Mozart & Bach - T0189587587Following their acclaimed performance of Mozart's Requiem in Autumn 2022, Armonico Consort return to Malvern with Mozart's other large-scale sacred music masterpiece: The Great Mass in C Minor. Written in 1784 Mozart had, at the time, immersed himself in the music of Bach and Handel and the work's big choruses and grand, 'operatic' solos reflect their influence. Also on the programme is Bach's celebrated setting of the Magnificat, which he composed for Christmas 1723. Amongst the most dramatic and beautiful settings of the text, Bach's multi-movement setting combines sublime solos with exciting and virtuosic choral writing.Director Christopher Monks. | |
| 12 Apr 24 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L1483564780 |
A Baroque Christmas - T1690820898Armonico Consort and Baroque Players The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble Directed by Christopher Monks Few countries celebrate Christmas like the Germans do, although the city of Venice comes pretty close! From the magisterial splendour of the Venetian baroque to the grand and huge scale works of the Michael Praetorius, one thing is certain – Christmas inspired composers to create the greatest tunes even back in the 16th & 17th Centuries! If you have never heard In Dulci Jubilo... | |
| 9 Dec 23 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L0917073083 |
Bach for Christmas - T0709278467Chorus and orchestra, trumpets and drums, it's impossible not to be uplifted by Bach's Christmas Oratorio - a joyful start to the festive season. Leading UK choir and baroque orchestra Armonico Consort go 'Bach' in time, playing on instruments that would have been familiar to its first audience. The Christmas Oratorio is a collection of six cantatas (from which Armonico Consort will play Parts 1,3,5 & 6), each telling a different part of the Christmas story, from the birth of Jesus to the arrival of the Wise Men. | |
| 3 Dec 22 | Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L01013997256 |
| 30 Nov 22 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L2037191276 |
Handel and Mozart - T191406655 | |
| 1 Oct 22 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L56369142 |
with Rachel Podger - T1702330886If you love both the splendid choral grandeur of Bach and Handel, but also the polychoral works of the Venetian baroque and the ornate complexity of Tallis's Spem in Alium, this programme of Francesco Scarlatti's rarely performed works must not be missed. | |
| 5 Feb 22 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L038761927 |
Beowulf - T0955914619 | |
| 30 Jun 21 | Octagon Theatre, Yeovil :: V919 listing details L0320243948 |
Carols at Christmas - T0238994865Join the professional singers of Armonico Consort and indulge yourself in that cosy Christmas feeling as we explore seasonal favourites from centuries both old and new. Accompanied by readings from a special guest narrator, this is perfect start to the yuletide celebrations and guaranteed to bring some festive cheer. | |
| 11 Dec 20 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L01355566522 |
The Four Seasons - T874168871At the end of October Armonico brings Vivaldi's ever-popular The Four Seasons to Malvern. Made up of four separate violin concertos based around poems from each of the seasons, their vibrant and virtuosic brilliance have made it one of the most exciting pieces of music to see and hear live. Armonico Consort's Baroque players will be joined by International Baroque Violinist, Rachel Podger, who will also guest-direct this performance.Performer Rachel Poder (soloist). Performer Christopher Monks (harpsichord). Company Armonico Consort Baroque Players. | |
| 31 Oct 20 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L124934270 |
Naked Byrd - T02109473328A celebrated programmed of choral music, including works by Allegri, Sheppard, Purcell and William Byrd | |
| 22 Oct 20 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L1810992491 |
Handel's Messiah - T326206726No Christmas season is complete without it, and this performance by the Warwickshire-based period instrumental ensemble Armonico Consort under its artistic director Christopher Monks gets back to the style of performance Handel himself would have known. You'll never hear a fresher or more joyful Messiah.Conductor Christopher Monks. | |
| 5 Dec 19 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L02065729223 |
Beowulf - T01215108330Join Armonico Consort for the retelling of Beowulf, one of the world's greatest mythical tales, in an evening of musical entertainment. | |
| 27 Jun 19 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L01228811895 |
Love Handels - T0393679799Armonico Consort perform some of the most beautiful arias and duets from Handel and other baroque masters. These wonderful works will be paired with letters, poetry and tales of love to create an entrancing evening of musical delight. The reader for the evening will be Oz Clarke.Performer Oz Clarke (reader). Director Christopher Monks (harpsichord). Performer Eloise Irving (soprano). Performer William Towers (countertenor). | |
| 23 May 19 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L1305825896 |
J.S. Bach Easter Oratorio - T436812222 | |
| 1 Feb 19 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L0318051375 |
Handel's Water Music and Biber's Missa Salisburgensis - T1300369843 | |
| 3 Feb 18 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L0459781702 |
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 - T0346093466 | |
| 23 Sep 17 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L1289848345 |
Bach - The Wedding Cantata - T655776032In a sublime evening of baroque brilliance, world famous soprano, Gillian Keith will join Armonico Consort in a programme of Bach Cantatas, including his secular masterpiece 'The Wedding Cantata'.Musical Director Christopher Monks. Performer Gillian Keith (soprano). | |
| 19 Mar 16 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L01968883717 |
Christmas Oratorio - T1452757392Musical Director Christopher Monks. Performer Gillian Keith. Performer William Towers (countertenor). Performer Nathan Vale (tenor). Performer Willard White (Sir - bass). | |
| 20 Dec 15 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L910444587 |
T1369269692In a brand new programme for Armonico Consort, the virtuosic demands and instrumental style of Bach's hypnotic motets create the most challenging of performances for singers. These choral masterpieces, intertwined with the astonishingly ambitious Goldberg Variations, played on the harp by harpist Catrin Finch.Performer Catrin Finch. | |
| 2 Oct 15 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L400200839 |
T0370816760Armonico Consort had the privilege of being the first group to perform Vivaldi's Four Seasonswith Nicola Benedetti in 2005 at the Hampton COurt Palace Festival, shortly after she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year. Since then, Nicola's global career has blossomed as she becomes one of the greatest violinists in the world. For this performance, Nicola uses her new Baroque bow and will also substitute the strings on her 1717 Stradivarius (build 5 years before this work was written) with gut strings to create a perfect peiod instrument for the work. The Four Seasons is perfectly complimented by the rarely performed but brilliant Beatus Vir. A work similar in structure and vibrancy to Vivaldi's Gloria, it is packed full of joyous, serene and beautiful melodies, set to create a Valentine's concert like no other.Performer Nicola Benedetti. Company Armonico Consort and Baroque Players. Director Christopher Monks. | |
| 11 Feb 15 | Octagon Theatre, Yeovil :: V919 listing details L1953497219 |
Messiah - T27841233Music Handel. Conductor Christopher Monks. Performer Elin Manahan-Thomas (soprano). Performer Michael Chance (countertenor). Performer Nathan Vale (tenor). Performer Andrew Davies (bass). | |
| 14 Dec 14 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L0713412592 |
T01118921935Elgar's cantata The Spirit of England dates from 1917 and is one of his last works. Very different in mood from the Elgar of the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, the piece is the composer's horrified response to the suffering and misery of the First World War. It is a setting of three of Laurence Binyon's war poems: The Fourth of August, To Women and For the Fallen. In the second half or the concert, Armonico Consort and Orchestra perform Brahms's German-language setting of the Requiem, begun in 1865 when the composer was mourning the death of his mother.Conductor Christopher Monks. | |
| 22 Nov 14 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L1765651952 |
Rachmaninov Vespers - T766143343Armonico Consort Soloists perform the deeply moving and reflective All-Night Vigil, an extraordinary collection of pieces set to liturgical text from the Russian Orthodox Church. As a composer better known for his large orchestral works and the virtuosity of his concertos, the Vespers, for a capella 12 part choir, is written in an astounding style which could itself be described as symphonic. Sublime melodies and intricate rhythms paired with the colourful Russian script have made the Vespers timelessly moving, with a truly unique style of choral writing. As the composer himself said, "Even in my wildest dreams I could not have imagined that I would write such a work".Director Christopher Monks. | |
| 23 Oct 14 | Octagon Theatre, Yeovil :: V919 listing details L01403749402 |
Bach: St Matthew Passion - T1628540513Performer Nathan Vale (Evangelist). Performer Willard White (Sir - Christus). Company Armonico Consort and Baroque Players. Director Christopher Monks. | |
| 13 Apr 14 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L504374240 |
Naked Byrd - T01680373534Following the succes of the Supersize Polyphony concert last February, which included a stunning performance of Thomas Tallis's 40-part motet Spem in Alium, Armonico returns with more Renaissance choral music in this concert, which sets the music of William Byrd in its historical context. As well as Byrd's Ave Verum and music from his Four-Part Mass, the programme also includes Victoria's Versa Est, Lotti's Crucifixus and Allegri's famous setting of the Miserere. | |
| 21 Mar 13 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L138375685 |
J.S. Bach - Mass in B Minor - T308609247 | |
| 9 Feb 13 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L1940569366 |
Soloists and Baroque Players: Too Hot to Handel - T99082458Musical Director Christopher Monks. Performer William Towers (countertenor). Performer Yvette Bonner (soprano). | |
| 14 Nov 12 | The Hawth, Crawley :: V720 listing details L393043165 |
Too Hot to Handel - T1813552323In an evening of sublime beauty, a Handel opera, as never heard before. Armonico Consort once again interprets music of the baroque in a unique way for the 21st Century. The story of two lovers carefully intertwines the most most ravishing of Handel's arias from his many operas, romping from drama to comedy, from tragedy to laughter.Musical Director Christopher Monks. Performer William Towers (countertenor). Performer Yvette Bonne (soprano). | |
| 17 Jul 12 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L0203916534 |
| 15 Jul 12 | Pleasance, Inner London :: V276 listing details L962814417 |
and Orchestra of the Baroque - T01240966078Performer Nichola Benedetti (violin). Performer Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet). Performer Anna Sandstom (soprano). Director Christopher Monks (harpsichord). | |
| 1 Apr 12 | The Hawth, Crawley :: V720 listing details L1282674405 |
Dido and Aeneas - T1299294896Concert PerformanceConductor Emma Kirby (Dame). Conductor Christopher Monks. | |
| 30 Oct 11 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L935057867 |
Christmas Choral Concert - T439634912Company The Orchestra of the Baroque. Conductor Christopher Monks. Performer Crispian Steele Perkins (trumpet). Performer Anna Sandstrom (soprano). | |
| 17 Dec 10 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L0522752581 |
Baroque Brillance - T908935701Armonico Consort are quickly becoming a global sensation in the world of Baroque and classical music. They are joined by two of the country’s most outstanding young artists, both much in demand all over the world. Natalie Clein’s exceptional musicality has earned her a number of prestigious prizes including the title of Classical Brit Award for Young British Performer and BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1994. Born in Swansea, Elin Manahan Thomas is fast becoming one of the UK’s leading young sopranos.Performer Natalie Clein (cello). Performer Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano). Company Armonico Consort Choir and Orchestra. Director Christopher Monks. | |
| 9 May 09 | Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury :: V0465778148 listing details L1627163364 |
Monteverdi's Vespers - T0639022190Monteverdi's Vespers, written in 1610 for performance at St Mark's in Venice is well known for the richness of its instrumental and choral writing and is one of the glories of the early music repertoire.Conductor Christopher Monks. | |
| 5 Sep 08 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L956374389 |
Dido and Aeneas - T1523949099Purcell's re-telling of the tragic love affair between the Queen of Carthage and her Trojan hero is beautifully captured by Festival favourites The Armonico Consort. The second half of the evening sees a witty re-scripting of Le Bourgeiis Gentilhomme by Kit Hesbeth Harvey.Music Purcell. | |
| 4 Jun 08 | Playhouse, Salisbury :: V923 listing details L0497579246 |
The Monteverdi Vespers (1610) - T2077649589 | |
| 28 May 08 | Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L01260168700 |
Out of the Deep - 5 Voices - T1563523911Director Christopher Monks. | |
| 28 Oct 03 | St David's Hall, Cardiff :: V825 listing details L0828457859 |
