Red Priest: Truly Madly Baroque
at Norden Farm Centre for The Arts, Maidenhead
£22.00
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Presented by Maidenhead Music Society.
Red Priest – recently described in the New York Times as ‘the wildly virtuosic little band’ – has been at the cutting edge of baroque music performance for over a quarter of a century.
Formed in 1997 by recorder virtuoso Piers Adams, together with violinist Julia Bishop, cellist Angela East and the late Julian Rhodes, harpsichord (a role filled since 2011 by David Wright) – and named after the original ‘red priest’ Antonio Vivaldi – the quartet has developed a truly unique style, combining high-energy performance, boundary crossing arrangements and theatrical presentation, delighting audiences across the globe.
‘For sheer technical wizardlry, charismatic showmanship and expressive devilment, Red Priest is in an exhilarating class of its own’ BBC Music Magazine
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Red Priest
Piers Adams, recorders Adam Summerhayes, violin Angela East, cello David Wright, harpsichord The wildly virtuosic little band… entertainingly eccentric… great musicianship and irreverent humour… exquisite.” New York Times From its origins as a young cutting-edge baroque band in the 1990s Red Priest has become established as an essential part of today's musical landscape, wowing audiences in all corners of the globe with its inventive, high-spirited, rule-breaking approach to music of the 17th and 18th centuries. “I'm a terrific fan of Red Priest, who put the 'mad' into the 'mad baroque' — but with such style and inventiveness as to almost kick-start a new art-form… Summerhayes' lunatic arrangements will bring both quiet smiles and manic grins to every music-lover… beautiful counterpoint and effortless freedom with every phrase… This is world-class playing… there's nothing casual about intelligence mocking tradition like this. It will have required meticulous rehearsal, to be quite this immaculately crazy.” Music and Vision
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Norden Farm Centre for The Arts
Altwood Road
Maidenhead
SL6 4PF
- Website:
- nordenfarm.org
- Disabled Booking:
- 01628 788 997
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Norden Farm Centre for The Arts
Altwood Road
Maidenhead
SL6 4PF
- Website:
- nordenfarm.org
- Disabled Booking:
- 01628 788 997
See all events at Norden Farm Centre for The Arts
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