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Concerts 2007-9

2007

 

6th March 2007, The Bate Collection, Oxford

Francis Knights (muselar)

Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 4

Music by Byrd, Bull, Philips and Farnaby

 

9th March 2007, Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge

Tolhurst Festival Choir, Stephen Cleobury (conductor),

William Falconer and Francis Knights (piano)

Tolhurst: Ruth (‘The Worst Oratorio in the World’)

 

23rd May 2007, Newnham College, Cambridge

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

Felicity Corrie (cello), Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Telemann: Cantatas, sonatas and fantasias

 

9th June 2007, Clare College, Cambridge

Huw Grange, Ethan Eade and Michael Collins (trumpets)

Knights: Heraldic Fanfare

 

22nd June 2007, Christ's College Chapel, Cambridge

Francis Knights (organ)

Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 5

Music by Byrd, Bull and Sweelinck

 

9th October 2007, Holywell Music Room, Oxford

Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 6

Music by Byrd, Bull, Philips and Farnaby

 

28th October 2007, Michaelhouse, Cambridge

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)

Bach: Cantatas 51, 79 and 80

 

Friday 16th and Sunday 18th November 2007, Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

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), Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Handel: Xerxes

 

25th November 2007, Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Francis Knights (clavichord)

Preludes and suites by Buxtehude and his comtemporaries

 

1st December 2007, Blackheath, London

Francis Knights (clavichord)

Keyboard music by Buxtehude and his contemporaries

 

8th December 2007, BBC Radio 3

CD Review - The Music of Scarlatti, by Francis Knights

 

10th December 2007, University Church, Oxford

Memorial Concert for Helene La Rue

Including music by Campra from Bach Collegium Oxford

 

 

2008

 

9th February 2008, Wolfson College, Cambridge

Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Music by Marenzio, Frescobaldi and Scarlatti

 

9th March 2008, Churchill College, Cambridge

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

Anna Langley (lute), Elliot Rogosin (recorder)

Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 7

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

 

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

Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera, Fergus McLeod (conductor), Fitzwilliam String Quartet,

Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Handel: Xerxes

 

5th June 2008, Madingley Hall, Cambridge

Gradualia, Francis Knights (director/tenor)

Renaissance madrigals and chansons

 

7th June 2008, Clare College, Cambridge

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

Sonatas and arias by Vivaldi, Handel and Zipoli

 

11th June 2008, Clare College Chapel, Cambridge

Instrumental ensemble, Alex Shannon (conductor), Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Cambridge Viola Festival concert, including Bach, Cantata 18

 

11th August 2008, Clare College Chapel, Cambridge

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

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

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

 

28th September 2008, Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

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

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

 

14th November 2008, Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

Ensemble CB3, with Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Music by Britten, Macmillan, Malcolm Arnold and Peter Racine Fricker

 

19th November 2008, St Catherine’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Francis Knights (clavichord)

Hungarian keyboard music – works by Bartok, Seiber, Picchi, Haydn,

Mark Argent and Krzysztof Stasiak

 

2009

 

27th-31st January 2009, ADC Theatre, Cambridge

Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera & Cambridge University Baroque Ensemble, Francis Knights

(musical director), David Irving (leader)

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

 

21st February 2009, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

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

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

Mozart: Requiem

 

28th February 2009, BBC Radio 3

Building a Library - Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias, by Francis Knights

 

14th May 2009, Clare College, Cambridge

Francis Knights (clavichord)

Lecture-recital on the Bach family

 

16th May 2009, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Keyboard music by Bach and his sons

 

23rd May 2009, Wolfson College, Cambridge

Jenny Bacon (soprano), Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Music by Purcell, Handel and Moody

 

6th June 2009, Clare College, Cambridge

Isabella Gage  (soprano), Francis Knights (piano)

Song recital, including music by Purcell and Puccini

 

4th July 2009, Fitzwilliam College Chapel, Cambridge

Francis Knights (organ)

Music by Bull, Couperin and Bach

 

28th August 2009, Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 8

Music by Byrd, Farnaby, Richardson, Johnson and Tisdall

 

18th September 2009, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Voice Production Workshop with Francis Knights

 

November 5th-8th 2009, Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

Cambridge Purcell Festival, director Francis Knights. Sonatas, Suites,

Songs, Anthems, Fantazias and the Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell

 

November 6th 2009, Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

Isabella Gage (soprano), Fitzwilliam College Baroque Ensemble, director Francis Knights

Purcell: Theatre Music

 

November 7th 2009, Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge

Orchestra on the Hill and Chorus, director Francis Knights

Purcell: The Fairy Queen

 

December 3rd 2009, Trinity College Chapel

Joanna Songi (soprano), Rachel Beaumont (alto), Gwylim Bowen (tenor), Edward Leach (bass),

Benedict Hymas (Evangelist), Cambridge Cantata Consort, conductor Alex Shannon, Dan Tidhar (organ), Francis Knights (harpsichord)

Bach: Christmas Oratorio