Red Priest


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Nightmare in Venice: A Baroque Fantasy - T01277117886

Ghoulish delights from the fevered brains of Baroque masters including Vivaldi, Purcell, Bach, Gluck and Tartini. For over a decade the irrepressible musicians of Red Priest have been delighting audiences worldwide with their bold and original take on music of the Baroque. Playing from memory and creating a virtual orchestra from their four instruments, Red Priest's dynamic presentation of programmes, with their legendary blend of creativity, wit, virtuosity, and astonishing energy, has given the group a unique position in the world of chamber music and helped to ensure their popularity throughout the world.
19 Apr 12Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284
listing details L1704371429

Pirates of the Baroque - T0573529774

Taking their name from the composer Antonio Vivaldi, Red Priest have become internationally renowned during the past ten years. Surely the combination of recorder, violin and cello and harpsichord has never created so many exciting performances. Their programme includes Vivaldi’s Tempesta di Mare Concerto, a Pirate Suite by Couperin, the ‘Albinoni’ Adagio and works by Bach, Tartini and Handel, all performed with swashbuckling virtuosity.
20 Mar 11The Hawth, Crawley :: V720
listing details L510337589

Nightmare in Venice: A Baroque Fantasy - T735216280

Red Priest is the only early music group in the world to have been compared in the press to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones and the Cirque du Soleil! This extraordinary acoustic foursome play mainly their own arrangements based closely on the original music and illuminating it. Magical, mysterious, fantastical - this is a theatrical presentation of some of the most extraordinary chamber music of the baroque era, featuring Vivaldi's Nightmare Concerto, Tartini's Devil's Trill sonata, masque music by Robert Johnson, Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Leclair's Demon Airs and Red Priest's own Fantasia on Corelli's La Follia. The quartet of baroque players is led by Piers Adams, recently heralded in the Washington Post as "the reigning recorder virtuoso in the world today" Be prepared to be swept off your feet.
21 Jan 11Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury :: V0465778148
listing details L01553552813

Carnival of the Seasons - T0570227126

10 Jan 10The Hawth, Crawley :: V720
listing details L0457453962
13 Nov 09Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax :: V1098014226
listing details L772828685

Pirates of the Baroque - T1770363189

Performer Piers Adams (recorders). Performer Julia Bishop (violin). Performer Angela East (cello). Performer Howard Beach (harpsichord).
12 Mar 09Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284
listing details L821482116

Nightmare in Venice: A Baroque Fantasy - T1973913897

8 Jun 07Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury :: V99
listing details L1320686389
11 Mar 07Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury :: V673
listing details L044413240

Night Fantastic - T36480772

As part of the Brighton Early Music Festival, this red hot ensemble of dazzling virtuosi described as early music's answer to The Darkness, present a magical, mysterious, fantastical and theatrical show featuring some of the most extraordinary chamber music of the baroque.
3 Oct 06Komedia Theatre, Brighton :: V654
listing details L1532080111

Red Hot Baroque - T0204761305

The dramatic use of staging and lighting highlights the very best of Baroque music.
24 Jun 05Northcott Theatre, Exeter :: V886
listing details L1692014518
17 Feb 05Hackney Empire, Outer London :: V309
listing details L0461856386

Lancaster International Concert Series - Carnival of the Seasons - T244947055

Performer Piers Adams (recorders). Performer Julia Bishop (violin). Performer Angela East (cello). Performer Howard Beach (harpsichord).
11 Mar 04Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster :: V522
listing details L0215909146

Carnival of the Seasons - T675298541

Music Vivaldi (Four Seasons). Music Purcell (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Music Corelli (The Christmas Concerto).
3 Mar 04Hackney Empire, Outer London :: V309
listing details L247287836

Nightmare in Venice - A Baroque Fantasy - T1214580380

Performer Piers Adams (recorder). Performer Julia Bishop (violin). Performer Angela East (cello). Performer Howard Beach (harpsichord). Music Vivaldi.
22 May 03Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury :: V99
listing details L01682758425

T01754890469 (POOLEART02)

Group/Band The Dufay Collective.
7 May 02Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910
listing details L1879832002

T0271730525 (NEWARK01)

This group of seven players is highly successful in the Baroque music scene worldwide.Director Piers Adams. Music Vivaldi. Music Tartini. Music Monteverdi.
7 Nov 01Newark Palace, Newark :: V455
listing details L01264738643

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