cantatas, sonatas and fantasias

Cassandra Extavour (soprano), Georgia Ruth Williams (recorder), Ryan Mark (violin),

Felicity Corrie (cello), Francis Knights (harpsichord)

 

Saturday, 9th June 2007

Clare College, Cambridge

Knights: Heraldic Fanfare

Huw Grange, Ethan Eade and Michael Collins (trumpets)

 

Friday, 22nd June 2007

Christ's College Chapel, Cambridge

Complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 5

Music by Byrd, Bull and Sweelinck

Francis Knights (organ)

 

Tuesday, 9th October 2007

Holywell Music Room, Oxford

Complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 6

Music by Byrd, Bull, Philips and Farnaby

Francis Knights (harpsichord)

 

Sunday, 28th October 2007

Michaelhouse, Cambridge

Bach: Cantatas 51, 79 and 80

Cambridge University Baroque Ensemble, conductor Sam Hayes

Lucy Jack & Anita Mackenzie Mills (sopranos)

Emily Orton & Anna Simpson (altos)

Will Hale & Francis Knights (tenors)

Philip Canner & James Robinson (basses)

 

Friday 16th and Sunday 18th November 2007

Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

Handel: Xerxes

Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera, Fergus McLeod (conductor)

Ruth Taylor (Xerxes), Chris Law (Ariodate),

Ben Williamson (Arsamene), Suzana Ograjensek  (Romilda),

Isabella Gage (Amastre), Thomas Faulkner (Elviro),

Lotte Johnson (Atalanta)

Sally Bradshaw (director), Michael Downes (producer),

Claire Pike (designer/assistant director)

Fitzwilliam String Quartet

Francis Knights (harpsichord)

www.srcf.ucam.org/fitzopera

 

Sunday, 25th November 2007

Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Preludes and Suites by Buxtehude

Francis Knights (clavichord)

In association with the Cambridge Szeged Society

www.cambridge-szeged-society.org.uk

 

Saturday, 1st December 2007

Blackheath, London

Keyboard music by Buxtehude and his contemporaries

Francis Knights (clavichord)

British Clavichord Society recital

http://saturn.nildram.co.uk/~bcs/index.htm

 

Saturday, 8th December 2007

BBC Radio 3

'CD Review' - The Music of Scarlatti, by Francis Knights

 

Monday, 10th December 2007

University Church, Oxford

Memorial Concert for Helene La Rue

Including music by Campra from Bach Collegium Oxford

 

2008

 

Saturday, 9th February 2008

Wolfson College, Cambridge

Music by Marenzio, Frescobaldi and Scarlatti

Francis Knights (harpsichord)

 

Sunday, 9th March 2008

Churchill College, Cambridge

Complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 7

Madrigals, Lute songs and intabulations by Marenzio, Philips, Byrd, Dowland and Van Eyck

Francis Knights (harpsichord), Lucy Williams (soprano),

Anna Langley (lute), Elliot Rogosin (recorder)

 

Saturday, 15th March 2008

BBC Radio 3

'Building a Library' - Biber's 'Mystery Sonatas', by Francis Knights

 

11th and 12th April 2008

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

Handel: Xerxes

Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera

Fergus McLeod (conductor)

Fitzwilliam String Quartet

Francis Knights (harpsichord)

www.srcf.ucam.org/fitzopera

www.theatreroyal.org/PEO/site/home

 

Thursday, 5th June 2008

Madingley Hall, Cambridge

Renaissance madrigals and chansons

Gradualia, Francis Knights (director/tenor)

 

Saturday, 7th June 2008

Clare College, Cambridge

Sonatas and arias by Vivaldi, Handel and Zipoli

Giustina Kim Galdolfi (soprano), Ryan Mark (violin), Francis Knights (spinet)

 

Thursday, 11th June 2008

Clare College Chapel, Cambridge

Cambridge Viola Festival

including Bach: Cantata 18

Instrumental ensemble, Francis Knights (harpsichord)

 

Monday, 11th August 2008

Clare College Chapel, Cambridge

Bach: Cantatas 158 and 203, motets by Monteverdi and Schutz and sonatas by Uccellini and Biber

Thomas Faulkner (bass), Jennifer Bennett (baroque violin), Yair Avidor (theorbo),

Dan Tidhar (harpsichord), Francis Knights (chamber organ)

 

Sunday, 28th September 2008

Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

attrib Handel, Violin sonata in G minor, Op.1/10

Fergus Macleod (violin), Lotte Johnson (cello), Francis Knights (harpsichord)

 

Friday, 14th November 2008

Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

Ensemble CB3, with Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Music by Britten, Macmillan and Malcolm Arnold,

including Suite for Harpsichord (1956) by Peter Racine Fricker


Wednesday, 19th November 2008

St Catherine’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Hungarian keyboard music – works by Bartok, Seiber, 

Picchi, Haydn, Mark Argent and Krzysztof Stasiak

Francis Knights (clavichord)

In association with the Cambridge Szeged Society

www.cambridge-szeged-society.org.uk

 

2009

 

27th-31st January 2009

ADC Theatre, Cambridge

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera & Cambridge University Baroque Ensemble

Francis Knights (musical director), David Irving (leader), Dan Tidhar (continuo),

Claire Pike (director), Robert Nimmo (producer)

www.adctheatre.com

 

Saturday, 21st February 2009

Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

Mozart: Requiem

Catherine White (soprano), Katy Maddocks (alto), Justin Meyer (tenor), Chris Law (bass),

Orchestra on the Hill, Dominic Wyse (conductor), Francis Knights (continuo)


Saturday, 28th February 2009

BBC Radio 3

'CD Review' - Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias, by Francis Knights

  

Thursday, 14th May 2009

Clare College, Cambridge

Lecture-recital on the Bach family

Francis Knights (clavichord)

  

Saturday, 16th May 2009

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Keyboard music by Bach and his sons

Francis Knights (harpsichord)


Saturday, 23rd May 2009

Wolfson College, Cambridge

Music by Purcell, Handel and Moody

Jenny Bacon (soprano), Francis Knights (harpsichord)


Saturday, 6th June 2009

Claire College, Cambridge

Song recital

Isabella Gage  (soprano), Francis Knights (piano)


Saturday, 4th July 2009

Fitzwilliam College Chapel, Cambridge

Music by Bull, Couperin and Bach

Francis Knights (organ)


Friday, 28th August 2009

Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

Complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 8

Music by Byrd, Farnaby, Richardson, Johnson and Tisdall

Francis Knights (harpsichord)


Friday, 18th September 2009

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Voice Production Workshop with Francis Knights


October 2009

Fitzwilliam College Chapel, Cambridge

Complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 9

Music by Byrd, Bull and Sweelinck

Francis Knights (organ)


November 5th-8th 2009

Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

Cambridge Purcell Festival

 Sonatas, Suites, Songs, Anthems, Fantazias and the Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

director Francis Knights


December 2009

Fitzwilliam College Chapel, Cambridge

Complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 10

Music by Byrd, Tisdall and Gibbons

Francis Knights (clavichord)