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Swing from Paris

Saturday, November 22nd, 7.30pm, The Venue, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7AB
Tickets £16 online, £20 on the door. 

Swing from Paris are an all-string jazz quartet of violin (Fenner Curtis), guitars (Andy Bowen and Sam Hughes) and double bass (Tomasz Williams), inspired by the music of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s: from Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, and Artie Shaw to Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the master of tango Astor Piazzolla.

Their Parisian-flavoured jazz and gypsy swing has been delighting audiences for over 15 years: from major jazz festivals including the Django Reinhardt Festival at Samois-sur-Seine, to the BBC’s Hairy Bikers and the opening of the award-winning Gloucester Services.

Orchestra of the Swan - Midwinter

Friday, November 28th, 7.00pm, St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 5HN
Tickets £15, 18 and under £5

The Orchestra of the Swan perform over 45 concerts per year in collaboration with distinguished guest conductors and solo artists, bringing the music of the world’s most celebrated composers to our loyal and evolving audiences.

Midwinter’s musical pendulum swings between the ancient and the contemporary, the religious and the secular, the familiar and the unknown. This is a tapestry of music woven from works spanning the 12th century to the present day, illustrating the richness and enduring allure of midwinter’s musical traditions.

Programme:
Corelli Christmas Concerto
Anon arr. Le Page Nowell Tydings Trew
Anon arr. Le Page Coventry Carol
Purcell arr. Le Page Now Winter Comes Slowly
Anon arr. Le Page Noel 1
The Pogues arr. Le Page Fairytale of New York
Vivaldi L’inverno ‘Winter’ RV 297 i. Allegro non molto
Holst/Le Page Midwinter
Anon arr. Le Page Ríu Ríu Chíu
Goss/Le Page See Amid the Winter’s Snow
Anon arr. Le Page The Snow Melts the Soonest
Liszt arr. Le Page The Shepherds in the Manger
Vivaldi L’inverno ‘Winter’ RV 297 iii. Allegro
Anon arr. Le Page O Little Town of Bethlehem

COMING IN 2026

Rachel Podger and the Brecon Baroque

Sunday, June 14thm 2026, 3.00pm, St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 5HN
in collaboration with Wye Valley Music
Tickets £20, members: £17, under 25: £2, under 15: free

“There is probably no more inspirational musician working today than Podger” Gramophone

Award-winning Baroque violinist Rachel Podger takes the resurgence of the Arts in England post-1660 as the compelling inspiration for her new programme, The Muses Restor’d. Adopting its title as its theme, Rachel and her vivacious Brecon Baroque take the listener on a journey of captivating violin-led chamber music from Jacobean to Early Georgian England. Ranging from the gentle intimacy of consort idioms to the full-blown instrumental virtuosity of the evolving Baroque period, this album uncovers little known glories of English instrumental music and its influences.

The Muses Restor’d

George Frideric Handel: Sonata in D major HWV 371 Op. 1 No. 13  
John Jenkins: Fantasia-Suite in A minor
Johann Schop: Lachrimae(based on Dowland)                                                 
Richard Jones: ‘Chamber Airs’ for a violin and Thorough Bass Op. 2 No. 4  
William Lawes:  Sonata (Fantasy Suite) No. 8 in D major                              
John Blow:Ground in G minor                                                                                    
Matthew Locke:Little Consort in two parts For Severall Friends in C minor-major 
Henry Purcell: Sonata in G minor Z.780                                                
Tune set:                                                                                                                 
Thomas Baltzar: The Division Violin: A Prelude for the Violin
Francesco Barsanti: ‘Lochaber’ from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes (G major) 
Purcell Lilli Bullero: Z646  ‘A new Irish Tune’, (G major)
James Oswald: Alloway House from A Curious Collection of Scots Tunes
Francesco Geminiani: Two Airs for a Violin or German Flute, Violin, Cello & Harpsichord: Auld Bob Morrice.