Friday
11th
October Paspatou – World Music
Friday
1st November Jonny Kerry Quartet
Friday
6th
December Three of the Best
Friday
3rd
January Trois Pas d'Ici (from France)
Friday
7th
February One Voice, One Cello and a Mad Belgian
Friday
6th
March The Shackleton Trio
Friday 13th March Clica Drona (from France)
Friday
3rd April The Idumea Quartet – International string quartet
Friday 1st May The Rheingans Sisters
Friday
8th May Minima - Silent Film & Live Music
Friday
11th
October Paspatou – World Music
Paspatou
create a unique and eclectic world music mix on a dazzling array of
instruments, including fiddle, bouzouki, flutes, keyboards, whistles,
saxes, drums and weird pieces of kitchen plumbing. They fuse
traditional music from Eastern Europe, India, and Ireland ranging
from the eccentric beats of Balkan dance music to sinuous Irish airs
and Indian ragas. The 4-piece band are festival regulars and have
played at Glastonbury and Stamford's Riverside Festival. Graham Dale
on flutes, sax, keyboards, homemade blowing things,Graham Starkie on
mandola, bass, Miriam Forbes on violin, and Jay Goldmark on guitar,
bass and drums.
Friday
1st November Jonny Kerry Quartet
The
Jonny Kerry Quartet is an acoustic ensemble inspired by Gypsy Jazz,
New Musette, Classical and Tango music. The quartet performs dynamic
and lyrical arrangements of both standards and original compositions
that draw upon diverse international rhythms and musical idioms. The
Quartet is led by accordionist Jonny Kerry and completed with
guitarists Harry Diplock, Ducato Piotrowski & Mike Green on
double bass. The band is made up of some of the UK's top musicians in
the genre who have performed at hundreds of events throughout the UK.
Friday
6th
December Three of the Best
A
concert with three great local professional musicians – Harpist
Eleanor Turner, soprano Caroline Trutz and clasical guitarist Steve
Bean. They will each perform a sparkling mix from Hildegard de
Bingham to Lady Gaga and living classical composers. Ellie
has performed classical harp worldwide but is also a member of the
folk band Ranagri, a leading expert on contemporary harp music, a
composer and producer. Caroline
has performed many of the classic operatic roles across the UK and
France. She is also on the music staff of Nottingham University as
well as conductor of Rutland Choral Society. Steve
plays much of the classical guitar repertoire but also plays flamenco
and popular pieces by The Beatles and Queen.
Friday
3rd
January Trois Pas d'Ici
Our
annual New Year French dance introduces a great new trio from France
in one of the country's oldest public ballrooms. Trois Pas d'Ici is
three young women playing wonderful traditional music from Poitou, as
well as the Auvergne and Sweden. With two driving fiddles and
diatonic accordion, they produce some great dance music including
couple and circle dances such as bourées, mazurka, scottish, valse,
etc. And to top it all they also sing in harmony for dancing. As they
say “hear our strings (vocal and steel), bellows, keys and bow.”
with Nina Lachia and Marie Peyrat both on violin and Lucile Marsac on
diatonic accordion, as well as voices and bellows.
at
Stamford Arts Centre . £10 Booking - Stamford Arts Centre 01780
763203
19:30
Workshop. 20:30 pm Bal
Friday
7th
February One Voice, One Cello and a Mad Belgian
One
Voice, One Cello & A Mad Belgian is a unique collaboration
between jazz-cellist and singer/songwriter Rupert Gillett and soprano
saxophonist, melodeon player and singer/songwriter Jennifer El
Gammal. They delve into jazz, rock, folk, pop and more using only a
cello, soprano sax and voice, while at the same time singing songs
about robots, space invaders, bogey men and other serious issues of
the day.
Rupert
regularly performs in a number of ensembles such as Dai & the
Ramblers (Ace Records), She'Koyokh, The London Klezmer Quartet and
many more. Jennifer's musical projects include the modern jazz trio
Uživati and the unique folk band Virevoltes, featuring melodeon,
celtic harp and percussion.
Friday
6th
March The Shackleton Trio
A
highly original and energetic musical force just as likely to move
you to tears as to move you to your feet. Frequently referred to as
one of the hardest working bands on the scene, The Shackleton Trio is
gaining significant UK and International exposure, becoming an in
demand name on the folk circuit. 2018 saw plays on Mark Radcliffe's
Radio 2 Folk Show, an appearance on Cambridge Folk Festival's main
stage alongside a host of UK and European festivals and international
tours. The Shackleton Trio are Georgia Shackleton (fiddle, vocals),
Aaren Bennett (guitar) and Nic Zuppardi (mandolin).
Friday 13th March Clica Drona (from France)
This is traditional
dance music from Gascony of the very best from three talented
musicians playing an array of instruments from the nickelharpa to the
boha bagpipes. They make a wonderful drony sound but anchored in the
tradition. Their music - half traditional and half compositions, mix
instrumental and polyphonic songs but all great dance music for
rondeaux, polkas, scottishes, waltzes and congos.
Dani Detammaecker on
tambourin à cordes, percussions and harmonica, Aina Tulier on violin
and nyckelharpa and Adrien Villeneuve on Gascon boha bagpipes.
Friday
3rd April The Idumea Quartet
The Idumea Quartet is an international string quartet specializing in traditional
Appalachian folk music played with a chamber music aesthetic
influenced by minimalism. Mix fabulous string playing with beautiful
harmonized singing and the result is a sound which is as high and
lonesome as it is symphonic. Blending tradition, experimentation, and
sheer nonsense in roughly equal measure, the Idumea Quartet
deconstruct and reconstruct Appalachian folk music, drawing strong
influences from Minimalism and experimental music. The Idumea
Quartet is: Jane Rothfield and Ewan Macdonald on fiddle, Becka Wolfe
on viola, Nathan Bontrager on cello.
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Friday 1st May The Rheingans Sisters
The Rheingans Sisters
make playful, powerful and richly connecting music that is wholly
contemporary while deeply anchored in folk traditions. The
award-winning multi-instrumentalists, composers and folk scholars
were nominated for 'Best Duo/Group' at 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Over the last five years, audiences across the UK, Europe and
Australia have been captivated by the duos very special live
performances. Performing live, the sisters are inimitable;
full-hearted performers and spontaneous, on-stage improvisers, with
adventurous use of fiddles, voices, banjo, bansitar, tambourin à
cordes, spoken word, dancing feet and percussion. The Rheingans
Sisters will release their much anticipated fourth album in Summer
2020.
Friday
8th May Minima - Silent Film & Live Music
The
Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) (U)
Acclaimed
instrumentalists Minima perform a spine-tingling live soundtrack to
the strange and thrilling 1920 German silent psychological horror
classic for its 100th anniversary. A mysterious carnival
hypnotist unleashes a sinister sleep-walker to do his wicked bidding.
Made in the aftermath of the First World War, The Cabinet of Dr.
Caligari is the quintessential German Expressionist film masterpiece.
Robert Wiene’s distorted sets, sinister shadows and unnerving
characters creating a paranoid, unreal world at a time of despair
throughout Europe. Drums, bass, guitar, cello, double bass,
synthesiser and dulcimer stalk the film, complementing the film’s
unsettling experience of mistrust and madness.
