Avison Ensemble
Music Celebration Week 2011: An 18th Century Soiree, Dryden Centre, 15 July 2011
Performing in the soiree were members of the Collichon Ensemble: Naomi Barker (baroque flute), John Finnon (bass viol) and John Treherne (harpsichord).
The Avison Ensemble is proud to have sponsored this year’s Music Celebration Week presented by Gateshead Music Service. Hundreds of children across Gateshead were involved in workshops, sing-a-longs, demonstrations and concerts, as well as a WOPPING big, music-filled picnic at Gibside!
The Avison Ensemble is grateful to The Roland Cookson Fund at The Community Foundation and the Arts Council North East for supporting Music Celebration Week.
The Avison Ensemble is the outstanding period instrument orchestra based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays and popularises the music of Charles Avison (1709-1770) and other English classical composers of the Baroque period, such as Garth, Arne and Herschel. The Ensemble also performs Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Geminiani, Pergolesi, Teleman, Rameau, Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Music Celebration Week 2011: An 18th Century Soiree, Dryden Centre, 15 July 2011
Performing in the soiree were members of the Collichon Ensemble: Naomi Barker (baroque flute), John Finnon (bass viol) and John Treherne (harpsichord).
The Avison Ensemble is proud to have sponsored this year’s Music Celebration Week presented by Gateshead Music Service. Hundreds of children across Gateshead were involved in workshops, sing-a-longs, demonstrations and concerts, as well as a WOPPING big, music-filled picnic at Gibside!
The Avison Ensemble is grateful to The Roland Cookson Fund at The Community Foundation and the Arts Council North East for supporting Music Celebration Week.
The Avison Ensemble is the outstanding period instrument orchestra based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays and popularises the music of Charles Avison (1709-1770) and other English classical composers of the Baroque period, such as Garth, Arne and Herschel. The Ensemble also performs Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Geminiani, Pergolesi, Teleman, Rameau, Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.