Philippa Hyde soprano Paul Esswood counter-tenor Jennifer Janse cello Helen Rogers harpsichord/chamber organ

This unique ensemble entertains with choreographed arias and songs interwoven with instrumental music, stories, letters and diaries. Vitality, passion, virtuosity and colour are the essence of The Musicke Companye in these seventeenth and eighteenth century programmes. The Musicke Companye has performed on stage, radio and television to great critical acclaim. Appearances include festivals in Buxton, Cardiff, Rye, Guildford, Bishop Auckland, Grassington, Krakow, Barcelona, Nicosia, Zagreb and in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France and concerts throughout the UK for NFMS.

‘One of the most gifted and more musically intelligent of all the early music ensembles currently before the public’ Musical Opinion

Sample Programme:

The Widdow and the Rake: Passion, patriotism, madness and pleasure! Sprightly songs, saucy duets, drama, pathos, poetry and racy gossip from Restoration and Georgian England alongside virtuoso instrumental solos. Music by Purcell, Clarke, Eccles, Arne and Handel.

Recordings:

Oh! Ravishing Delight: Purcell, Blow, D Gabrieli, Gagliano, etc (Kingdom Records)
Handel & Companye: Handel, Geminiani, Bononcini and Steffani (Intim Musik)
O Bone Jesu: Monteverdi, Gagliano, Grandi, Cavalli, Frescobaldi etc (Intim Musik)

Performances:

13 Dec 06 Chester Music Society
11 Jan 07 Wigmore Hall, London
13 Feb 07 St Mary’s Church, Warwick Music Live

Contact:

Helen Rogers, 22 Hollybush Road,
Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxon OX15 5LY

Tel/Fax: 01608 737172

Email: helen@themusickecompanye.com Website: www.themusickecompanye.com