ACTIVITIES 2014-2020

2020:

January Friars course saw music by Paul Clark,Bach and the Eaton Choir Book.Some tricky parts but good fun.

Joined a new brass band in Fulham and working towards Championship section contest in March.Due to circumstances this did not go ahead but the band played the test piece out at a concert the week before.

February Concert with ERO in Exeter cathedral.Music by Sieg,Watkins,Staeps and Strauss.Solo item by one of the ERO members playing Marshall Concertino for Contra Recorder.

April/May:Concerts and reherasals have been hit by the pandemic so watch this space! doing online lessons....

June/July:started online recitals for SRP branches and private groups.This includes talking and looking at musical extracts from a variety of countries,styles and using a variety of recorders.

Sept/Oct:contiuing online recitals which are going well.Various programmes and good response from the audiences.More face to face lessons and a mix of online tuition as well.First ERO rehearsal since March which went well and following the guidelines. Played Schmelzer,Warlock and Gabrieli.Also first brass band rehearsal with Fulham Brass Band since our concert in March.

Nov/Dec: More online recitals and another ERO rehearsal.Mix of lessons and workshops.Planning for 2021 includes workshops and recitals.

2019:

Enjoyable weekend at The Friars coaching English music by Tye,East,Watkins,Vaughan Williams.

A rewarding concert in February conducting ERO in Exeter Cathedral to a large and receptive audience.Playing with Regent Brass and members of the Salvation Army at Central Hall London for Elfried and Steve's wedding was a moving and fun day.

Conducting Richmond Brass for reherasals kept me on my toes but good group of musicians to work with.Singing tenor in a a version of The Messiah for brass band and scratch choir tested my voice and stamina..great experience to be a part off.

Concert in May with the Stanesby Players in Hampstead playing a mixed programme with muisc by Bach,Telemann,Handel,Maute and Steenhoven.

June saw a Recorder weekend tutoring in Wales and Trinity examining in London.Main concert with ERO with David Hayes on double bass performing the Marshall Concertino.Also performed two duets with David,one of his own compositions and a Maute Summertime.The orchestra were on top form that night and the demanding programme was well received.

July/August saw me in Hyderabad,India examining for three weeks.

September Modern Recorder weekend with music by Swerts,Richards,Maute,Badings and Haverkatee...lots of notes and rhythms to indulge in.

Recital with Stanesby Players and Emily Atkinson.Performing music by Bach,Monteclair,Scarlatti.Great recital and rewarding performance

December examining for Trinity in Singapore.Joined a brass band for the duration and got to play in their Xmas concert in one of the cathedrals there.Great bunch of players and enjoyable repertoire.

Played with Wicked People Baroque ensemble in Kuala Lumpa.Concerto with Ibi Aziz and sonata by Cima with V.Eyck variations too.

2018:

A great weekend at the Friars in January coaching a group with music by Frescobaldi,Tye,Hawkes,Monteverdi.

A Baroque Concerto concert with The Stanesby Players and La Follia in February performing works by Telemann,Handel,Bach and Vivaldi.

The ERO performed at Exeter Cathedral in a mixed programme with composers such as Schnabel,Dvorak,Farnaby,Arnold and Ecceles.

The Easter Recorder Course was enjoyable.My tutorial class worked on the Parcham Solo in G and East Duets.The Chamber Orchestra performed muisc by Leenhouts,Gabrieli and Keler.

Examining in Portugal and Spain was fun and sightseeing involved too!

A French Baroque programme with The Stanesby Players at Tudely Church in May played to a full house.Music by Hottertere,Couperin,Leclair and a Hans Martin Linde piece included as well.

ERO performed at Topsham with the Church choir.Music included works by Schnabel,Debussy,Dvorak and a polychoral work by Hassler with the singers.

The Modern Recorder weekend at the Friars in September had a premiere playing of two movements by Hans Martin Linde.Also a recent piece by Nieuwkerk,Tripytch by Paul Richards and Jazz music by Haverkate.

An October Playing Day in Bath saw a lively group working on Schein,Gershwin and Bach.

 

2017:

Have done successful courses in Aylesford and Alfreton working on muisc from Renaissance to 21st Century.

Recitals with Elin Harris Soprano and Yat-soon Yeo Harpsichord performing in March a German programme by Telemann,Handel and Bach followed in May by Handel and his Contemporaries which were great fun and challenging music.

ERO gave a successful lunchtime Recital in Exeter Cathedral with music by  the likes of Holst,Schnabel,Mozart.Also a concert in June with David Heyes on Double Bass playing Steve Marshall's Concertino.

Regent Brass came second in the First Section Area Finals in March and went off in September to the National Finals in Cheltenham.We had a great time coming 4th!!

A Charity Concert in November at St George's Hanover Square performing the Lennox Berkley Sonatina and Meditation by Hirose.Also piano accompanying a Viola player in works by Clarke,Schumann and Elgar.

Examining in Mumbai for three weeks with Trinity during November and December.

 

2016:

I did a concert in February in Chipperfield with Robin Ward on Triple Harp in a varied programme with many pieces based on love as it was Valentine's weekend.Also a Recital with The Stanesby Players joined by Crispin Lewis Baritone in a varied programme about Winter with music by Purcell,Vivaldi and Rameau.

In April I tutored on a Recorder Course in Derbyshire which was a busy week but rewarding.I performed with Robin Ward in Prestegne before an Early Music Forum workshop working on music by Shein and Scheidt.

In May I performed at St Georges Hanover Square with The Stanesby Players premiering recently discovered Sonatas and Fantasias by Handel and Telemann to a large and enthusiastic audience.

In June I was in The Hague tutoring a Modern Recorder music workshops with music by Alan Davis,Paul Leenhouts and Peter Warlock.

In July I performed with The Stanesby Players and La Follia in a great concert of Concertos by Bach,Vivaldi and Telemann.I also conducted the Exeter Recorder Orchestra in a concert in Bristol with music by Dvorak,Tchaikovsky,Hawkes and Leenhouts.

September has started with a fun Modern Recorder Course near Maidstone

2015:

The Stanesby Players played A Valentine's Day Recital "From Prussia with Love" music by the Bach family,Janitcsh,Telemann and the premiere of "In The Mind of a Butterfly" by Andy Meyers.

In April we were joined by Sam Stalden on Bass Viol for "Knoc'ked on the Head" post-Civil war music by Lawes,Locke,Parcham,Keller.

"To me, the talented beauty of it was that The Stanesby Players looked and spoke and played as if they were friends, just enjoying a gig on a wet Saturday night in Camden Town".

Judith Sweeney April 2015 

In June we did a Tea Party playing concertos by Sammartini,Telemann and Stanley as well as a new piece "Organum and Alleluia" by Charlie Barber.We were joined by some great string players and the concert was a great success.

 

2014:

Saw performances of new works written for myself and The Stanesby Players:

29th March "In The Margins" by Paul Burnell

17th May "Dr Dee his Magick Square"by Michael Mullen for Recorder Viol da Gamba and Harpsichord.

"...I so enjoyed The Stanesby Players concert last night.  Thank you for a most enjoyable and horizon-stretching programme.... Judith Sweeney

 

May 31st 2014: A performance with Robin Ward on a variety of Recorders and Harps.Here are a few clips on YouTube.

C.P.E Bach:http://youtu.be/yLlx7c4ivUA

Fontana:http://youtu.be/Ahi6aZOSPfg

Dowland/Van Eyck:http://youtu.be/1o0aJgHRUic

 

"LOVED the concert guys - innovative and fantastically diverse program. I particularly loved the C.P.E. Bach (that was me shouting brava by the way...)"

Jessica Templeton May 2014

 

August 2014 saw Robin and I in the Recording Studio putting together a new album with a variety of pieces from Dowland to Piazzolla.
 

As of September 2014 I started to conduct the Exeter Recorder Orchestra (ERO) which is fun and rewarding venture with rehearsals throughout the year and concerts.

2013 saw performances in London and Tudeley with music by Bach Telemann Bartok Marais.

I performed Mamma Mia on TWO Recorders at a Contemporary Gig in May 2012.