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The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen
Award-winning period-Instrument Ensemble based in the UK
Our new CD on Accent of Pepusch's wonderful Chandos Anthems is getting a lot of attention. Click here to find out more! This recording was generously supported by The Continuo Foundation, Angel Early Music, the Gemma Classical Trust and the Golsoncott Foundation.
We are looking forward to launching a new concert programme this year 'Bridges to Bach'. The first of these will be at The Dorst Museum Music Society, with our good friend Philippa Hyde singing Bach and Zelenka with us! Tickets on sale now.
2 December, 2023, Handel's Messiah with the girl choristers and Lay Clerks of Canterbury Cathedral. A candle-lit performance of a masterpiece in an unrivalled and and glorious setting! Tickets are selling fast—click here!
York Early Music Christmas Festival, 3 December, 2023. Anonymous c.1720 'Messiah—a Christmas song', plus Christmas pieces by Henry Purcell and Simon Brixi. With soloists Philippa Hyde, Ciara Hendrick, Nicholas Mulroy and Edward Grint. Selected as one of 'the best Christmas Concerts in the UK' for 2023 by the BBC Music Magazine!
We did it! Our recording of three of Pepusch's Chandos anthems is in the can! We recorded the Christmas piece Rejoice in the Lord, the first-ever 'numbers' Magnificat in English and intimate O Praise the Lord. We also squeezed in single movement (all that survives) of Pepusch's oboe concerto in B flat. The record company, Accent, are hoping the disc will be released in time for the Christmas season. Click here for more.
We've been awarded a Continuo Foundation Grant! This generous support of our current recording project for Accent (Pepusch, the 'other' Chandos Anthems) will enable the realisation of this exciting project of world premieres; more details here: https://www.continuofoundation.co.uk/fourth-round-grantees/the-harmonious-society-of-tickle-fiddle-gentlemen
Sold-out performance of Pepusch's Venus and Adonis in Utrecht! UPDATE: Now available to watch, streamed online: https://oudemuziek.nl/emtv/aanbod/spotlight-max-6-items/202118-tickle-fiddle-gentlemen/
On 30 August 2021 We returned from our long hiatus under Covid restrictions to the wonderful Festival Oude Muziek in Utrecht, Netherlands, with Pepusch's stunning two-act opera before a sold-out audience. Ciara Hendrick and Philippa Hyde returned as the title characters, with the stylish bass-baritone Vitali Rozynko joining as Mars.
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