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Academy of Ancient MusicCambridge concert season 2017-18

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Italy in England – when Handel met CorelliFriday 20 October 2017, West Road Concert Hall

Bless’d Isle – with Carolyn SampsonWednesday 1 November 2017, West Road Concert Hall

Bach and Telemann – Reversed Fortunes Tuesday 12 December 2017, West Road Concert Hall

Mortal Voices – music by Pergolesi, Corelli and HandelFriday 16 February 2018, West Road Concert Hall

1790s London: Saint & Sinner – music by Haydn & DussekThursday 12 April 2018, West Road Concert Hall

CAMBRIDGE season 2017-18

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Welcome As the new Chief Executive of AAM, I am delighted to welcome you to our new season programme. On behalf of the musicians, staff, Society members, Friends, and audience of the AAM, I would like to thank my predecessor, Ed Hossack, whose dedicated work over the last three years realised the many wonderful programmes of recent seasons.

I’m enormously excited to see the variety of music in the 2017-18 season with exceptional guest soloists. Following the summer’s celebration of Richard Egarr’s 10th anniversary as our Music Director, and the announcement of Robert Levin as our inaugural Hogwood Fellow, the new season begins in style with our own Frank de Bruine and Pavlo Beznosiuk as the stars of Italy in England; the wonderful Carolyn Sampson joins us in November; and we mark 250 years since Telemann’s death away in a concert that includes two of Bach’s popular Brandenburg concertos.

As we start 2018, if you aren’t yet familiar with the names Keri Fuge and Tim Mead, you should be - join them with Christian Curnyn for Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and more. Soon after, Richard Egarr takes centre-stage for Dussek’s fortepiano concerto with Haydn Symphonies, bringing our season to a close.

We couldn’t, of course, put together such a phenomenal season of music without you, our audience and supporters. As we look to expand our programmes of education and outreach work, and to develop new projects, we need your support more than ever. Your generosity helps us to develop and to enthuse new audiences with the wonderful music we love. Thank you for your support; it means a great deal to us.

I hope that we will see you at many of our concerts at West Road Concert Hall andelsewhere, and I look forward to meeting many of you in person over the course of the season. With some of the country’s finest musicians under the musical leadership of the tremendous Richard Egarr, I am confident that you will enjoy yourselves enormously whenever you join us.

Alexander Van Ingen, Chief Executive


I am so happy to present this new AAM season. First I would like to heartily welcome our new CEO, Alexander Van Ingen. I am extremely excited to be taking the AAM into the future with this exceptional new partner.

Our season looks firmly at Britain and its many external influences. Musical migration during the baroque period brought new styles from the continent, embodied in the Italian concerto grosso, demanding increasing heights of virtuosity from both soloist and orchestra. The immeasurable contribution of such ‘foreigners’ as Handel, Haydn and Dussek on both music and culture are deliciously demonstrated in a number of mind-tickling programmes.

Our ‘native’ talent is celebrated in a glorious programme of English song, including Purcell – perhaps the greatest musical genius we have ever produced.

It is a joy to have old friends back: Carolyn Sampson, Daniela Lehner and Tim Mead are wonderful and much valued artists and it is a pleasure to see them again. New musical partners this year include early music specialist Christian Curnyn and soprano Keri Fuge.

I am looking forward to seeing you all.

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Welcome from Richard Egarr

Richard Egarr, Music Director


Support UsSince our foundation over 40 years ago, the Academy of Ancient Music has benefitted from the generosity of its wonderful family of supporters. We are enormously grateful for their enthusiasm and commitment to our work, which has never been more important to our ongoing success.

As we begin our 2017-18 season we have ambitious plans for the future, both on and off-stage. In the concert hall we continue our Purcell opera cycle this season and next, and continue to present some of the world’s best artists performing the finest music at the highest standards. We are rapidly expanding our outreach work to reach more young and disadvantaged people and introduce them to music; and we are looking at exciting recording plans both to create resources to draw on in our education work, and to promote the very best of the music we love to the widest possible audience.

All of this and more is only possible with your help, and we invite you to support the orchestra and become a part of the AAM family.

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Friends of AAMThe Friends of the AAM are at the heart of our audience. Friends can see the orchestra in rehearsal, enjoy an annual drinks reception and be the first to hear about AAM’s future plans.

Membership of the Friends starts from as little as £2.50 a month. For more information, please contact Heppy Longworth, Fundraising Assistant at [email protected] or 01223 341092.

AAM SocietyThe AAM Society is the orchestra’s closest group of supporters. Membership enables you to become more involved with the musical life of the orchestra. Society members have regular opportunities to meet our players at open rehearsals and receptions, access to a range of bespoke events that explore the music we perform and a dedicated ticket booking service for all AAM concerts.

There are a range of AAM Society membership packages that start at just £21 per month.

For more information, please contact Heppy Longworth, Fundraising Assistant at [email protected] or 01223 341092.

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Italy in England – when Handel met CorelliFriday 20 October 2017, 7.30pmWest Road Concert Hall

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Friday 20 October 2017, 7.30pmWest Road Concert HallTickets £15, £27, £3315% discount for subscribers – see page 17 for details

£5 AAMplify tickets, see page 21

Free pre-concert talk at 6.30pmBox Office: 01223 357851cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

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Pavlo Beznosiuk director & violin

Frank de Bruine oboe

Corelli Concerto Grosso in D major Op. 6 No. 4 (1714)

Handel Concerto for Oboe No. 3 in G minor (c. 1704)

Geminiani Concerto Grosso Op. 5 No. 3 (after Corelli) (1727)

Sammartini Sinfonia in G major (1742)

Avison Concerto Grosso in D minor No. 3, The garden of harmony (after Scarlatti) (1740)

Sammartini Concerto for Oboe in E flat major (by 1716)

Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 5 (1739)

Musical migration and cross fertilisation was at a peak in the eighteenth century. Arriving in England (Giuseppe Sammartini made London his home) the Italian concerto grosso was soon adopted by London’s fashionable musical circles.

Whether penned by Italians (Sammartini, Corelli, Geminiani), or composed by Englishmen after the Italian style (Handel, Avison), the combative character and exciting virtuosity of the concerto grosso had a profound impact on the music-making and composition of the baroque and early classical age. The works in this programme explore the development of the concerto grosso across the continent and illustrate the pervasive influence of Italian music in England.

“De Bruine masterfully wove the complex contours of the elaborate melodic lines with ease, ... with the AAM strings and harpsichord continuo providing light and crisp accompaniment with characteristic care and precision”.BACHTRACK review of 2017’s Bach and the Italian Concerto


Bless’d Isle – with Carolyn SampsonWednesday 1 November 2017, 7.30pmWest Road Concert Hall

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Carolyn Sampson soprano

Richard Egarr director, organ & harpsichord

‘Where words leave off, music begins’: a celebration of the mastery of English composers from Dowland to Arne and their setting of words to music.

Carolyn Sampson reveals the diversity of her artistry, opening with Dowland’s stark and spare In darkness let me dwell and ending on a rousing and roistering note asour Britannia of song. This range is matched in plaintive and playful orchestral music including a performance of Handel’s frolicsome Cuckoo and Nightingale organ concerto by Music Director Richard Egarr.

Dowland Lachrimae Pavan (1604)

Dowland In darkness let me dwell (1610)

Lawes Fantasy in six parts (c. 1638)

Blow and Purcell Songs

Purcell Instrumental Suite from The Fairy Queen (1692)

Purcell Chacony in G minor (c. 1680)

Handel Arias

Handel Concerto for Organ No. 13 in F major, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale (1739)

Arne Songs

“The British soprano’s voice combines limpid clarity with laser-focused precision, with any possible harsh edges softened in a smooth finish.“WASHINGTON POST

Wednesday 1 November 2017, 7.30pmWest Road Concert HallTickets £15, £27, £3315% discount for subscribers – see page 17 for details




Bach and Telemann – Reversed FortunesTuesday 12 December 2017, 7.30pmWest Road Concert Hall

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Tuesday 12 December 2017, 7.30pmWest Road Concert HallTickets £15, £27, £3315% discount for subscribers – see page 17 for details



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JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050 (c. 1719)

Telemann Concerto for Flute and Recorder in E minor (by 1740)

Telemann Overture-suite, Burlesque de Quixotte (1761)

JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049 (c. 1719)

In the first of two concerts marking the 250th anniversary of Telemann’s death, soloists from the Academy of Ancient Music perform some of the greatest music by these joint pillars of the German baroque.

Though Telemann may now languish in the shadow of his contemporary and close friend JS Bach, during his lifetime Telemann was regarded as the far more talented composer. (Offered the position of Cantor at St Thomas’ Leipzig ahead of Bach, the authorities felt short-changed when Telemann turned them down and Bach was appointed.) One of history’s most prolific composers, Telemann’s music was extremely popular and influential until the 19th century when his reputation fell into obscurity. Showcasing some of Telemann’s finest works alongside two of Bach’s beloved Brandenburg concertos, here we give this wonderful composer equal billing with his more celebrated peer.

Rachel Brown flute & recorder

Bojan Čičić director & violin

Rachel Beckett recorder

Alastair Ross harpsichord

“Frankly exquisite string playing from the Academy of Ancient Music... brought an elegant freshness which was truly beautiful. The lithe, dynamic lines... positively gleamed with a tangible sense of fun... played with flourish and superb control“ BACHTRACK


Mortal Voices – music by Pergolesi, Corelli and HandelFriday 16 February 2018, 7.30pmWest Road Concert Hall

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Friday 16 February 2018, 7.30pmWest Road Concert HallTickets £15, £27, £3315% discount for subscribers – see page 17 for details



In a concert that will pull at the heart strings, baroque specialist Christian Curnyn directs soprano Keri Fuge and countertenor Tim Mead, in some the most sublime music of the early 18th century.

Pergolesi’s beautiful Stabat Mater is his best-known work and one of the finest settings of this sorrowful song to Mary at the Crucifixion. A hidden gem in this concert is Handel’s cantata Ah! che troppo ineguali, an anguished appeal of mortal voices to Mary to extinguish every spark of warlike fury and bring peace - it is paired here with the altogether earthier cantata Il Duello Amoroso. Almost a mini-opera, it tells the story of an ‘amorous duel’ between the shepherd Daliso and the shepherdess Amaryllis, the music perfectly capturing the drama of the story.

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Christian Curnyn director & harpsichord

Keri Fuge soprano

Tim Mead countertenor

“The AAM players captured the style and grace of this music with lightness of touch and with individuality in phrasing and ornamentation, and the dramatic effects were riveting“ CLASSICAL SOURCE

Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 in D major (1714)

Handel Cantata HWV230, Ah! Che troppo ineguali (c. 1707)

Handel Cantata HWV82, Il Duello Amoroso (1708)

Pergolesi Stabat Mater (1736)

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1790s London: Saint and Sinner – music by Haydn and DussekThursday 12 April 2018, 7.30pmWest Road Concert Hall


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Richard Egarr director & harpsichord

Daniela Lehner mezzo soprano

Music migration continued throughout the 18th century. With the arrival of composers, musicians and new instruments from Europe, London’s musical world changed. Perhaps the most famous visitor was ‘Papa’ Haydn, a devout Catholic, who penned 12 ‘London’ symphonies, two of which we hear in this concert.

Jan Ladislav Dussek was another international visitor to the capital at the time. Rumoured to have been a revolutionary and seducer of princesses, he charged extortionate prices for piano lessons then fled London when his music publishing business failed, abandoning his wife and daughter, and eventually drinking himself to death. Music Director Richard Egarr will bring to life one of Dussek’s gems, performing his Concerto in G minor on an instrument modelled on a Broadwood fortepiano, as used by Dussek and his contemporaries.

Haydn Symphony No 93 in D major (1791)

Dussek Concerto for Fortepiano, Op 49 in G minor (1801)

Dussek Sehnsucht der Liebe, Hoffnung and Das Warum from 6 Gesänge for Voice and Fortepiano (1804)

Haydn Symphony No 94 in G major, The Surprise (1791)

“The AAM’s three period trumpets rang out proudly at the Barbican over the delicate sound of its period flutes and strings’“ FINANCIAL TIMES

Thursday 12 April 2018, 7.30pmWest Road Concert HallTickets £15, £27, £3315% discount for subscribers – see page 17 for details




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Hogwood Fellow – Robert LevinWe are delighted to announce the appointment of Robert Levin as our inaugural Hogwood Fellow. A consummate musician, Robert is much loved by audiences around the world as a soloist and as a conductor. He enjoyed a long and close association with Christopher Hogwood and AAM, which continues now with Richard Egarr as our Music Director. A renowned scholar and musicologist, Robert’s tenure as our first Hogwood Fellow will include performances with the orchestra alongside interviews, talks, articles and programme notes giving insights in to the music we perform.

Robert Levin writes:Not long after Richard Egarr assumed the

directorship of the AAM, succeeding Chris (Hogwood), I had the joy of partnering with him in Mozart’s concerto for two pianos. His artistry and flair were captivating, and we have pursued collaboration. I have also had the joy of directing the AAM from the keyboard as well as conducting it in several concerts in recent years. Its continuing successes and worldwide renown, so richly deserved, are an inspiration to me, and I hope to have the pleasure of continued association with this beloved cultural institution.

In particular, I dream of bringing the Mozart concerto recording cycle to a conclusion – a fitting legacy honouring both the AAM and Chris’ pioneering work with it.

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AAM Records

‘A joy for ear and spirit’ GRAMOPHONE

‘Egarr fields an octet of all the talents, wonderfully in tune both with Castello and each other. The result, gloriously

idiomatic, beautifully recorded, is a truly life-enhancing set.’

BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

‘This is a gem of a CD’ STRAD

‘It is no surprise that this small ensemble hand-picked from the Academy of Ancient

Music should play with exemplary virtuosity, but also with warmth and character that make

this a very invigorating, delightful listen.’CLASSICAL MUSIC MAGAZINE

We have released five critically acclaimed studio recordings on our own in-house record label, AAM Records. You can learn more about these as well as our rich back catalogue of over 300 releases on other labels at aam.co.uk/recordings

Available now on AAM Records: JS Bach St Matthew Passion (1727) JS Bach Orchestral Suites JS Bach St John Passion (1724) Birth of the Symphony: from Handel to Haydn

Out Now: Dario Castello Sonate Concertate In Stil Moderno, Libro Primo


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AAMplifyAAMplify, AAM’s Participation & Learning programme provides high quality music-making opportunities strategically linked with the concert programmes and performance activity.

Under 26 or a full-time student? You can get £5 AAMplify tickets for all AAM performances in London and Cambridge by providing proof of age or a valid NUS card on collection at the box office. AAMplify tickets are only available for collection in person at the box office.

Actively building partnerships across the country, the AAMplify programme is developing new ways to work creatively, engaging people of all ages in baroque and classical music.

Tickets

Workshops

Programmes in development include work with the Fitzwilliam Museum, local hospitals, schools and care homes.

To find out more contact Kathryn Rowland, Head of Participation and Learningat [email protected].

“I would highly recommend this performance for a SEN setting’“ Teacher, following a recent schools performance

“I will ask my mum for a cello for my birthday!’“ Pupil, following a recent schools performance

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Booking details:Ticket Prices£15, £27, £33

ConcessionsThere are a limited number of concessionary rate tickets available to over 65s for all concerts at West Road Concert Hall. The discounted rate is £2 off full-price tickets.

Under 26 or a full-time student? You can get £5 AAMplify tickets for all AAM performances in London and Cambridge by providing proof of age or a valid NUS card on collection at the box office. AAMplify tickets are only available for collection in person at the box office.

How to BookBy telephone on 01223 357851Monday-Saturday 10am – 6pm

Online at cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets

In person at the Cambridge Live Tickets Box Office, Wheeler Street, Cambridge CB2 3QBMonday-Friday 12 – 6pm, Saturday 10am – 6pm

ReturnsTickets can be exchanged for another AAM performance if returned more than 48 hours prior to any concert. An administration fee applies for this service.

Access InformationTwo parking bays for blue badge holders are available on the Sidgwick site, near West Road Concert Hall (see map opposite).

Three wheelchair spaces are available at a discounted rate with easy access at ground floor level throughout the building. The main entrance to the venue has a double width door, with a push button for automatic opening.

An induction loop is installed in the concert hall for patrons who are heard of hearing.

Toilets adapted for disabled patrons are available in the foyer approximately 18 metres from the main seating area.

Assistance dogs are welcome in the building.


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