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Impromptu Baroque
Improviso Ensemble
Sunday December 3rd, 2017 4pm - 5:15pm
We're delighted to welcome the exciting emerging period-instrument ensemble Improviso to Acton Hill Church, in a distinctive program of baroque and baroque-inspired improvisation.
"They're like the Elizabethan rock'n'roll"
Juliet Stevenson, Middle Temple Hall
Improviso is an exciting and versatile young ensemble who met at the Royal College of Music in London. They explore historically informed improvisation alongside performing chamber music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Full Programme
Improvised Divisions on the ground: “Pauls Steeple” (anon)
Trio Sonata in D major RV 84
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Improvisation: "Romanesca"
Duetto for Flute and Violin, H.598
C.P.E. Bach
Andante (E minor)
Allegro (G major)
Allegretto (G major)
Improvisation: "Folia"
Trio Sonata in D major RV 84
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Improvisation: "Romanesca"
Duetto for Flute and Violin, H.598
C.P.E. Bach
Andante (E minor)
Allegro (G major)
Allegretto (G major)
Improvisation: "Folia"
4pm-5pm. Tickets: adults £6.00, concessions £5.00, children £2.00. Tickets available at the door. Crèche facilities available.
Praised for their inventive programming and exciting stage presence, they have appeared most recently in a live broadcast on BBC Radio 3's 'In Tune' programme, at the Styriarte Festival in Austria, and at venues all over the UK including the Wigmore Hall, Middle Temple Hall, the Holywell Music Room, Keble College Chapel, Oxford, the Deal Festival of Music & Arts, and the Brighton Early Music Festival.
In September 2017 Improviso won a place on the prestigious EEEmerging scheme 2018 (Emerging European Ensembles), and are also proud to have been selected for the Brighton Early Music Festival young artists scheme and the Live Music Now scheme. They have just completed a year as one of Wigmore Hall's Chamber Tots Ensembles-in-Residence.
Future plans include a collaboration with Sam Cave, an LSO Soundhub associate composer, to create new works for the ensemble. Improviso are looking forward to a busy recital schedule in 2018 alongside a chamber music residency and concerts at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, residencies in France and Romania, and a performance as part of the Festival d'Ambronay
In September 2017 Improviso won a place on the prestigious EEEmerging scheme 2018 (Emerging European Ensembles), and are also proud to have been selected for the Brighton Early Music Festival young artists scheme and the Live Music Now scheme. They have just completed a year as one of Wigmore Hall's Chamber Tots Ensembles-in-Residence.
Future plans include a collaboration with Sam Cave, an LSO Soundhub associate composer, to create new works for the ensemble. Improviso are looking forward to a busy recital schedule in 2018 alongside a chamber music residency and concerts at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, residencies in France and Romania, and a performance as part of the Festival d'Ambronay
"A baroque feast ... they're so good they have halos"
BBC Radio 3
Location
Acton Hill Church
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
We are on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and Gunnersbury Lane, W3, opposite Acton police station. Ten minutes walk form Acton Town tube station – District (Ealing Broadway) and Piccadilly lines. Front main entrance is on Gunnersbury Lane, turn right and walk down to the T-junction, turn right and the church is a twenty yards on your right.
Parking in Morrisons’ car park diagonally opposite (up to 1 hour before 4pm and unlimited thereafter). Street parking on Steyne Road (opposite), limited parking in Woodlands Avenue down the side of the church. Beware of the dropped curb at the end as parking tickets are issued on Sundays! |