Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 – Vivaldi Recorder Concerto
April 5, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Join us for an unmissable evening of classical masterpieces!
📅 Saturday, 5th April 2025
🕢 7.30pm
🎼 Conductor: Sebastian See-Schierenberg
🎻 Leader: Lisa Orton
🪈Soloist: James Brookmyre
Corelli Suite for strings – This baroque suite by Arcangelo Corelli showcases elegant melodies and rich harmonies, reflecting the refined grace of 17th-century Italian string music.
Vivaldi recorder concerto in C, RV 443: Antonio Vivaldi’s lively concerto for recorder combines virtuosic passages with sparkling, energetic rhythms, highlighting the instrument’s agility and charm.
Borodin Nocturne – In this intimate and lyrical piece, Alexander Borodin crafts a dreamy, soulful atmosphere, blending rich harmonies with sweeping melodies.
Minuet from Boccherini’s Quintet – The Minuet from Luigi Boccherini’s string quintet is a playful and graceful dance, embodying the charm and elegance of 18th-century courtly life.
Elgar Introduction and Allegro – Edward Elgar’s “Introduction and Allegro” is a masterful blend of grandeur and lyricism, featuring lush string writing and a dynamic interplay between soloist and ensemble.
Featuring James Brookmyre
James Brookmyre performs as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician with leading ensembles in the UK and abroad where these engagements have taken him across Europe, USA, and the Middle East. Recent performance highlights include playing as a principal with the Bremen Barockorchester, La Petite Bande, Brecon Baroque, Welsh National Opera and the Flanders Recorder Quartet.
An enthusiastic educator, James holds teaching positions at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and Cardiff University and teaches every year at the Moulin de Cajarc in Cordes-sur-Ciel where he works with an international cohort of students.
He recently premiered Lynne Plowman’s Bird Music for recorders and piano, is preparing a recital of the Bach flute sonatas on voice flute and harpsichord, and performed Telemann’s Concerto for Recorder and Viola da Gamba with Reiko Ichise, directed by Rachel Podger.
James graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with first class honours and at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, where he studied recorder and clarinet. His teachers have included Ian Wilson,  Pedro Memelsdorff, Pamela Thorby, Jane Booth, Dame Thea King, Robert Ehrlich and Lorenzo Coppola.
He is currently pursuing a PhD in musicology at Cardiff University, where he holds the department scholarship, and is Producer for the Brecon Baroque Festival.
Tickets
£15 on the door
£12 in advance via Ticket Source (Ticket sales open after the 1st December 2024)
£5 for students
Free for children