Performances
Previous concerts and reviews
Concerts 2013
Thursday 19th September
St Boniface Concert Society, Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton, Devon
Britannia triumphans
Saturday 21st September
Leighton Buzzard Music Club, Leighton Buzzard Theatre, Lake Street, LU7 1RX
Music from the Land of Don Quixote
Review: ‘The first concert of the season was intriguing, made the toes tap, and taught me much about Spanish country music and baroque instruments. I thank you Galliarda. The evening was a very pleasant meander through largely unexplored territory.’ Judi Moore.
Saturday 5th October
Newark Music Club, Palace Theatre, Appletongate, Newark NG24 1JY
Britannia triumphans
Saturday 19th October
Horsham Music Circle, The Drill Hall, Denne Road, Horsham West Sussex, RH12 1JF
Music from the Land of Don Quixote
Review: ‘Catalan, Basque and Old Castilian folksongs, carols and airs were enchantingly sung by Sara Stowe; and how could even Don Quixote himself have resisted her most expressive and evocative performance of Purcell’s ‘From Rosie Bowers’. We are very fortunate in Horsham to be able to listen to performers of such high calibre and international standing in local venues.’ Catherine Andrews for the West Sussex County Times.
Sunday 20th October
Watford, Octagon Music Society, The Clarendon Muse, Watford Grammar School for Boys, Rickmansworth Road, Watford WD18 7JA
A Tale of Two Cities
Review: ‘Soprano Sara Stowe delivered her songs with an unaffected directness and rose with fire and passion to the challenges of the cantata, ‘Le Depit Genereux’, to Wendy Hancock fell the brunt of the instrumental work on flute and recorders to which she brought unfailing musicality and variety. The theorbo was, certainly visually, the most eye-catching instrument, with its high neck stretching skywards.’ Anthony Bramley-Harker – Octagon Music Society.
Monday 21st October
Luton Music Club, Music Room, Putteridge Bury campus, Hitchin Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU2 8LE
Britannia Triumphans
Friday 25th October
Hoylake Chamber Concert Series, Westbourne Community Hall Westbourne Road in West Kirby, CH47 4DQ
Music from the Land of Don Quijote
Wednesday 30th October
The Evesham and District Music Club, Evesham Arts Centre, Victoria Avenue, Evesham WR11 4QH
Britannia triumphans
Wednesday 4th December
Open University at Milton Keynes Theatre,
‘Josep i Maria’, Christmas programme
Friday 6th December
The Peter Gould Music Trust, Coed Ceinach, Brynhafod, Cardigan SA43 1NS Wale
‘Josep i Maria’, Christmas programme
Wednesday 11th December
Kendal Midday Concert Club, Kendal Town Hall, Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4DL
Josep i Maria’, Christmas programme
Review: ‘…the audience was so captivated by the style, the quality and general ambience of [Galliarda’s] music-making. … It was delightful fare; we had extremely high-performance levels from the elegantly attired musicians, imaginative stage lighting and programme content that possibly was outside the experience of many. Humorous readings from eighteenth century texts, all entertainingly instructive, illuminated the occasion.’ Brian Paynes for the Westmorland Gazette.
Concerts 2014
Friday 7th February
SASRA Music and Arts, Egremont, Cumbria,
A Tale of Two Cities
Thursday 18th February
Boston Concert Club, Lincs.,
A Tale of Two Cities
Saturday 8th March
Live at St Wilfrid’s, St Wilfrid’s Church, Church Lane, Grappenhall Village, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 3EP
A Tale of Two Cities
Sunday 9th March
Dunblane Cathedral Arts Guild, The Cross, Dunblane, Perthshire FK15 0AQ
A Tale of Two Cities
Friday 14th March
Scunthorpe and North Lincs Concert Society
The Invenio Academy, 2 Foxhills Rd., Scunthorpe, North Lincs. DN15 8LJ
Britannia Triumphans
Review: ‘What a delightful programme. It was extremely interesting to hear and see baroque instruments, and Sara’s singing was beautiful. Ian’s historical readings certainly brought a titter from the audience, and it was altogether a unique evening of music making.
Asking the audience join in the last item of the programme was a first for us, and everyone went home happy and smiling. Just what music is all about.’ Letter from Dena Clatworthy, Secretary of the Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire Concert Society, 16th March, 2014.
Friday 21st March
Sittingbourne Music Society, Bourne Hall, Sittingbourne Community College, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4NL
A Tale of Two Cities
Saturday 22nd March
Sevenoaks Music Club, Ship Theatre, Walthamstow Hall School, Sevenoaks, TN13 3UL
Britannia Triumphans
Wednesday 30th April
Saddleworth Chamber Concerts Society, Millgate Arts Centre, Delph, Oldham OL3 5DY
Saturday 27th September
St Edmund’s Church, Holme Pierrepont, Adbolton Lane, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham NG12 2LU
Music from the Land of Don Quijote – a programme of Spanish and Catalan music.
Friday 24th October
Trinity Methodist Church & Community Centre, Church Terrace, Wisbech, Cambs., PE13 1BL
A Tale of Two Cities – a programme of English and French music.
Friday 12th December
The Theatre Royal, Washington Street, Workington, Cumbria CA14 3AW, ‘A Merry Wassail’
Concerts 2015
Friday 24th October
Trinity Methodist Church & Community Centre, Church Terrace, Wisbech, Cambs., PE13 1BL
Friday 12th December
The Theatre Royal, Washington Street, Workington, Cumbria CA14 3AW, ‘A Merry Wassail
Thursday 29th January
Derby Royal Hospital, Uttoxeter New Road, Derby DE22 3NE in the King’s Treatment Centre. Tel: 01332 340131. Admission free.
Friday 30th January
St John’s Arts and Recreation Centre, Old Harlow, CM17 OAJ
Galliarda presents ‘Britannia Triumphans’: a programme of English music.
Wednesday 18 November
Galliarda – Mediterranean Temperament Concert sponsored by Mansfield Palace Music Society at the Crescent Centre, Mansfield, 18 November 2015.
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this concert given by the musicians of Galliarda, performing a varied and imaginative selection of 17th and 18th Century music from Spain, Italy and France. Sara Stowe, singing in the sweet natural style of the period, charmed us with a moving performance of songs from these Mediterranean countries, songs modulating through moods of romantic yearning, the coming of Spring, the chirping of birds, and devotional love for the Virgin and Child. The theorbo provided a lovely basso continuo, playing the bass and chords, for a trio sonata for flute and bass viol by Leclair.
Between items we were entertained by extracts from the writings of travellers of the period to Mediterranean countries. They were typical Brits, suspicious of foreign customs and horrified by the unhygienic and squalid sleeping arrangements they had to endure.
James Ward
Galliarda Continuo Foundation Tour `An Enlightened Heart’ Dates 2023
- February 9th In Tune Broadcast BBC Radio
- February 17th St Brevita, Lan Livery, Cornwall PL30 5BT
- March 4th St Helen’s Church, Ashby de la Zouch LE65 1AA
Christian Rose Violins, 100 Market Street, Ashby de la Zouch Caroline Essex - March 8th Monument Place, McCarthy Stone, Endless Street, Salisbury SP1 3SP
- March 17th ARC Centre, St John’s Walk, Old Harlow CM17 OAJ Tickets by donation
- March 19th St Mary’s Church, Haddenham
- March 30th 7.30 Holburne Museum, Bath BA2 4DB
- King’s Lynn Library, London Road, PE30 5EZ Pop-up-baroque music performance Galliarda
- King’s Lynn Festival St Mary’s Church, PE31 7HJ 21st July `Inspired, Encouraged, Arrested’ Musical women of the 18th century, lecture recital Sara Stowe harpsichord
- St Mary’s church, King’s Lynn, PE31 7HJ `An Enlightened Heart’ Galliarda
The group’s recent research into female composers of the eighteenth century was awarded a grant from the Diane Ambache Foundation to perform and record `An Enlightened Heart’ for Tremula CDs. Sara Stowe featured the music of these female composers in 2022 when she was harpsichordist in residence for the Spring exhibition Battlefields and Baroque at Blelnheim Palace