Red Priest
Carnival of the Seasons
Piers Adams recorders, Julia Bishop violin
Angela East cello, David Wright harpsichord
Wednesday 9 March, 8pm
The Electric Theatre, Guildford
Tickets: £14 full/senior citizens, £10 concessions
You will never have heard recorders played like this! If you thought early music was dull then think again. The astonishing liveliness and versatility of these musicians has resulted in them being the only early music group in the world to have been compared in the press to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones and the Cirque du Soleil, but that doesn’t mean that they have lost touch with musical heritage. Firmly grounded in a desire to bring the joys of early music to a modern-day audience, Red Priest come to the Festival with their unique approach to early music in a programme built around their reinterpretation of Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons and including other seasonal works by Purcell, Bach and Corelli. An evening of “completely wild and deeply imaginative” music-making not to be missed!
About Guildford International Music Festival
Guildford International Music Festival is a non-profit making enterprise, organised and promoted by the University of Surrey in collaboration with Guildford Borough Council.
Festival Artistic Director: Pauline Johnson
Festival Committee Chairman: Councillor Jennifer Powell
Festival Executive Director: Patricia Grayburn
For further information, please contact the Festival Director.
Presented by Guildford Borough Council and The University of Surrey Department of Music and Sound Recording and Arts Office.
