Date: September 13, 2026
Categories: British Composers, Early Music, Family, Festivals, Period instruments
Tags: boston manor house, daniel murphy, floating architectural spaces, kieran white

Sunday 13th September 2026, 7:00 PM at Boston Manor House, Boston Manor Road, Brentford, London, TW8 9JX.

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Programme
Claudio Monteverdi – Oblivion Soave
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger – Toccata arpeggiata XII
Claudio Monteverdi – Nigra sum
Claudio Monteverdi – Si Dolce e’l Tormento, SV 332
Claudio Monteverdi – Voglio di vita uscir
Étienne Moulinié – Enfin la beauté que j’adore
Pierre Guédron – Aux plaisirs, aux délices
~ Interval ~
John Dowland – Now, O Now, I Needs Must part
John Dowland – Come Heavy Sleepe
Robert de Visée – Chaconne in G major for solo theorbo
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Sans frayeur dans ce bois
Honoré d’Ambruis – Le doux silence de nos bois

Performers
Kieran White – high tenor
Daniel Murphy – lute

Programme Note
On 13 September, Kieran White swaps world-famous opera stages for the intimate setting of Boston Manor House. He is joined by Daniel Murphy for an evening of seventeenth-century song and lute music exploring love, sleep and silence through masterpieces from Italy, France and England.

The Recital is part of Floating Architectural Spaces, an exhibition by artist duo Alec & Franz who share a deep appreciation for classical art, music and architecture.

An immersive audio-video experience based on the 2023 premiere of La Musica e la Ragioni dell’Anima (Music and the Senses of the Soul) forms part of the immersive exhibition at Boston Manor House.

Date: September 23, 2026
Categories: British Composers, Early Music, Family, New Work, Period instruments
Tags: david de winter, david yardley, green dragon guild of london, holy sepulchre church, juliette primrose, richard de winter

Wednesday 23rd September 2026, 7:30 PM at Holy Sepulchre Church (Musicians’ Church), Holborn Viaduct, Holborn, City of London, EC1A 2DQ.

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Programme
Anonymous – Aurea Personet Lira
St Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury – Kyrie Eleison
Medieval Anonymous – Cantigas de Santa Maria 87: Muita Punna D’os Seus Onrar
David Yardley – I Pra You Sers, Al In Fere
Medieval Anonymous – Bryd on a Breere
Oswald von Wolkenstein – Der Mai Mit Lieber Zal
Bernart de Ventadorn – Can Vei La Lauzeta
~ Interval ~
Johannes Ciconia – Una Panthera
David Yardley – Whisperings (Poem by Anne Casey)
Guillaume de Machaut – Une Vipere
Medieval Anonymous – Alpha, Bovi et Leoni
St Godric – Crist & Sainte Marie / Ste Marie / St Nicholaes
Medieval Anonymous – Cantigas de Santa Maria 66: Quantos en Santa Maria esperanca an
Medieval Anonymous – Orientis Partibus

Performers
David Yardley – countertenor
Juliette Primrose – vielle
David de Winter – tenor
Richard de Winter – baritone

Green Dragon Guild of London

Programme Note
London’s newest medieval music group, Green Dragon Guild, is named after Green Dragon Court, the ancient street in central London that winds between old Borough Market and the surviving medieval corner of Southwark Cathedral.

The group gives an exciting new take on medieval and modern music, presenting evocative works from the 11th to 15th centuries as well as contemporary compositions that are medieval-inspired, brought to life through new creative possibilities flowing from early music scholarship and historically-informed performance practice.

If “Of Bestiaries & Bishops”, from village birdsong to fearsome panthers, from homely bishops to legendary figures of other times and places, join us for an evocative and dynamic exploration of rich and diverse medieval sounds. Performed in the historic church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, the National Musicians’ Church and site of the meetings of one of the original medieval guilds, the Guild and Fraternity of St Katherine.

The Guild comprises five professional musicians based in the UK with specialisation in medieval music.

Curated with knowledge and passion, our performances encourage reflection not just on history, but on its relevance as a source of solace and inspiration in modern life.

Date: October 13, 2026
Categories: British Composers, Choral, Concerts, Early Music, Family
Tags: britten, campion, dowland, ely cathedral, kerry andrew, luminatus vocal ensemble, tallis

Tuesday 13th October 2026, 7:30 PM at Ely Cathedral, The College, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4DL.

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Programme
Luca Marenzio – Iste Sanctus
Costanzo Festa – Da Pacem Domine
John Dunstaple – O Quam pulchra es
Jachet de Mantua – O Jesu Christe
Francisco Guerrero – O Domine Jesu Christe
Thomas Tallis – Sancte deus
Tiburtio Massaino – Illuminare Jerusalem
~ Interval ~
Francis Pilkington – Rest, Sweet Nymphs
John Dowland – Weep you no more, sad fountains
Thomas Campion – Never, weather-beaten sail
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Songs of Farewell: 3, Never weather-beaten sail
Benjamin Britten – Hymn to the Virgin
Kerry Andrew – Stella Matutina
Arvo Pärt – The Deer’s Cry

Performers
David Bray – Conductor

Luminatus Vocal Ensemble

Programme Note
This concert explores a rich tapestry of great choral music from across Europe. It includes beautiful sacred and secular pieces, including music by the early English master Dunstaple, the Italian Luca Marenzio, and Spaniard Francisco Guerrero. There are glimpses of the genius of Thomas Tallis and a chance to celebrate John Dowland, C.H.H. Parry, Arvo Pärt and Benjamin Britten. This is a wonderful collection of music for the soul, performed by luminatus professional vocal ensemble.

Date: October 23, 2026
Categories: British Composers, Early Music, Festivals, Song
Tags: dowland, julien leonard, purcell, reginald mobley, york concerts

Friday 23rd October 2026, 7:30 PM at Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, York, YO10 5DD.

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Programme
Henry Purcell – Hail, bright Cecilia, Z.328 : ‘Tis Nature’s Voice’
John Dowland – Time stands still
John Dowland – Sorrow, stay
Henry Purcell – Music for a While

Performers
Reginald Mobley – countertenor
Julien Léonard – viola da gamba

Programme Note
In an age of rapid technological growth, do we risk losing ourselves to the tools of advancement? Have we shrunk the world and connected ourselves to everything, only to lose connection to each other? In our hyper-connected yet increasingly isolating world, music must express its power to keep us connected to each other. Join Grammy-nominated American countertenor Reginald Mobley, the virtuoso gambist Julien Léonard and the internationally acclaimed specialist of early plucked instruments Brandon Acker for a deeply moving evening that demonstrates, even in the age of algorithms, that art remains our most powerful tool for human connection.

Building on his 2023 Alpha Classics project, Because, Reginald Mobley’s latest album celebrates music’s power not only to keep us tethered but also its innate power to draw us closer together. Solitude invites audiences into a quiet and intimate place, to pause and unplug from the busy world around us, where emotion, feeling, meaning and imagery created by stories reign unopposed.

Beginning with the incredible invocation of ‘Tis Nature’s Voice, Solitude hopes to draw the ear and open the heart through the genius invention of Henry Purcell, the declamatory charm of Samuel Pepys (through the work of the musicians in his employ) as well as the deep melancholy of John Dowland. This spirit is carried to American shores, where Jonathan Woody and Douglas Balliett explore, through ground bass song, the indomitable resilience contained in the fugitive slave narrative of the brilliant African American Haiku poet Crystal Simone Smith. The programme ends with songs arranged by nineteenth-century Black American guitarist, composer and abolitionist Justin Holland, who, as a spiritual successor to Dowland, leaves us with some of the most beautiful melancholic stories to be created and sung in the 1800s.