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Devon Baroque Come Home on the Prevailing Winds

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vivaldi, Boismortier, Telemann, Bach: Devon Baroque, Georgia Browne (flute), Sarah Humphrys (oboe/recorders), Oonagh Lee (oboe/recorders), Rebecca Hammond (bassoon), Emily White (sackbut), Persephone Gibbs (Artistic Director), Andrew Wilson-Dickson (Director), Great Hall, Dartington, 12.2 2017. (PRB)

Devon Baroque with Oonagh Lee and Sarah Humphrys (oboes); photo credit - Philip R Buttall.
Devon Baroque with Oonagh Lee and Sarah Humphrys (oboes) (c) Philip R Buttall

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Joyful Playing by Devon Baroque Despite Last Minute Substitutions

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Corelli, Purcell, Vivaldi: Devon Baroque, Miriam Allan (soprano), Devon Baroque / Persephone Gibbs (Artistic Director), Andrew Wilson-Dickson (Director). Great Hall, Dartington, 13.11.2016. (PRB)

Devon Baroque with Miriam Allan inset; Photo credit - Philip R Buttall.
Devon Baroque with Miriam Allan (inset) (c) Philip R Buttall

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Dartington Hosts Concert of Mainly Arab Music for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Purcell, Rahim, El Dabh, Okba, Glatz, Handel, Roustom, Sidiq, Hankash, Rahbani Brothers, Al Atrash, Rahbani: Marcus Broome (leader and solo violin), Louai Alhenawi (nay), Jak Berry (flute), Julia Munn (clarinet), Merit Ariane Stephanos (voice), Dartington Chamber Orchestra, Oliver Butterworth (conductor), Great Hall, Dartington. 22.5.2016 (PRB)

Merit Ariane Stephanos with Dartington Chamber Orchestra - credit Philip R Buttall
Merit Ariane Stephanos with Dartington Chamber Orchestra
(c) Philip R Buttall

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Wilson-Dickson Joins Devon Baroque in Crossing Musical Borders

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Handel, Corelli, Lully, Muffat, Scarlatti, Avison, Geminiani: Devon Baroque / Persephone Gibbs (director), Great Hall, Dartington, 24.1. 2016 (PRB) George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 9 in G Archangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 10 in C Jean-Baptiste Lully: Dances from ‘Atys’ George Muffat: Concerto Grosso ‘Delerium Amoris’ Domenico Scarlatti: Harpsichord Sonatas … Read more

Dynamic Devon Baroque Display a Diverse Array of Repertoire

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  Handel, Rameau, Rebel, Vivaldi, Telemann: Devon Baroque / Persephone Gibbs (director), Great Hall, Dartington,  11.10. 2015 (PRB)   George Frideric Handel: ‘Water Music’ Suite I in F, HWV 348 Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite from ‘Platée’ Jean-Féry Rebel: ‘Le Cahos’ from ‘Les Élémens’ Antonio Vivaldi: Violin concerto Op 8 No 5 ‘Tempesta di Mare’ Georg Philipp … Read more

Impressive Performances of 17th Century Music from Blaze and Kenny

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 Dowland, Campion, Purcell, Kapsberger, Lawes, de Visée:  Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute & theorbo), Great Hall, Dartington. 6.6.2015 (PRB)   ‘Tis Nature’s Voice: Solo Song in Seventeenth-Century England   Dowland: Clear or Cloudy The King of Denmark’s Galliard Can she excuse my wrongs? Preludium Captain Digorie Piper’s Galliard Fantasia Me, me and none but … Read more