Cossington Concerts
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Past Concert Series Artists

2009

Atrium Quartet: Alexy Naumenko violin, Anton Ilyunin violin, Dmitry Pitulko viola, Anna Gorelova cello
Malcolm Bilson fortepiano
Devon Baroque and Soloists: Margaret Faultless artistic director
Amy Carson soprano, Annie Gill mezzo soprano, Daniel Auchincloss tenor, Nicholas Mulroy tenor, Matthew Brook, bass-baritone;
Margaret Faultless, Linda Hannah-Andersson, Julie Hill, Sharon Lindo, Mary Carson, Maria Larsson violins; Steve Gleed viola; Reinmar Seidler, Mike Edwards cellos; Jan Spencer violone; Rachel Baldock, Sasha Calin oboes & recorders; Katrina Russsell bassoon; Alex Hambleton, Jonathan Harris horns; Andrew Wilson-Dickson harpsichord & organ
Sam Haywood piano
Steven Isserlis cello
Alexander Karpeyev piano
Siu Chui Li piano
Victoria Sayles violin, Countess of Munster Musical Trust Artist

Steven Isserlis

Victoria Sayles

Alexander Karpeyev

2008

Victoria Davies harp, Countess of Munster Musical Trust Artist
Emma Kirkby soprano
Florian Markel piano
Elizabeth Parsons soprano
Anthony Rooley lute
The Absolution Saxophone Quartet: Sally MacTaggart soprano, Jenny Palfreyman alto, Spencer Moran tenor, Fraser Johnstone baritone
Theatre Set-Up
The Chilingirian Quartet: Levon Chilingirian violin, Richard Ireland violin, Susie Mészáros viola, Philip De Groote cello
The Polmear Ambache Duo: Jeremy Polmear oboe, Diana Ambache piano

The Chilingirian Quartet

Victoria Davies

Polmear Ambache Duo

2007

Acoustic Triangle: Malcolm Creese double bass, Tim Garland soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, Gwilym Simcock piano
Burford Singers and Soloists: Lorna Anderson soprano, Brian Etheridge baritone and conductor, Penelope Martin-Smith soprano, Iestyn Morris countertenor
The Holywell String Quartet:
Kate Bailey violin, Jessica Haxworth violin, Vanessa Murby viola, Spike Wilson cello
Christopher Tadman-Robins continuo
Carolyn Gibley harpsichord
Salomon String Quartet: Simon Standage violin, Catherine Martin violin, Trevor Jones viola, Jennifer Ward Clarke cello
Serhiy Salov piano
Victoria Simonsen cello, Countess of Munster Musical Trust Artist
Tatty Theo baroque cello
The Hermitage Percussion Ensemble: Alexei Matveev, Stanislav Grigorenko       
The Leibniz Trio Hannover: Hwa-Won Pyun violin, Mattia Cipolli cello, Nicholas Rimmer piano
The Prince Consort: Joyce McCoy soprano, James Harrison baritone, Alisdair Hogarth piano

The Leibniz Trio Hannover

Hermitage Percussion Ensemble


Victoria Simonsen

2006

The Classical Opera Company: Rebecca Bottone soprano, Martene Grimson soprano, Anna Grevelius mezzo soprano, Jacques Imbrailo baritone, Andrew Staples tenor, Ian Page piano and director
Dominant String Quartet as below
Frottola: Jenny Cassidy (soprano and director, Philip Thorby recorder and treble viol, Jacob Heringman citern and lute
Benjamin Moore violin
Orpheon Lúcia Krommer bass viol, Margit Meckel bass viol, José Vázquez bass viol and director        
Nicholas Rimmer piano
Theatre Set-Up (Wendy Macphee, director

Orpheon Ensemble

Shakespeare production

2005

Peter Adcock piano
Richard Boothby viol
The Brook Street Band as below
The Chilingirian String Quartet: Levon Chilingirian violin, Charles Sewart violin, Susie Mészáros viola, Philip De Groote cello
Alexandra Gibson mezzo soprano
Nicki Kennedy soprano
Ian Partridge tenor
Jennifer Partridge piano
Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet
Sophie Yates harpsichord

Sophie Yates

Chilingirian Quartet

2004

Malcolm Bilson fortepiano
Michael Chance countertenor
Maggie Cole harpsichord
Concerto delle Donne: Donna Deam soprano, Faye Newton soprano, Gill Ross soprano, Alistair Ross harpsichord and director
Dominant String Quartet: Do Phyong Nhy violin, Ekaterina Pogodina violin, Anna Sazonkina viola, Tatyana Egorova cello
Julius Drake piano
Margaret Faultless violin
Matthew Halls harpsichord
Julie Anne Sadie cello
Stephen Varcoe baritone
Malcolm Bilson

2003

Laurence Cummings harpsichord
Oliver Davies fortepiano
L’Indiscrète: Claire Heaney baroque flute, Marc Elton baroque violin, Lucy Robinson bass viol, Andrew Wilson-Dickson harpsichord and director
Robert Murray tenor
Stephen Preston baroque flute
Salomon String Quartet: Simon Standage violin, Andrew Roberts violin, Trevor Jones viola, Jennifer Ward Clarke cello
Timothy West narrator
Sophie Yates harpsichord
The Salomon Quartet

2002

The Brook Street Band: Marianna Szücs baroque violin, Katalin Kertész baroque violin, Tatty Theo baroque cello and director, Carolyn Gibley harpsichord
Maggie Cole harpsichord
Nicholas Daniel baroque oboe        
Patrizia Kwella soprano
Ann Mackay soprano
Orpheon: Christa Opriessnig viola, Lúcia Krommer cello, José Vázquez baryton and director
Alistair Ross harpsichord
Julie Anne Sadie cello
Jennifer Ward Clarke baroque cello
Brook Street Band

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