Two in-person lectures and one online lectureThe Berwick Music Series 2022 includes concerts, lectures and other events, You can find details and book tickets for the Series as a whole or individual events by clicking here.This listing is for those who want to buy a ticket for all three lectures only.Please note that two of … Continue reading "Three Lectures on Baroque Music and Art"
Our biggest yet! Concerts, talks, community performance, interview, composition competition, exhibition and sound installation.It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us in September and October for a celebration of music for solo stringed instruments. This year, we focus on three stringed instruments: violin, viola and cello, and three great performers: Darragh … Continue reading "Berwick Music Series 2022"
A social history of Seafaring through the agesDue to the Queen's funeral, the first lecture in this series has now been cancelled and this course will now be seven lectures. The details below will be amended when we have more information. A refund of £6 will be issued to those who have already booked.This is … Continue reading "Bred to the Sea"
An introduction to the refined and extravagant Baroque.This is a lecture by Prof Maria Chester. It is part of the Berwick Music Series 2022; you can find the full programme and buy a Series Pass by clicking here.In this lecture Prof Chester will introduce you to the refined and extravagant Baroque, in which the valorisation … Continue reading "Talk: Baroque Art and Culture"
A talk by Prof. Michael WorboysThis is part of the Berwick Music Series 2022; you can find the full programme and buy a Series Pass by clicking here. This lecture is the second of two that introduce to a general audience the Baroque musical style, its precursors and influences. No prior musical knowledge is assumed. … Continue reading "Talk: Baroque and Beyond Part II"
Solo cello (Anton Lukoszevieze).This is part of the Berwick Music Series 2022; you can find the full programme and buy a Series Pass by clicking here.Concert ProgrammeJoanna Bailie Trains for cello and fixed mediaLinda Catlin Smith RicercarJoseph Dall’Abaco Caprice No. 1Christopher Fox The Principle of DesignJoseph Dall’Abaco Caprice No.4Lithuanian cellist, composer and inter-disciplinary artist Anton … Continue reading "Concert: The Melancholy of Departure"
Solo cello (Anton Lukoszevieze).This is part of the Berwick Music Series 2022; you can find the full programme and buy a Series Pass by clicking here.Concert ProgrammeMichael Worboys: Rag Moments (world premiere)James Weeks: among the mycelia (world premiere)Egidija Medekšaitė: Oscillum for cello and fixed mediaDeparting from the Baroque, this second concert by cellist Anton Lukoszevieze … Continue reading "Concert: Ferns, Masks and Rags – music for an evening"
An extraordinary woman talks about her extraordinary familyThis event is jointly organised by the Berwick Music Series and the Berwick Literary Festival.Seven brothers and sisters. All of them classically trained musicians. One was Young Musician of the Year and performed for the royal family. The eldest has released her first album, showcasing the works of … Continue reading "Interview: Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason"
An introduction to cultural life in Britain between the Wars: cinema, literature, fine arts, architecture, music and society.This is a course of ten lectures by Prof Maria Chester on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 pm.The period between the First and Second World Wars was one of rich and varied creativity in Britain. Throughout the interwar … Continue reading "British Art between the Wars"
Solo viola (Fiona Winning).This is part of the Berwick Music Series 2022; you can find the full programme and buy a Series Pass by clicking here.Concert ProgrammeJS Bach Suite No. 3 in C major (Adapted for viola), BWV 1009 György Ligeti Viola Sonata (Movements interleaved)Luke Styles new piece (world premiere)Scottish violist Fiona Winning was until … Continue reading "Concert: Baroque Intersections"
A chance to try your hand at chanting.......This is part of the Berwick Music Series 2022; you can find the full programme and buy a Series Pass by clicking here.This Community Chant event, in association with the Radio Rooms, offers everyone the opportunity to get involved in chanting, an activity with proven health benefits, and … Continue reading "Community Concert: Chant"
A chance to experience one of the seminal events of modern music and to see what the kids have been up to in Strings 'n' ThingsImage credit: Dave NoonanThis is part of the Berwick Music Series 2022; you can find the full programme and buy a Series Pass by clicking here.Alvin Lucier’s Music on a … Continue reading "Music on a Long Thin Wire"
