MOZART GRAN PARTITA
Members of English
Baroque Soloists
Tama Matheson – actor
Saturday 3 May 2025, 7.30pm
Painted Hall, the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
TAMA MATHESON MOZART GRAN PARTITA
MOZART
Serenade No. 10
‘Gran Partita’, K. 361
i. Largo – Molto allegro
ii. Menuetto
iii. Adagio – Andante
iv. Menuetto – Allegretto
v. Romance – Adagio
vi. Tema con variazioni –Andante
vii. Finale – Molto allegro
Narration from Tama Matheson to draw on passages from the following:
— Letters of W. A. Mozart
— Letters of J. W. von Goethe
— Amadeus by Peter Shaffer
— Mozart and the Wolf Gang by Anthony Burgess
— Mozart on the Journey to Prague by Eduard Mörike
— Music of the World by Kurt Pahlen
— Don Juan by E.T.A.Hoffman
Tama Matheson is an award-winning writer, director, and actor, working in theatre, opera, and television worldwide.
As a director, Tama has worked in Covent Garden, Opera Australia (Sydney Opera House), Houston Grand Opera, Oper Graz (Austria), Teatro Real (Madrid), The Royal Albert Hall, the King’s Head Theatre, the Verulamium (London), The Queensland Theatre Company, the Salesjan’s and Manoel Theatres in Malta, and the JACC Theatre in Kuwait.
As an actor, he has appeared on stages throughout the UK and Australia, and has featured in shows such as Eastenders, Heartbeat, and Channel 5’s recent crime drama, Ellis. He is also Artistic Director of the Brisbane Shakespeare Festival
Matheson’s chief passion is the creation of a major new crossover artform that fuses theatre and music into a visceral dramatic whole: the Music-Play – a form of entertainment exactly half theatre, half concert. To this end, Matheson has founded, along with pianist Jayson Gillham, a new company, ‘The NEST’, dedicated to the elevation and expansion of the Music-Play genre.
His Music-Plays include Beethoven: I Shall Hear in Heaven (playing in Holland Park this August 6th & 8th); Ben – the Life of Benjamin Britten; and Passions – the Life and Music of J.S. Bach
He has collaborated on these Music-Plays with several major orchestras, including The Royal Philharmonic, The London Philharmonic, The Melbourne Tasmanian, and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, the London Mozart Players, and the Naples Philharmonic, in Florida. Matheson has won several awards for his work in Australia, and has been twice nominated for the Royal Philharmonic Society Storytelling Award here in London.
ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS
For over 40 years The English Baroque Soloists has been one of the most innovative period-instrument ensembles that has consistently challenged preconceptions to audiences around the world. Equally at home in chamber, symphonic and operatic performances, its distinctively warm and incisive playing is instantly recognisable in music ranging from Monteverdi to Mozart and Haydn.
One of the world’s leading period instrument orchestras, the ensemble has performed at many of the world’s most prestigious venues including Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Sydney Opera House.
The EBS has recorded for many companies, including the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras’ own label Soli Deo Gloria. They made the earliest recording of Mozart’s complete piano concertos on period instruments, as well as his greatest operas for Deutsche Grammophon.
In December 2024 the EBS performed Bach and Charpentier with the Monteverdi Choir on a European tour to La Scala Milan, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and its London home at St Martin-in-theFields. The tour was conducted by renowned French Baroque specialist Christophe Rousset, making his MCO debut.
The EBS’s current season has seen them expand their repertoire and conductor collaborations, including a deep dive into Charpentier with Christophe Rousset that was toured across Europe in December 2024. These performances were universally greeted with praise including the Guardian describing it as “joyous and immaculate,” while Operawire noted “a fresh sense of artistic renewal”.
Oboe
Rachel Chaplin
Mark Baigent
Clarinet
Nicola Boud
Magda Peralto Lladó
Basset Horn
Fiona Mitchell
Sarah Thurlow
Bassoon
Philip Turbett
Sally Jackson
Double Bass
Ismael Campanero
Horn
Anneke Scott
Martin Lawrence
Peter Moutoussis
Kate Goldsmith
SING TO THE LORD A NEW SONG
BACH, HANDEL & PURCELL MASTERPIECES
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Jonathan Sells – conductor
Thurs 4 Sep 2025, 7.30pm Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, UK
monteverdi.co.uk
Bruckner & Gesualdo: Motets SDG736
Marking two landmark anniversaries—the Choir’s 60th and the 200th birthday of Anton Bruckner—this release captures the ensemble in live performance under conductor Jonathan Sells during their October 2024 concerts in Ely Cathedral, Oxford, and at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.
Available to purchase on CD and digital download, and listen to on all streaming platforms.