Composer Feature: Nicolaus Bruhns
Organist and composer Nicolaus Bruhns was born near the port of Husum on the German/Danish borders in 1665.
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Out of the Deep
Works by Franz Tunder and Nicolaus Bruhns form the programme for the next concert in Musica Poetica’s Tunder World series of lunchtime concerts at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the heart of the city of London.
Composer Feature: Franz Tunder
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Performer Feature: Christopher Webb
Tell us a bit about yourself, your instrument and your training to date. I live in Ealing in west London and I work freelance as a professional bass-baritone singer. I had a slightly roundabout route into professional singing. I read Classics at Girton College Cambridge, where I held a choral scholarship, and then I worked […]
The Voices and Viols of Musica Poetica
On Thursday 25 May the Voices and Viols of Musica Poetica take us on a journey through the richer textures of Franz Tunder’s writing for five voices and five instruments. The next free lunchtime concert at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the heart of the city of London sees the Tunder World season reach its apex with some of Franz Tunder’s greatest choral works.Programme […]
Performer Focus: Oliver John Ruthven
One of the founding members of Musica Poetica, Oliver John Ruthven tells us more about his musical life and career…
Crown of Thorns
Music by two exact musical contemporaries, both living from 1567 to 1643, feature in the next free concert in the tranquil setting of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the heart of the city of London
Composer Feature: Johann Christoph Demantius
450 years ago in a little town in what is now the Czech Republic was born the characterful composer and poet, Johann Christoph Demantius. But who was this fascinating composer?
By the Waters of Babylon
Join the Voices and Viols of Musica Poetica on Thursday 23 February at 1.10pm for the next free concert in the 2017 series in the tranquil setting of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the heart of the city of London. This month’s celebration of the music of the 17th century composer Franz Tunder and his contemporaries introduces some of his work for […]
Musica Poetica’s free central London lunchtime recitals
Following the success of their 2016 Highgate concert series, Musica Poetica will be relocating to central London. They will be based at the historic location of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in Holborn for a series of nine free lunchtime concerts throughout 2017 entitled Tunder’s World. In this series, the focus of the concerts will be to explore […]