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Richard Boothby and Sam Stadlen
Bass viols
Sunday April 2nd, 4pm - 5:15pm
Richard Boothby (founder of the Viol Consort, Fretwork, and Professor of the Viol at the Royal College of Music), returns with Fretwork colleauge Sam Stadlen in duets for Bass Viol.
Johann Schenck - Sonata VI from Le Nymphe di Rheno
Adagio/Allegro; Allemanda; Corrente; Sarabanda; Giga
Matthew Locke - Duo for two bass viols in C major/minor
Fantazy, Fantazy, Courante, Fantazy, Fantazy, Sarabande
Christopher Simpson - Duo in G major
Jean de Ste Colombe - Concert X: Les Couplets
[Chaconne], Bergeronette preste
Tobias Hume - lyra solo
François Couperin - Douzième Concert
pointé-coulé; Badinage, Lentement, et patétiquement, Air
Charles Frederick Abel - Sonata in A minor for viola da gamba
Allegro, adagio, allegro
Johann Schenck - Sonata VI from Le Nymphe di Rheno
Adagio/Allegro; Allemanda; Corrente; Sarabanda; Giga
Matthew Locke - Duo for two bass viols in C major/minor
Fantazy, Fantazy, Courante, Fantazy, Fantazy, Sarabande
Christopher Simpson - Duo in G major
Jean de Ste Colombe - Concert X: Les Couplets
[Chaconne], Bergeronette preste
Tobias Hume - lyra solo
François Couperin - Douzième Concert
pointé-coulé; Badinage, Lentement, et patétiquement, Air
Charles Frederick Abel - Sonata in A minor for viola da gamba
Allegro, adagio, allegro
The Viol was popular in Elizabeth I’s time and is noted for its reedy tone. A member of the guitar family, it has frets and is played like a cello with an underarm bow. During the eighteenth century a considerable solo repertoire developed in both Germany and France.
4pm-5pm. Tickets: adults £6.00, concessions £5.00, children £2.00. Tickets available at the door. Crèche facilities available.
4pm-5pm. Tickets: adults £6.00, concessions £5.00, children £2.00. Tickets available at the door. Crèche facilities available.
Listen to Richard and the Viol below...
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! |