Improviso's Christmas Concert - Cambridge

All Saints' Church, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Vibrant young quartet Improviso presents a joyful Christmas programme.

Vibrant young quartet Improviso presents a joyful Christmas programme, representing a variety of composed and improvised music from three centuries and four countries. Opening with excerpts from Charpentier’s sparkling instrumental narrative of the nativity, you will hear kaleidoscopic chamber music of the Italian 17th century, an arrangement of one of J.S. Bach’s most arresting organ trio sonatas, and improvisations over festive songs from 16th century England and Spain.

‘‘A baroque feast from Improviso…they’re so good they have halos’ BBC Radio 3
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About Improviso
Improviso is a dynamic young quartet who met at the Royal College of Music in London and have been exploring historically informed improvisation and 17-18th century chamber music together since March 2017. Since then some highlights have included performances at St James's Piccadilly, the Wigmore Hall (as one of the Hall's Chamber Tots ensembles), the Jubilee Hall in Aldeburgh, the Brighton Early Music Festival, and in a live broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune programme.

They started 2018 with a chamber residency at Snape Maltings and have just finished another residency in July 2018, at the Cultural Centre in Ambronay, France. This summer they also performed in Pavia, Italy as part of Ghislierimusica’s Barocco Fuori festival, and in the Utrecht Early Music Festival as semi-finalists in the International van Wassenaer Competition 2018. In September 2018 Improviso will perform in the Festival d'Ambronay, and in December 2018 at the York Christmas Early Music Festival.Improviso have been selected as a beneficiary of the eeemerging project (Emerging European Ensembles) which supports young early music ensembles within the framework of the Creative Europe programme. They were Brighton Early Music Festival Young Artists 2017-2018, are currently Live Music Now artists, and have also just been selected for the Stroud Green Festival’s Young Ensemble Scheme.