Unmeasured Chamber Concerts

Schubert Cello Quintet

10 January, 2025 with the Consone Quartet

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Unmeasured Chamber Concerts is a new series run by Ensemble Unmeasured, which takes its name from the unmeasured preludes of the 17th century. We believe that music provides a richness of experience that is immeasurable, and we would like to invite you to share it with us.
 
Concerts take place at the Octagon Chapel at 6:30pm on Friday evenings.

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Upcoming Concerts

Consone Quartet

Schubert Cello Quintet

10 January, 2025

Fresh from their Wigmore Hall recital earlier in the week, the Consone Quartet will return to Norwich to celebrate the release of their new album with cellist Kate Bennettt Wadsworth.

Harpsichordist Nathaniel Mander

The Cello Goes to France

7 February, 2025

Sumptuous music for cello and harpsichord by Boismortier, Corrette, and Duphly – plus some Bach with a French twist.

with Nathaniel Mander, harpsichord

Flutes and Frets

Flutes and Frets

7 March, 2025

Special guest ensemble:

Join the Flutes & Frets Duo on a programme of their favourite music for flutes & lute/theorbo/guitars from the past 500 years. Featuring compositions by John Dowland, Arcangelo Corelli and François Borne.

Beth Stone, flutes
Daniel Murphy, lutes and guitars

Eve Garrard

Lute Songs by Dowland, Johnson, and Campion

4 April, 2025

Lute songs are intricate, sublime, sometimes fairly cheeky, and perfect for the intimate setting of the Octagon Chapel. Come and hear some of the most beautiful songs in the genre.

with Eve Garrard, mezzo soprano

Soprano Alice Platten

From London to Venice and Back

11 July, 2025

Music for soprano and continuo by Purcell, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, and more.

with Alice Platten, soprano

Eleanor and Gus

Eleanor and Gus

8 August, 2025

Special guest ensemble:

This duo defies definition, with repertoire ranging from 16th-century lute songs to their own original songs and arrangements, a blend of modern folk, jazz, and art song.

Eleanor Grant, double bass and vocals
Gus McQuade, guitar

Georgi Dimitrov

NEA Winner: Georgi Dimitrov

7 November, 2025

Special guest recital:

A creative programme of old and new music by the 2024-25 Co-Winner of the New Elizabethan Award, guitarist Georgi Dimitrov.

About Matt

Matthew Wadsworth has earned a reputation as one of the world’s finest lutenists. Working in the UK, Europe and North America as a soloist and chamber musician, he has appeared at most major concert halls and festivals, and can often be heard on radio, both in live performance and recordings. Born in 1974, Matthew studied lute at London’s Royal Academy of Music with Nigel North, after which he spent a year at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague. His CD recordings have all received international critical acclaim, and have been featured as Gramophone Editor’s Choice on several occasions. Along with his wife Kate, Matthew runs the Deux-Elles record label. As well as helping to promote outstanding artists, this has allowed Matthew to pursue his passion for sound engineering and audio excellence.
‘A ringing endorsement of the beauty of the theorbo in a distinguished recital… Wadsworth has an imperious command of some impressive solo material… he glories in the fleeting mysteries of these works, allowing the notes to speak with unequivocal conviction’
Editor’s choice – Gramophone Magazine

About Kate

Kate Bennett Wadsworth is a cellist and gambist devoted to historical performance of all periods, with a special research interest in 19th-century performing practice. She has appeared at festivals across Europe and North America with ensembles such as B’Rock, Tafelmusik, Arion, and the Gabrieli Consort, and given lecture-recitals and masterclasses at the Juilliard School, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the Orpheus Insitute, and the Utrecht Early Music Festival. Kate is currently working on an edition of the Schumann Cello Concerto, funded jointly by the Leverhulme Trust and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, to be published by Bärenreiter in 2024. Around Norwich, Kate can be seen playing concerts with Norwich Baroque, which she now co-directs with violinist Jim O’Toole, and working on her laptop at the Bread Source.

“Her sense of musical gesture and line has the strength and grace of a wild animal: Her melodies soar, not like a rocket, but like an eagle, responding to every turn of harmony and thought the way the bird responds to changing currents of air.”

Early Music America

Other Series

Norwich Chapel Concerts
Intimate and beautifully curated chamber music concerts in the salon-like Park Lane Chapel
Assembly House Classical
Features rising stars on the classical music scene in the elegant setting of the Music Room; pairs beautifully with the Assembly House’s afternoon tea
Norwich Chamber Music

International stars of the chamber music scene at the John Innes Centre

Eaton Concert Series
Creatively curated chamber series in a small sunlit church.
Norwich Baroque
Norwich’s own period-instrument orchestra, performing regularly at Norwich Cathedral, the Assembly House, and the Octagon Chapel

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