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Apollo’s Cabinet
“An engaging travelogue…with plenty of freewheeling spirit”
“Baroque meets Bridgerton”
Early Music
Instrumentation
- Teresa Wrann - Recorder
- Thomas Pickering - Harpsichord, Recorder, Traverso
- Harry Buckoke - Viola da Gamba
- Jonatan Bougt - Theorbo, Baroque Guitar
- Sophia Prodanova/David Lopez Ibanez - Violin
- Daniel Watt - Percussion
Repertoire
We perform Baroque music in an engaging way that appeals to a variety of audiences by finding links to drama and storytelling. We perform music by well known composers such as Bach, Handel & Telemann as well as more obscure and forgotten composers.
To enquire in more detail about our programmes please do email us!
Programmes (60 or 90 mins):
~ Musical Wanderlust - Charles Burney’s European Travels
~ A birthday party for the king - music at the court of Frederick the Great
~ Earth, Wind and Fire: Nature’s Wrath
~ re:invention (Bach)
~ re:invention (Handel)
~ Who killed Jean-Marie Leclair?
~ Nightfever: dream on!
~ The comic muse - the theatrical world of Kitty Clive
Biography
Murders, drinking songs, Cinderella stories, European tours, serene polyphony and candlelit rituals all feature in the evocative and story driven programmes of Apollo’s Cabinet. Winners of the Royal Overseas League Mixed Ensemble prize, Göttingen Händel Competition and the International Biber Competition, the group offer a signature mix of acting, dancing, poetry and drama to bring historical performance to modern audiences. They have furthermore won the Brian Nisbet Prize for their fusion of Music and Poetry, audience and first prize at #SMADE in Spain and the F. J. Aumann Prize for innovation and new discoveries in Baroque music.
2023 saw the ensemble tour across Scotland, which was generously supported by the Tunnell Trust. Other noteworthy performances to date include concerts at the London Handel Festival, Konzerthaus Vienna, Bachfest Leipzig, Felix! Festival Köln, The Georgian Concert Society Edinburgh, AMUZ Antwerpen, OudeMuziek Fabulous Fringe, :alpenarte Schwarzenberg and the Brighton Early Music Festival.
“Sensitive, joyous, highly virtuosic, and with a great choice of sound colours” - Kulturzeitschrift
“Apollo’s Cabinet are adding storylines and scenarios to illuminate already dramatic music, while erasing the interactive gap between stage and audience”. - Bognor Regis Observer
The ensemble is dedicated to educational outreach for children as well as adults, and members have designed and offered workshops and educational concerts in collaboration with the Royal Opera House, Centre for Young Musicians, Brighton Early Music Festival, English National Opera, ZAMUS Cologne and Wigmore Hall. They have recently joined Live Music Now, a long-established music charity founded by Yehudi Menuhin.
Highlights this upcoming season include performances at the Semana de Música Antigua Estella, AMIA Strasbourg, Cambridge Early Music and the Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival.
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