Castle Ashby NN7 1LQ

The Castle Ashby Concert

part of Fiori Musicalis summer series 2025 - Hortus Musicus - the musical garden.

The romantic Italian gardens at Castle Ashby with their topiary and orangery are the inspiration for our popular midsummer concert in the idyllic church at Castle.

The nightingale makes a passing appearance in the the music of Italian early baroque composer Merula. Flute and recorder represent other members of the feathered world and Uccellinis Sinfonie Boscarecie is a nod to the arboretum and parkland of this heavenly venue. Brandenburg too had wonderful baroque gardens, so JS Bach must make an appearance. And an intriguing alternative portrayal of Summer from the Four Seasons captures the time of year not by Vivaldi this time, but by his rarely heard Italian contemporary Giovanni Guido.

Telemann - Violin concerto in A Imitiert die Reelinge Merula- La lusignuola (the nightingale) Uccellini - Sinfonie Boscarecie no.34 Gran Battaglia Telemann- Concerto for recorder & flute in E minor Guido - Summer from the Four Seasons JS Bach - Brandenburg concerto no.4

Kerstin Linder Dewan solo violin, Eva Caballero flute/recorder,Heidi Fardellrecorder with the Fiori Musicali Chamber Orchestra, Penelope Rapson harpsichord/director

picnic from 4pm in the grounds (extra to concert ticket) picnic ticket: 5.00