FONTANELLA - Byrdsongs
Sun, 08 Oct
|St Andrew's Church
A concert to celebrate the 400th anniversary of WILLIAM BYRD - arguably England's greatest Renaissance composer. The concert will include music and songs by Byrd and his colleagues (including Tallis and Morley), and a newly commissioned work inspired by Byrd, by Aileen Sweeney.
Time & Location
08 Oct 2023, 15:00
St Andrew's Church, 41 Church Ln, Eaton, Norwich NR4 6NW, UK
About the Event
Featuring four of the UK’s leading professional recorder players, Fontanella entertains audiences of all ages with a musical repertoire spanning more than seven hundred years. Performing on an array of recorders of every shape and size, from a beautiful 15-piece renaissance consort, to a set of quirky Paetzold ‘square’ basses, our concert programmes typically feature many styles of music, from early court dances and renaissance polyphony through to jazz arrangements, folk music sets and intriguing modern works by living composers.
The group has a long history of performing, broadcasting and recording across Britain and Europe, entertaining audiences at specialist early music venues, music clubs and festivals alike. The individual members of the ensemble also all have diverse and busy performing careers, ranging from working with ensembles including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Sixteen, appearing in film and TV recordings, performing with leading historical chamber music ensembles and working with electronic music. In 2021 the group featured in Channel 4’s show ‘8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown’.
Admission to this concert is £15 for adults, £7.50 for students and children admitted free of charge.