Wedding - Battle Abbey

I performed ‘Eternal source of light divine’ from Handel’s Birthday Ode for Queen Anne and ‘Let the bright Seraphim’ from Samson at a wedding held on Friday 12 July 2024 in the Great Hall of Battle Abbey in East Sussex—an abbey dedicated to St Martin of Tours and built on the site of the Battle of Hastings. I performed with Verity Wingate (soprano), Kristiina Watts (theorbo), Miriam Nohl
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Handel - Eternal Source of Light Divine - St Peter and Holy Cross - Wherwell, Hampshire

I performed at a wedding at St Peter and Holy Cross Church in Wherwell in rural Hampshire on Saturday 3rd September 2022. I played Handel’s Eternal Source of Light Divine, with the organist Anthony Burns-Cox, who played the vocal solo part, as well as the accompaniment, on the organ. I also played descants in the hymns Cwm Rhondda and Jerusalem. Finally, we played Stanley’s Trumpet Voluntary and
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Handel - Eternal Source of Light Divine - Avington Park

On Saturday 31st July 2021 I performed for a wedding celebration at Avington Park near Winchester. A couple of classical music lovers from New York state celebrated a wedding ceremony at this fantastic venue in the Itchen valley, and hired the quartet Leos Strings for their special day. I played Purcell's Trumpet Tune for the entrance of the Groom and Groomsmen, with Leos Strings - led by Laura
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Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.2 - Recording - Bachwoche Ansbach 2019

As I played the final phrase of my tenth performance of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major [BWV 1047] (which took place last Saturday at Castle Ashby) I felt as I often do after playing that piece - that it would be great to play it again very soon. Playing Brandenburg 2 is a definite adrenaline rush and there’s something in the thrill of its survival that makes you
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Stanley - Trumpet Voluntary - St Benet's Minster, Beccles

I performed John Stanley’s Trumpet Voluntary as the bride (Celia Madden) entered St Benet's Minster in Beccles, Suffolk on Saturday 3rd August 2019. Celia and I met while studying together at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and it was a great pleasure and privilege to play as she entered the church on her wedding day. Celia married Joseph Carter at 2pm and their wedding service
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Wedding - Fiori Musicali - St Peter's Church, Wolfhampcote

I performed at a wedding on Saturday 8th July 2017. The ceremony took place in the ancient (and now almost redundant) St Peter's Church in Wolfhampcote in Warwickshire. The Church is near the county border, close to Braunston and Daventry in Northamptonshire. The presence of St Peter's Church in Wolfhampcote is noted in the Domesday Book and the oldest parts of the current church building date from
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Wedding at St. Peter’s Church, Sibton

I performed at the marriage of Cleo Rose Brock-Abraham and James Andrew Talbot on 22nd October 2016 at St. Peter’s Church in Sibton, Suffolk. Leos Strings [@Leos_Strings] performed music as the wedding guests arrived at the church. As the family entered, they played Bach’s ‘Air on the G String’ and a processional ‘Trumpet Tune’ by Purcell was performed for the entrance of the bridesmaids
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