Olwen Foulkes (recorder) & Toby Carr (theorbo)

Friday 8 May 1pm, Online - Virtual Concert

Olwen Foulkes recorder Toby Carr theorbo Programme Vestiva i colli with diminutions by Francesco Rognoni (1570-1626)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525 - 1594)

Sonata no. 1

I. Largo II. Spirituoso III. Largo IV. Affetuoso Non vo’mai Seguitar from il Pastor Fido

John Grano (1692 - c.1748)

George Frederick Handel (arr. Foulkes) (1685 - 1759)

Suite in E minor from A Consort for Several Friends

I. Pavan II. Almand III. Courante IV. Ayre V. Saraband VI. Jigg, Conclude Thus

Link to virtual concert: https://youtu.be/69m1Y5xIbQM

Matthew Locke (c.1621 - 1677)

Biographies Olwen Foulkes has worked with ensembles including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, London Handel Players, Monteverdi String Band, and La Serenissima. She has performed live on BBC Radio 3 and played in the Royal Shakespeare Company 2018 season. She is particularly interested in curating performances in partnership with specific collections and has recently collaborated with Handel&Hendrix House, the Foundling Museum, the British Museum and the British Library. She has released two solo albums on Barn Cottage Records (Indoor Fireworks -2019, Directed by Handel -2018) and is currently working on a PhD researching the practices of recorder players working in London between 1670-1730.

She graduated from RAM with a distinction and DipRam for her postgraduate degree in 2018. Olwen teaches the recorder at the Junior Department of Trinity College of Music and teaches classroom music at the American School in London. She also gives lectures on Eighteenth Century dance and ornamentation at the Royal Academy of Music and on the Marnaves Baroque Summer Course.

A lutenist and guitarist from London, Toby Carr is known as an engaging and responsive artist, performing with some of the finest musicians in the business. Having studied at Trinity Laban and the Guildhall School he is now active as a soloist, continuo player and chamber musician.

A specialism in music of the 17th century has led to a varied diary of work in the field of historically informed performance, bringing old music to new audiences in exciting and innovative ways.

Toby has worked with organisations such as the Royal Ballet, Dunedin Consort, London Philharmonic Orchestra, RTE Symphony Orchestra and Irish Baroque Orchestra. He has played for English Touring Opera for seasons in 2016, 2017 and 2018 as well as working for Longborough Festival Opera, Glyndebourne Youth Opera and in 2019 he made his Wigmore Hall debut with Dame Emma Kirkby and Dowland Works. Toby is a founding member of Ceruleo and Lux Musicae London.

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