Concerts
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ECHOES FESTIVAL | Alternative History Quartet: 'Amores pasados' | |
Wed 17 June 2026, 7.30pm |
'So compelling.’ Gramophone Alternative History are a unique quartet employing British Rock and Art Song to illuminate the music of the Renaissance, combining the collective sensibilities of singer John Potter, violinist-singer Anna Maria Friman and lutenists Jacob Herringman and Ariel Abramovich. Their ground-breaking work is inspired by the practice of Renaissance musicians rearranging the acappella polyphony of their predecessors and contemporaries for voices and lutes, envisioning a parallel universe where the Early Music movement happened in the 1920s, when songs and choral music by Warlock and Moeran are re-imagined as the lute songs these composers never actually wrote but might have heard in their heads. What results is a journey into the imagination; a sound picture of an alternative history. The programme 'Amores pasados' takes its name from the title piece by John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) on the ensemble's eponymous second album - a work setting poetry from the three great ages of Spanish literature. The work is complemented by pieces dedicated specially to the ensemble by two other grandees of British Rock: Sting and Tony Banks (Genesis) - songwriters who more than hold their own with their British Renaissance predecessor also featured here, Thomas Campion. Known also for their celebrated recordings of Spanish Renaissance music, the quartet complete this musical gesture of British-Spanish cultural exchange with intabulations of works by Victoria and Morales, visualising them as they might have been performed in 17th-century England. John Paul Jones Amores pasados Tomas Luis de Victoria Ave Maria (ed. Manuel de Falla) | O magnum mysterium (ed. Manuel de Falla) Sting Bury me Deep Cristobel de Morales Et in spiritum sanctum Thomas Campion Follow thy fair sun Tony Banks That Time of Year Peter Erskine Ash and Snow Arvo Pärt Pari Intervallo Ernest John Moeran River God’s Song | Oh Fair Enough are Sky and Plain | Under the Greenwood Tree Thomas Dunhill Had I the Heavens Embroidered Cloths Peter Warlock Corpus Christi Alternative History Quartet SNEAK PEEK! Video Clip This is an ILAMS concert organised in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes and St Clement Danes with the kind support of the Continuo Foundation and Baroque at the Edge, as part of Echoes Festival 2026 TICKETS IN ADVANCE: £20 | £15 Concessions | £10 ILAMS Members | FREE to Friends of Echoes Festival (email info@ilams.org.uk to join) ON THE DOOR: £30 | £25 Concessions | £20 ILAMS Members | FREE to Friends of Echoes Festival (email info@ilams.org.uk to join) BOOKINGS MORE INFORMATION ilams.org.uk | londres.cervantes.es | stclementdanesraf.org
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LCGF | 'A la Cubana': A Tribute to Cuban Guitar Music | Nikos Baroutsakis | |
Thu 9 July 2026, 7.30pm |
‘Guitarist Nikos Baroutsakis navigates the sonic universe of Cuban music with great skill, where elements of Africa, Europe, and the Americas converge.’ Eduardo Martin ‘Nikos Baroutsakis has designed an anthology, representative of our music. We are grateful for this, as even today there is a shortage of such productions.' Leo Brouwer 'A la cubana', is a live presentation of the eponymous debut album by guitarist Nikos Baroutsakis that pays tribute to Cuban music. Recorded at the the legendary Abbey Road Studios, it is the culmination of years' worth of exploration of the Cuban guitar repertoire, inspired by the music of the Buena Vista Social Club. The album includes two new works by renowned composers, commissioned by (and dedicated especially to) Nikos: Toccata cubana by Leo Brouwer and Rincones habaneros by Eduardo Martin. Born in Athens, Greece, Nikos Baroutsakis is a classically trained guitarist with a wide range of interests in different kinds of music. Nikos has performed in prestigious venues and organizations such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the Bridewell Ernesto Lecuona (Arr. Manuel Barrueco) La comparsa | Danza lucumí | A la antigua Nikos Baroutsakis classical guitar Sneak Peek! Video Clip This is an ILAMS event organised in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes and Pixaudio as part of the 2026 London Classical Guitar Festival TICKETS IN ADVANCE: £20 | £15 Concessions | £10 ILAMS Members | FREE to Friends of LCGF (email info@ilams.org.uk to join) ON THE DOOR: £30 | £25 Concessions | £20 ILAMS Members | FREE to Friends of LCGF (email info@ilams.org.uk to join) BOOKINGS MORE INFORMATION ilams.org.uk | londres.cervantes.es | pixaudio.com | nikosbaroutsakis.com
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