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3rd September 2023

Choral Evensong in September

Please join us for a special Choral Evensong in the calm and serenity of our Jacobean Chapel. Everyone welcome – free entry. Donations welcomed.

14th August 2023

Orpheus in England

Lute songs and continuo songs by three of the greatest songsmiths of the 17th century: John Dowland, Henry Lawes and Henry Purcell. With Alysha Paterson (soprano) and Din Ghani (lute and archlute).

9th August 2023

Tudor Dance workshop

Do you know the difference between a Pavane and a Brawle? Did you know that Shakespeare mentioned both music and dance in several plays, including Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing? He even included dance in the stage directions!

Come to the Charterhouse for a unique opportunity to discover some of the music and dances from the age of the Tudors and have a go yourself, to live music.

No need to book – drop-in sessions will be taking place in the museum on Wednesday 30 August, 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm.

Expert tuition provided by Historical Dance Society teachers.

23rd June 2023

Fantasy in F concert

Come and enjoy a beautiful programme of chamber music from Mozart to Dessner performed by students from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in Charterhouse Chapel.

Programme:

Mozart String Quartet in F major, K 590
Aquilae Quartet: Ola Lenkiewicz violin Maja Uzarska violin
Jake Montgomery-Smith viola Alexander Scott-Brown cello

Bryce Dessner Le Bois for string quartet
Seren Ann Nickson violin Flora Yeung violin Somerset Peede viola Nia Williams cello

Mozart Fantasy in F minor, K 594
KwanNok Ho flute Catriona Lockhart oboe
Fred Bareham clarinet
George Strivens french horn Verity Burcombe bassoon

Beethoven String Quartet No 16 in F major, Op 135
Violetta Suvini violin Esme Lewis violin Georgia Russell viola Alex Acomb cello

26th May 2023

Plucked Byrd

Musicke in the Ayre resume their concert series in the Chapel with a programme marking the 400^th anniversary of the death of William Byrd, one of the foremost composers of the Tudor period. Byrd did not write for the lute – most of his secular songs were originally written as part-songs or consort songs: for their “Plucked Byrd” programme soprano Jane Hunt and lutenist Din Ghani will perform some gorgeous examples of his work, arranged for voice and lute. They also include works by his close associates Thomas Tallis and Thomas Morley. Din will also play some of his keyboard music arranged for solo lute.