The Edsel Ensemble, who'll be playing a recital in St Thomas' Church on Sunday 15th March. The Edsel Ensemble is a new chamber group that specialises in classical masterpieces, new players are always welcome and their aim is simply to get to the end together ... ! We're terribly excited about this event, and so is Father Paul of St Thomas' who is himself a bit of an organist, and just as enthusiastic about Bach, as Jeff.
The running order is as follows ~
Bach - Double Concerto for Two Violins - Helen Albrow and Emily Howard soloists
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no 3
And there's possibly a surprise piece as well...
Well, the 2nd movement (largo) of Bach double concerto is reckoned by many to be simply the most beautiful tune ever written, and rated by most as the most lovable piece in Bach's entire concerto repertoire.
Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is so famous that its title has become the only German phrase readily translated by all English speaking people...
And the first movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 3 is his signature tune, his biggest hit, interestingly Brandenburg Concerto No2, with the impossibly difficult piccolo trumpet part, was the first tune on the solid gold disk sent into space on Voyager in the hope that one day an alien intelligence would find it, play it, and understand just how wonderful it is to be human. That is how highly rated these concertos are!
Let's hope that when the disk is found, it is not found by some dodgy intergalactic scrap metal merchant!
Jeff
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Fishbone Gallery
- Who, What, Where, are Fishbone Gallery ?
- Longford, Coventry, United Kingdom
- The Fishbone Gallery is something of a rarity. A gallery committed to promoting the diversity of the visual arts of the West Midlands, that supports new artists and encourages them to show work that otherwise might not receive the attention it deserves. We are not primarily a profit making enterprise, and therefore we can afford to show experimental work that would never gain proper exposure through commercial channels. We also host a wide range of community projects and events, clubs and classes, run by specialist practitioners with thorough knowledge of their particular disciplines. We welcome all people of all ages and all cultural backgrounds, to come along and be part of what we do. Our mission is to make art and art practise an integral part of the lives of the people of Longford, and to encourage a broader audience for the visual arts in Coventry and the West Midlands. The gallery is run by Judy Kay and Jeff Hatt
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