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Soprano Louise Alder on Handel’s Semele

Soprano Louise Alder on Handel’s Semele

Mon 16 Oct 2017

Soprano Louise Alder chats about her role as Semele in Handel's steamy opera in which she falls in love with the god Jupiter.

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Chacony in G minor by Henry Purcell | The Night Shift

Chacony in G minor by Henry Purcell | The Night Shift

Fri 13 Oct 2017

See some footage of our Night Shift at the CLF Art Cafe in Peckham.

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Introducing the Baroque Bassoon

Introducing the Baroque Bassoon

Wed 23 Aug 2017

Former Principal Bassoon Peter Whelan introduces the baroque bassoon.

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Introducing the Piccolo Violin

Introducing the Piccolo Violin

Fri 2 Jun 2017

Take a violin, shrink it and tune it up a minor third. Violin Huw Daniel introduces the piccolo violin.

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Introducing the Baroque Violin

Introducing the Baroque Violin

Thu 25 May 2017

Violin Huw Daniel reveals some of the ways the baroque instrument is different from the modern one.

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Mozart’s Horn Quintet, 1st Movement (on a hosepipe horn) | The Night Shift

Mozart’s Horn Quintet, 1st Movement (on a hosepipe horn) | The Night Shift

Mon 8 May 2017

Horn player Martin Lawrence performs Mozart's Horn Quintet on a hosepipe horn, while it crowd-surfs at The Night Shift in Islington.

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Steven Isserlis and Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C

Steven Isserlis and Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C

Fri 17 Mar 2017

Cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis shows us his Marquis de Corberon Stradivarius cello and chats about Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C which he performed with us at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.

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Look! No Conductor!

Look! No Conductor!

Thu 16 Feb 2017

We spoke to our Leader, Kati Debretzeni, about how it is to perform without a conductor.

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