Recent Performances
Details of some of our recent performances are listed below.
There are also some Recent Reviews.
The last concert was on
Saturday March 20th 2010, 7.30pm: Bach B Minor Mass with Brighton Chamber Choir conducted by Jane Money to celebrate their 20th Anniversary, at the fine Church of St Michael and All Angels
Sunday 7th February 2010 6.30pm St Marys (New) Church, Stoke Newington
Directed from the harpsichord by Steven Devine, we were joined by the delightful soprano, Kate Semmens,in a celebration of the 300th birthday of Dr Thomas Arne, one of England's most popular composers. He was a leading light in London's musical life in the mid-eighteenth century and an important composer of music for the London stage. His most famous hit, 'Rule Brittania' appears in his popular opera, 'Alfred'. We played a representative selection of his music to show his sparkling, melodious gifts.
Programme: Harpsichord Concerto in G minor (soloist Steven Devine), Cantatas 'The Morning', 'The Lover's Recantation' and song 'Where the Bee Sucks', soloist Kate Semmens, Symphony G Min, Overture 'Alfred'.
Saturday July 4th 2009 7.30pm St Mary’s Parish Church, Andover, Hampshire.
With 'The Harmonium Singers', Conductor Bruce Randall. A capacity audience enjoyed Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art Handel Zadok the priest, Handel Let thy hand be strengthened, The King Shall Rejoice, Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.4, Ombra mai fu, My Heart is Inditing.
Saturday June 6th 2009 at 8pm St Marys (New) Church, Stoke Newington Church St, London N16. We were directed from the violin by that most stylish and exciting of violinists, Catherine Martin, member of the Saloman Quartet and leader of the Gabrieli Consort, among many others.
Bach Violin Concerto in A min, Orchestral Suite No 1, Telemann Violin Concerto in A min, Boyce Symphony No 1, Fasch Sinfonia No 5 B flat maj
Sunday March 1st 09 6.30pm St Marys (New) Church, Stoke Newington Church St, N16 9ES, director Steven Devine, of brilliant and lush French opera-ballet music using 'authentic' orchestral set-up to recreate that extraordinary sound-world : Lully Suite: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Entrée des Zephyrs (from Atys), L'Echo (from La Grotte de Versailles), Chaconne (from Roland), Charpentier Suite: David et Jonathas, and an interesting piece of musical 'Franglais', a contemporary arrangement for French audiences of Abdelazar or The Moor’s Revenge by Purcell translated to 'La Musique d'Abdeluzor'.
Sunday October 19th 08 at 6pm St Marys (New) Church, Stoke Newington Church St, N16 9ES (opp Clissold Park), director Steven Devine, commemorating 250th anniversary of the death of J F Fasch: Music by Fasch and friends and colleagues.
J F Fasch Orchestral Suites in E min & D min, Concerto in D min, J D Heinichen Sonata in B flat for 2 oboes, bassoon and continuo, G P Telemann Trio No. 10 in D Maj for Violin, Viola and Continuo, C Graupner Entrata in G min GWV 468 for strings & continuo
Bank Holiday Monday August 25th 08 at 7.30pm , at St Mary’s Church, Hadleigh, with Essex Baroque Orchestra as part of the Suffolk Villages Festival Coronation Anthems from James II to George III conductor Peter Holman Anonymous: Flourish for Trumpets, John Blow: God spake sometime in visions, William Croft: The Lord is a sun and shield, Henry Purcell: My heart is inditing, Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, George Frideric Handel: Let thy hand be strengthened & Overture from The Occasional Oratorio, Zadok the priest. William Boyce: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire & The King shall rejoice.
July 13th 08 at 6.30pm St Alfege Church, Greenwich and repeated on July 14th at The Museum of Garden History, Lambeth.
'The pleasures of The Spring Gardens': a wonderful programme of delicious music from 18th century Vauxhall Gardens directed by one of the foremost experts on this repertoire, Peter Holman and starring soprano Philippa Hyde and cellist Louise Jameson. Boyce: Overture The Chaplet & Symphony no.3, Arne: Cantata 'The Morning', ‘What tho’ his guilt’ from The Desert Island,Overture no. 1 in E minor / major,Cantata ‘The Lover’s Recantation’, Handel: Grand Concerto no. 2 in F major, Hornpipe in D for the Concert at Vauxhall, Boyce: The Pleasures of Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, Hook: The Lass of Richmond Hill, Giacobbe Bassevi Cervetto: Concerto in G major for Cello and strings, Dibdin: The Matron’s Recitative & Air from The Ephesian Matron & 'Poor Tom, or The Sailor’s Epitaph'
March 14th 08 at Peterborough Cathedral Peter Davis conductor with Judy Tarling leader and Oakham School Choir. Bach St John Passion. The lively and fresh school choir and talented soloists, mostly from within their ranks, contributed to an exciting performance in an inspirational setting.
Sunday MARCH 2nd 2008 at 6pm. Steven Devine directed a concert of Music from the London stage in the time of The Restoration performed at St Alfege, Greenwich. It included fine and stirring music from Purcell's The Faerie Queen, King Arthur and Dioclesian, Louis Grabu's Albion and Albanius and John Blow's Venus and Adonis. We were joined by Kate Semmens (soprano), Giles Davies (Baritone), Seb Harris (alto), and Greg Tassell. The concert was warmly received and was reviewed by Peter Grahame Woolf, Editor of 'Musical Pointers' Musical Pointers.
December 8th 2007 Woking Choral Society conductor Nick Steinitz Bach B min Mass a large audience at the rather unpleasant HG Wells Centre in Woking and some fine soloists helped to give a dynamic performance of this great work.
Sunday October 28th 2007 at 3pm. The programme was of luscious and brilliant Italian vocal and instrumental music by Vivaldi, Monteverdi (Prologue from L'Orfeo), Stradella, Albinoni and Geminiani. We were delighted to welcome back Catherine Martin who played 'Summer' and 'Autumn' from 'The Four Seasons'and soprano Andrea Brown who sang Vivaldi's 'Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera' and works by Stradella and Monteverdi.
Sunday June 17th 2007 4pm at St Alfege Church, Greenwich, a Handel Opera Matinee: Steven Devine directed an exciting cast of young singers, including Kate Semmens, Rachel Lindop (both of whom have performed with Linden previously) and Joanne Edworthy, for a programme of thrilling arias, duets and trios picked from some of Handel's finest operas.
The programme included selections from Xerxes, Orlando, Rinaldo, Silla, The Alchemist & Concerto Grosso op6 no7.
On October 14th 2006 we held, in front of a vey large and enthusisastic audience, our splendid 21st Birthday Concert at St John's Smith Square, featuring "The Three Directors": Paul Goodwin, Steven Devine and Walter Reiter
and Linda Perillo soprano
The programme included Handel Musick for the Royal Fireworks, complete with giant confetti canons (fireworks sadly prohibited from use in St John's!),J. S. Bach Cantata No.209 Non sa che sia dolore soloist Linda Perillo
Stanley Harpsichord Concerto in C minor op.10 no.4 soloist Steven Devine, Telemann Water Music Suite, and Albinoni Introdutione Seconda
A selection from our CD was played on BBC Radio 3 the following week.
In July 2006 We played once again for the Handel House Singers directed by Lawrence Cummings at a Choral Study Day and gave a performance of Handel's Alexander's Feast in The Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair.
Our last concert took place on Sunday May 7th 2006 6pm: Handel's Apollo e Dafne with vocal soloists Kate Semmens and Giles Davies. Also Pepusch Overture to Beggar's Opera, John Stanley Harpsichord Concerto in C major Op 10 No. 6, Albinoni Introdutione Seconda, Avison Concerto Op 9 No 8 - a most attractive, varied and enjoyable concert. Director and Harpsichordist Steven Devine. At St Alfege Church, Greenwich
April 8th 2006 Bach St Matthew Passion with Woking & Godalming Choral Societies at Guildford Cathedral conductor Nicholas Steinitz.
This was Woking Choral Society's 109th year! The concert was a joint production with Godalming Choral Society. Guildford Cathedral was packed for the thrilling performance.
We were directed for the first time by the famous baroque cellist, David Watkin on Saturday December 3rd at 6pm in St Alfege, Greenwich. This exciting concert at St Alfege, Greenwich featured bass soloist Samuel Evans in Bach's Cantata 82 'Ich habe genug' and Orchestral Suite No. 1 and extracts from Handel's 'Hercules', his Italian Cantata 'Cuopre tal volto il cielo' and Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 10.
Linden Baroque performed at a choral study day on July 10th 2005 looking at Handel's L'Allegro e Pensoro e Moderato in association with the Handel House Museum and the Foundling Hospital Museum Trust directed by Lawrence Cummings. An informal concert took place at the end of the day at the Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair.
On Palm Sunday, March 20th 2005, we performed Bach's St John Passion for the Haileybury School Choir in Hertfordshire at Haileybury Chapel which is just outside Hertford. The School website shows the impressive and beautiful campus and fascinating history.
On May 14th, directed by Steven Devine was a concert of some splendidly English music: Boyce: Overture to Solomon, Handel: 3 Arias from Hercules & Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 , Festing: Concerto Op. 3 No. 1, Stanley: Concerto in 7 Parts No. 4
We were delighted to welcome back to sing with us, the wonderful Mezzo Soprano, Rachel Lindop. The venue was St Alfege's Church, Greenwich.
On February 26th 2005 at St Alfege, Steven Devine directed a delightful programme of instrumental music from French opera-ballets including Rameau's 'Les Boréades' and 'Les Fêtes d'Hébé', Charpentier's 'Médée' and a suite from Purcell's semi-opera 'Dioclesian' arranged by Roger.
On December 5th 2004 Linden was directed from the violin by Catherine Martin, warmly appreciated by a good audience at St Alfege's. We associated once more by with the Medical Foundation for Care of the Victims of Torture and raised a good sum for them. Catherine gave a thrilling account of Bach's A minor Violin Concerto and the rest of the programme comprised Corelli's Christmas Concerto, Handel Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 3, Telemann Concerto in D major for 4 violins and Suite for 2 oboes, & strings from ‘Tafelmusik’
On Oct 04 2004 we played a concert at St Alfege's directed by Peter Holman and was a very exciting affair with Peter's usual fascinating type of programme of early Handel and his influences and celebrating the tercentenaries of the deaths of both Biber and Muffat: including Handel: Suite from the operas ‘Florindo’ and ‘Daphne’ , Antonio Bertali: Sonata a8 in C major, Georg Muffat : Concerto in G major no. 12 ‘Propitia sydera‘ , Handel: Overture in B flat major from the opera ‘Rodrigo’ HWV5 ,Johann Christian Pez: Sonata in F major for two violins, viola da gamba, five-part strings and continuo, Heinrich Biber: Suite in C major 'Der Nachtwächter' - 'The Nightwatchman' which was performed in costume by Cedric Lee with special effects!
On July 17th 2004 we played at a choral study day on Handel's Foundling Anthem at the Foundling Hospital Museum in London. under Lawrence Cummings and on September 18th 2004 some members of Linden played in a celebration at Winkfield, Windsor under David Ward in memory of our late Secretary, Valerie Warner.
The concert on Saturday May 15th 2004 was directed by Linden's new Musical Director, the dynamic Steven Devine, was held at 8pm in St Alfege's Church, Greenwich. It was very well (and enthusiastically) attended in the presence of the Lady Mayor of Greenwich and organised by the Greenwich & Lewisham branch of The Medical Foundation for the Care of the Victims of Torture.
The concert raised a little over £1000 for this most worthy charity.
The organisers were understandable very pleased with the outcome and wrote, "Just to say again how pleased we are that your concert and the evening worked out so brilliantly. Thank you so much for making the Medical Foundation supporter’s inaugural event a really special and uplifting occasion."
The concert entitled “Baroque music to help mend broken minds”, included Concertos by Telemann for 3 Trumpets (with Mike Diprose, Dominic Cotton and Katie Hodges) and for Recorder and Bassoon (with Sue Klein and Maggie Bruce), a Vivaldi Cello Concerto RV 407 (soloist Lynn Selwood), the first public performance in modern times of a Suite by Fasch for 3 flutes and orchestra (with Rachel Latham, William Summers and Nicholas Jackman) and one of our favourites, Telemann's colourful Water Music Suite - particularly apt for nautical Greenwich!
On March 25th 2004 we played Bach's Bmin Mass with Vox Chordis, conductor Charles Grace, in St Luke's Church, Sydney St, Chelsea
Saturday Feb 14th 2004 With Finchley Chamber Choir (www.fcchoir.co.uk) conducted by
The programme was Vivaldi Gloria, Handel Dixit Dominus, Bach Cantata 140
Saturday Jan 31st 2004 With Rachel Lindop mezzo directed by
The programme was Vivaldi: Concerto ‘Alla Rustica’, Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, Handel: Cantata ‘Tra le fiamme’, Handel: Cantata ‘La Lucrezzia Corelli: Concerto Grosso op6 no2, Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 1
Saturday May 10th 2003 With Finchley Chamber Choir (www.fcchoir.co.uk) conducted by
The programme was Bach's B minor Mass
Saturday 22nd March 2003 a concert was held in association with Croydon Bach Choir.
Venue:
The programme was: Bach B minor Mass
On Saturday 25th January 2003 we held the following concert at St Alfege Church, Greenwich:
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Albinoni Sonata in D major
Vivaldi Concerto in E major, 'Spring' from 'The Four Seasons'
Telemann Quartet No 3 in A major for 2 flutes, 2 bassoons and continuo
Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in A minor
Johann Ernst von Saxon-Weimar Concerto Grosso in B flat major
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J.S. Bach Harpsichord Concerto in B flat major, BWV982
Telemann Quartet No 2 in E minor for 2 flutes, 2 bassoons and continuo
Johann Ernst von Saxon-Weimar Concerto Grosso in G minor
J.S. Bach Orchestral Suite in B minor
Solo Performers:
'Apollo & Pan':
Tassilo Erhardt violin
Sally Holman bassoon
Steven Devine harpsichord
(Please click on the photograph which is linked to some biographical details and further information).
