Forthcoming Concerts 2018
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
2018 marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of François Couperin. Court musician the Louis XIV, and cosmopolitan Parisian, Couperin was the most poetic of harpsichord composers, whose sophisticated and intimate musical language reflects the complex, multi-faceted and finely-layered aspects of the French Grand Siècle. His elegance of touch also provides a musical echo to the intimate melancholy seen in the paintings of his close contemporary Antoine Watteau.
Throughout 2018 I will be giving a series of concerts commemorating the life and times of Couperin. Programmes will include music by Couperin himself as well as his contemporaries and composers in subsequent generations who were influenced by him. Please download below a PDF for details of the whole series. Details of individual concerts are listed on this page
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
2018 marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of François Couperin. Court musician the Louis XIV, and cosmopolitan Parisian, Couperin was the most poetic of harpsichord composers, whose sophisticated and intimate musical language reflects the complex, multi-faceted and finely-layered aspects of the French Grand Siècle. His elegance of touch also provides a musical echo to the intimate melancholy seen in the paintings of his close contemporary Antoine Watteau.
Throughout 2018 I will be giving a series of concerts commemorating the life and times of Couperin. Programmes will include music by Couperin himself as well as his contemporaries and composers in subsequent generations who were influenced by him. Please download below a PDF for details of the whole series. Details of individual concerts are listed on this page
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4.00pm on Sunday 22 April 2018
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at Craxton Studios, 14 Kidderpore Avenue, London, NW3 7SU
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
'François Couperin in Paris and Versailles'
A programme of music by François and Louis Couperin, Rameau and Dagincour reflecting Couperin's life at the court of Louis XIV's Versailles and in cosmopolitan Paris. I am delighted to return to the beautiful and historic Craxton Studios to perform a tea concert in aid of the Craxton Memorial Trust.
Donations for places (to include tea after the concert) £23 for adults, £10 for under 18s. Places need to be reserved in advance from jcraxton@live.co.uk Further details: www.craxtonmemorialtrust.org.uk
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at Craxton Studios, 14 Kidderpore Avenue, London, NW3 7SU
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
'François Couperin in Paris and Versailles'
A programme of music by François and Louis Couperin, Rameau and Dagincour reflecting Couperin's life at the court of Louis XIV's Versailles and in cosmopolitan Paris. I am delighted to return to the beautiful and historic Craxton Studios to perform a tea concert in aid of the Craxton Memorial Trust.
Donations for places (to include tea after the concert) £23 for adults, £10 for under 18s. Places need to be reserved in advance from jcraxton@live.co.uk Further details: www.craxtonmemorialtrust.org.uk
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2.30 on Sunday 29 April 2018
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at Forty Hall, Enfield, EN2 9HA
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
‘Couperin and England’
Music by Couperin and his close contemporary Henry Purcell, performed in the ornately restored Great Hall of one of the finest surviving Jacobean houses in the country. There is a common link between Couperin and Purcell in the person of James II, for whom Purcell composed whilst he was King of England, and with whom Couperin had dealings when he was exiled in Paris after the 'Glorious Revolution of 1689.
Tickets (£6.00) and further details from www.fortyhallestate.co.uk
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at Forty Hall, Enfield, EN2 9HA
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
‘Couperin and England’
Music by Couperin and his close contemporary Henry Purcell, performed in the ornately restored Great Hall of one of the finest surviving Jacobean houses in the country. There is a common link between Couperin and Purcell in the person of James II, for whom Purcell composed whilst he was King of England, and with whom Couperin had dealings when he was exiled in Paris after the 'Glorious Revolution of 1689.
Tickets (£6.00) and further details from www.fortyhallestate.co.uk
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1.05 on Friday 11 May 2018
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at St Mary-at-Hill Church, Lovat Lane, London, EC3R 8EE
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
‘Couperin and his younger contemporaries’
A programme of music by Couperin and some of his younger contemporaries who were influenced by him, including J S Bach, Rameau and Dagincour.
Free entry (donation welcome). Further details from www.musicathill.org.uk
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at St Mary-at-Hill Church, Lovat Lane, London, EC3R 8EE
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
‘Couperin and his younger contemporaries’
A programme of music by Couperin and some of his younger contemporaries who were influenced by him, including J S Bach, Rameau and Dagincour.
Free entry (donation welcome). Further details from www.musicathill.org.uk
7.30pm on Wednesday 23rd May 2018
The Stanesby Players at All Saints’ Church, Tudeley, Tonbridge, Kent TN11 0NZ
Andrew Collis: recorders
Ibrahim Aziz: viols da gamba
Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
"La Visionnaire" - a concert to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the birth of François Couperin (1668 – 1733) with music by Couperin, Boismortier, Leclair, Dolle and Linde performed in the rural church of All Saints' famed throughout the world for its magnificent stained glass windows by Marc Chagall.
Tickets £12.50 in advance or £15.00 at the door (students £5.00). Tickets available from: ulli.burchette@gmail.com or 07855 460115
The Stanesby Players at All Saints’ Church, Tudeley, Tonbridge, Kent TN11 0NZ
Andrew Collis: recorders
Ibrahim Aziz: viols da gamba
Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
"La Visionnaire" - a concert to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the birth of François Couperin (1668 – 1733) with music by Couperin, Boismortier, Leclair, Dolle and Linde performed in the rural church of All Saints' famed throughout the world for its magnificent stained glass windows by Marc Chagall.
Tickets £12.50 in advance or £15.00 at the door (students £5.00). Tickets available from: ulli.burchette@gmail.com or 07855 460115
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6.00 on Sunday 17 June 2018
St Dunstan's Church, Stone Street, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3HA
Kathryn Bennetts: recorder
Ibrahim Aziz: viola da gamba
Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
A concert of chamber music by Telemann, Handel, Couperin, Dieupart and CPE Bach performed in the historical church in Cranbrook , often referred to as the 'Cathedral of the Weald of Kent'
Ticketing details to follow.
St Dunstan's Church, Stone Street, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3HA
Kathryn Bennetts: recorder
Ibrahim Aziz: viola da gamba
Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
A concert of chamber music by Telemann, Handel, Couperin, Dieupart and CPE Bach performed in the historical church in Cranbrook , often referred to as the 'Cathedral of the Weald of Kent'
Ticketing details to follow.
7.30 on Friday 22 June 2018
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare, Hampton on Thames, TW12 2EN
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
‘Couperin and the French Grand Siècle’
Music by François Couperin and his distinguished predecessors in the classical line of great French harpsichord composers: Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, Louis Couperin and Jean-Henri D’Anglebert, who together make up one of the most magisterial traditions of keyboard music, suffused with immense grandeur, delicate tenderness and profound melancholy.
Tickets (£12.00) and further details from www.lokimusic.co.uk
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare, Hampton on Thames, TW12 2EN
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
‘Couperin and the French Grand Siècle’
Music by François Couperin and his distinguished predecessors in the classical line of great French harpsichord composers: Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, Louis Couperin and Jean-Henri D’Anglebert, who together make up one of the most magisterial traditions of keyboard music, suffused with immense grandeur, delicate tenderness and profound melancholy.
Tickets (£12.00) and further details from www.lokimusic.co.uk
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1.05 on Friday 20 July 2018
FOLLIA at ST Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Lane, London, EC3R 8EE
William Summers: baroque flute
Diane Moore: baroque violin
Ibrahim Aziz: viola da gamba
Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
A shortened version of the concert we are giving this evening at Garrick's Temple (see below)
Entry free (donations at the end)
FOLLIA at ST Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Lane, London, EC3R 8EE
William Summers: baroque flute
Diane Moore: baroque violin
Ibrahim Aziz: viola da gamba
Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
A shortened version of the concert we are giving this evening at Garrick's Temple (see below)
Entry free (donations at the end)
7.30 on Friday 20 July 2018
FOLLIA at Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare, Hampton on Thames, TW12 2EN
William Summers: baroque flute; Diane Moore: baroque violin;
Ibrahim Aziz: viola da gamba; Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
'François Couperin and Chamber Music of the French Grand Siècle
Music by Couperin, Lully, Rebel and Hotteterre
Tickets (£12.00) and further details from www.lokimusic.co.uk
FOLLIA at Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare, Hampton on Thames, TW12 2EN
William Summers: baroque flute; Diane Moore: baroque violin;
Ibrahim Aziz: viola da gamba; Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
'François Couperin and Chamber Music of the French Grand Siècle
Music by Couperin, Lully, Rebel and Hotteterre
Tickets (£12.00) and further details from www.lokimusic.co.uk
3.00 on Sunday 22 July 2018
FOLLIA at Walpole Old Chapel, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9AZ
Repeat of programme of 20 July in this remarkably preserved non-conformist chapel in the heart of rural Suffolk.
Tickets: £12 in advance (from www.lokimusic.co.uk) or £14 at the door; half price under 18s
FOLLIA at Walpole Old Chapel, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9AZ
Repeat of programme of 20 July in this remarkably preserved non-conformist chapel in the heart of rural Suffolk.
Tickets: £12 in advance (from www.lokimusic.co.uk) or £14 at the door; half price under 18s
3.00 on Sunday 2 September 2018
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at Walpole Old Chapel, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9AZ
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
Repeat of programme of 22 June in the intimate acoustic and historical setting of this beautiful chapel.
Tickets: £12 in advance (from www.lokimusic.co.uk) or £14 at the door; half price under 18s
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at Walpole Old Chapel, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9AZ
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
Repeat of programme of 22 June in the intimate acoustic and historical setting of this beautiful chapel.
Tickets: £12 in advance (from www.lokimusic.co.uk) or £14 at the door; half price under 18s
2.30 on Sunday 16 September 2018
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at Forty Hall, Enfield, EN2 9HA
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
‘Couperin and England’
Music by Couperin and his close contemporary William Croft, performed in the ornately restored Great Hall of one of the finest surviving Jacobean houses in the country.
Tickets (£6.00) and further details from www.fortyhallestate.co.uk
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at Forty Hall, Enfield, EN2 9HA
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
‘Couperin and England’
Music by Couperin and his close contemporary William Croft, performed in the ornately restored Great Hall of one of the finest surviving Jacobean houses in the country.
Tickets (£6.00) and further details from www.fortyhallestate.co.uk
4.30 - 5.30 on Sunday 21 October 2018
FOLLIA at the Rose Theatre Kingston, 24-26 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1HL
Elin Harries: soprano
illiam Summers: baroque flute and recorder
Diane Moore: baroque violin
Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
A performance of music from the time of William Hogarth to complement the theatre's production of Hogarth's Progress.
Ticketing details to follow
FOLLIA at the Rose Theatre Kingston, 24-26 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1HL
Elin Harries: soprano
illiam Summers: baroque flute and recorder
Diane Moore: baroque violin
Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
A performance of music from the time of William Hogarth to complement the theatre's production of Hogarth's Progress.
Ticketing details to follow
1.00 on Sunday 4 November 2018
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, KT8 9AU
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
The Music of Couperin and Henry Purcell
Purcell and Couperin were arguably the greatest composers of their age in their respective countries. Their musical styles have a close artistic and emotional affinity. The lives of the two composers were also linked by one royal personage: King James II. Purcell is pictured singing in the coronation procession of King James in 1685 and composed several works for him during his short reign. After he was deposed in the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688, he was given a residence by Louis XIV at the palace of St Germain-en-Laye near Paris. Here Couperin was a frequent performer of chamber music and his harpsichord works include references to the exiled English court. I am delighted to conclude my year of Couperin-themed concerts with music by both composers linked to James II in the majestic setting of the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court.
Entry is free with an admission ticket to Hampton Court Palace. Details of the Chapel Royal Concert Series: www.chapelroyal.org; tickets and further details of Hampton Court Palace: hrp.org.uk
Yeo Yat-Soon: solo harpsichord at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, KT8 9AU
La Tendre Mélancholie – the harpsichord music of François Couperin. Concerts Series 2018.
The Music of Couperin and Henry Purcell
Purcell and Couperin were arguably the greatest composers of their age in their respective countries. Their musical styles have a close artistic and emotional affinity. The lives of the two composers were also linked by one royal personage: King James II. Purcell is pictured singing in the coronation procession of King James in 1685 and composed several works for him during his short reign. After he was deposed in the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688, he was given a residence by Louis XIV at the palace of St Germain-en-Laye near Paris. Here Couperin was a frequent performer of chamber music and his harpsichord works include references to the exiled English court. I am delighted to conclude my year of Couperin-themed concerts with music by both composers linked to James II in the majestic setting of the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court.
Entry is free with an admission ticket to Hampton Court Palace. Details of the Chapel Royal Concert Series: www.chapelroyal.org; tickets and further details of Hampton Court Palace: hrp.org.uk
1.05 on Friday 9 November 2018
FOLLIA at ST Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Lane, London, EC3R 8EE
William Summers: baroque flute
Diane Moore: baroque violin
Ibrahim Aziz: viola da gamba
Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
A Birthday Concert for François Couperin.
Couperin was born on 10 November 1668. We are delighted to conclude a year of commemorations to the 350th anniversary of his birth with a concert of chamber music by Couperin and his contemporaries in this beautiful Christopher Wren church from the time of Couperin.
Free entry (donations at the end)
FOLLIA at ST Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Lane, London, EC3R 8EE
William Summers: baroque flute
Diane Moore: baroque violin
Ibrahim Aziz: viola da gamba
Yeo Yat-Soon: harpsichord
A Birthday Concert for François Couperin.
Couperin was born on 10 November 1668. We are delighted to conclude a year of commemorations to the 350th anniversary of his birth with a concert of chamber music by Couperin and his contemporaries in this beautiful Christopher Wren church from the time of Couperin.
Free entry (donations at the end)
3.00 on Sunday 17 November 2018
The University of Birmingham Chamber Orchestra at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Conductor: Andrew Kirkman
Solo Harpsichord: Jacob Plumtree-Jones
Solo Fortepiano: Yeo Yat-Soon
'The Bach Boys'
Symphonies by Carl PHilipp Emmanuel Bach and Johann Christian Bach and Concerto for Harpsichord and Fortepiano by CPE Bach. I am delighted to join the University of Birmingham Chamber Orchestra in a performance of this unique and seminal concerto.
Free entry and unticketed seating. Further details: www.barber.org.uk