Saturday 3rd July 2021

8 pm

The Old Church

Stoke Newington Church St, London N16 9ES

John Crockatt—violin

Jonathan Rees — cello

Sonatas and Inventions by JS Bach

INVENTIONS

BWV 774 in D major BWV 782 in G minor BWV 776 in Eb major BWV 773 in C minor

SONATA IN G MINOR for solo violin BWV 1001

Adagio and Fuga

INVENTIONS

BWV 783 in A major BWV 778 in E minor BWV 777 in E major BWV 781 in G major

SUITE No. 4 in Eb MAJOR for solo cello BWV 1010

Prelude—Sarabande—Gigue

INVENTIONS

BWV 772 in C major BWV 780 in F minor BWV 785 in Bb major BWV 7769 in F major

One of the most in-demand musicians in London’s thriving early-

music scene, John Crockatt plays violin and viola with many of the

world’s foremost period groups.

He holds the position of principal viola with the Amsterdam Ba-

roque Orchestra, Dunedin Consort and Arcangelo and is frequently

invited to guest principal on both violin and viola for such groups

as Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Academy of

Ancient Music. This year saw John joining Concerto Copenhagen

as soloist for their China tour of the Brandenburg concertos. He

has performed as recorded with the English Baroque Soloists,

the Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique, the Gabrieli Play-

ers and the Early Opera Company.

As a chamber-musician he has performed widely on both violin and

viola as a member of various baroque and classical ensembles and

from early 2016 has been a member of the London Haydn Quartet,

one of the world’s leading period chamber ensembles. The 2019/20

season sees the quartet on tour in the United States and Canada as

well as the completion of their ongoing, highly acclaimed project to

record the complete string quartets of Joseph Haydn for the Hype-

rion label.

John Crockatt — violin

Jonathan Rees has performed across the globe as cellist and gamba player

with the UK's leading historical performance and chamber ensembles. He has

performed as continuo / principal cellist and gamba soloist with the Academy

of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Dunedin Consort,

The Sixteen, ENO, Britten Sinfonia, Manchester Camerata, La Nuova Musi-

ca and Solomon's Knot. He has performed with the viol consorts Fretwork

and Phantasm and is a founder member of Newe Vialles. As a chamber musi-

cian and soloist he has performed at the Wigmore Hall, London Baroque

Festival, at the York, Lammermuir, Hastings and Bristol Early Music Festi-

vals and venues across Europe.

Jonathan has given historical performance classes at the Royal Academy of

Music, Guildhall School of Music, Birmingham Conservatoire, Cambridge

University and the Royal Northern College of Music. He has devised and led

music workshops and children's concerts for the Orchestra of the Age of En-

lightenment, Brighton Early Music Festival and others. For five years he di-

rected and performed at Bristol's acclaimed annual festival, Really Classical

Relay. He is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

Outside the world of music Jonathan spends a lot of time being a dad, making

compost and growing plants for the sustenance of humans, bees, butterflies

and even the odd lucky greenfly.

Jonathan Rees — cello

Looking to the future…

If you are reading this, you are a significant factor in making

SNEMF 2021 happen. Thank you for being part of the

Great Return to live classical music concerts.

Like other festivals up and down the country, SNEMF has

had to adapt to make the 2021 Festival possible. Naturally,

all concert promoters hope that by summer 2022 we will no

longer be constrained by Covid regulations. However, some

of the changes we have implemented may be worth keeping.

If you are on the SNEMF mailing list, you will receive an

invitation to complete a short survey about various aspects of

the Festival. If you can find time to complete this survey,

your views will be taken into consideration in future planning.

Many thanks in advance for your thoughts.

If you are NOT on the SNEMF mailing list but would like to

contribute to the survey, please email:

rachelSNEMF@protonmail.com with the heading ‘’Survey

please’ and your name in the body text.

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About Stoke Newington Early Music Festival

Stoke Newington Early Music Festival (SNEMF), founded by Vanessa Coode, is a community event that has

brought the finest Mediaeval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music to Stoke Newington for a quarter of a

century. The Festival’s ‘home’ is The Old Church next to Clissold Park. Built in 1563, this is the only Eliza-

bethan church in London. The warm acoustic and intimate atmosphere of this church make it uniquely suita-

ble for early music. This year, we are also using the larger St Matthias Church , Wordsworth Road and Every-

day Sunshine Café on Barbauld Road.

We are especially grateful to our main sponsors, Bridgewood and Neitzert, for their generous and consistent

support. Our heartfelt thanks go to all our sponsors, benefactors and Friends. Special thanks are due to

Lester Hawksby for managing the festival’s website, Katarina Dordevic for handling the social media accounts,

Rupert Meats of RUDE for the poster design and Liz Robinson for her tireless support.

Many thanks also to the staff and volunteers of The Old Church, to Father David Lambert and Jackie Am-

brosini at St Matthias Church, and to Abi Meats at Everyday Sunshine Café.

If you would like to be added to the SNEMF Mailing List, or to become a Friend of Stoke Newing-

ton Early Music Festival, please email RachelSNEMF@protonmail.com

Rachel Stott, director.

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