Tailleferre Ensemble are teaming up with Nottingham Trent University for a performance of music by women in the lead up to International Women’s Day 2025. The programme will focus on women composers who have contributed to promoting the inclusion and recognition of women in music over the years. The focal point of the programme will be Farrenc’s Sextet for winds and piano, with Lana Bode performing the virtuosic piano part.

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Nicola will join the Worthing Symphony Orchestra on 10th November for a concert of Stanford, Butterworth, Strauss and Elgar. Taking place at the Assembly Hall, Worthing, this Sunday afternoon concert is the 3rd event of the orchestra’s 2024/2025 season.

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Nicola will join the Brigantes Orchestra for their ‘Borrowers’ programme - symphonies by Brahms and Weill that show nostalgia for past composers. The concert will take place in St. Marie’s Cathedral, Sheffield, and tickets are available here.

The Tailleferre Ensemble will perform an evening concert at St. John’s Church, Notting Hill, in association with the English Music Festival. Featuring music for oboe, bassoon and piano, the concert will focus on English composers of the early 20th Century, such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Vaughan Williams, Madeleine Dring and Benjamin Britten. The concert will also feature the world premiere of a new arrangement for oboe, bassoon and piano by Cecilia McDowall.

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Nicola will join the Chineke! Orchestra in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, for a programme of music by inspiring women. The programme centres around a piece by Valerie Colman called ‘Phenomenal Women’ for solo wind quintet and orchestra. Also on the programme is the UK premiere of Florence Price’s fourth and final symphony.

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Nicola will join the Orchestra of the Swan for their concert ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’. It will be a concert of Wagner, Mahler, Puccini and Mozart in Warwick Hall. The conductor will be Rebecca Miller and Roderick Williams will appear as baritone soloist.

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Nicola will be joined by Jonathan Pease (piano) for an afternoon duo recital of popular works from their albums. The programme will centre around Westbourne Nocturne, which Jonathan composed for Nicola, as well as music by Ravel, Grovlez, Bozza and Paladilhe.

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Nicola will join the Brigantes Orchestra on oboe and cor anglais for their programme entitled ‘Appalachia’. The concert will include works by Mozart, Copland and Dvorak.

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The Tailleferre Ensemble will deliver an evening concert at Gresham’s School, Norfolk, following an afternoon of outreach work with the pupils there.

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Nicola Crowe (flute), Nicola Hands and Amy Thompson (bassoon) from the Tailleferre Ensemble will present an afternoon concert at the seaside venue of Wells Maltings, Norfolk as part of their Norfolk tour. The programme will include music for wind trio by Alyssa Morris, Rontgen and de la Guerre, as well as more well-known works by Haydn and Vivaldi.

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Tailleferre Ensemble will present a trio recital of music for flute, oboe and bassoon as part of the Mancroft Music Series at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich. The programme will include works by Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Alyssa Morris, Nicola LeFanu and Dana Joras.

The concert is free with a retiring collection.

A trio from Tailleferre Ensemble will present a concert of works for two oboes and bassoon for Westminster Chamber Music Society, including the second ever performance of Stölzel’s new arrangement of ‘Wider Than the Sky’, and Isabella Leonarda’s Trio No. 1 Op. 16. The programme will also include music by Rhian Samuel, Nicola LeFanu and Bill Douglas.

Tickets are free with a retiring collection. More information is available here.

Tailleferre Ensemble present a lunchtime concert at St. John’s ARC in Old Harlow, including a premiere of ‘Wider Than the Sky’ by Ingrid Stölzel in a special arrangement dedicated to the ensemble by the composer.

The programme will also include works for flute, oboe and bassoon by Julius Röntgen, Isabella Leonarda and Dana Joras.

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Nicola will join the Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra and Lincoln Cathedral Choir for a performance of Bach’s St. John in Lincoln Cathedral, conducted by Aric Prentice.

The Tailleferre Ensemble will join the Bury Bach Choir and Apex Brass for a performance the Mass in E Minor and selected Motets by Bruckner. The Ensemble will also perform “Three Lyrical Pieces” by Bill Douglas, from their album. The concert will take place in Bury St. Edmunds, tickets are available from here.

Nicola will join the Tailleferre Ensemble for an evening concert in Kew, in aid of the Friends of St. Anne’s, Kew. The programme has a theme of music from the 17th and 18th Centuries, with music by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, as well as lesser-known composers such as Karl Goepfort, Maddelena Sirmen and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.

The Tailleferre Ensemble will host a charity concert at St. John’s Church, Notting Hill, London, where they are artists in residence, to raise funds for Refuge. The programme will feature various chamber works by women, to celebrate and support the work that Refuge does to help women and children experiencing domestic violence, followed by some Christmassy numbers with the group’s own individual twist. There will also be a bar run by the church.

Please do come along to help us raise money for this amazing charity whilst enjoying a festive atmosphere.

Tickets are available to purchase beforehand here: https://www.tailleferre-ensemble.com/store#!/Refuge-Fundraiser-Christmas-Concert-Tickets/p/605128126/category=0 or to reserve tickets, please get in touch.

Nicola will join the London Concertante for a Christmas Spectacular concert in Derby Cathedral. The programme will include works by Tchaikovsky, Strauss and Brahms.

Nicola will join the Brigantes Orchestra on cor anglais in Sheffield Cathedral for an evening performance of Russian music. The programme will be Borodin’s “In the Steppes of Central Asia”, Rachmaninov’s 2nd Piano Concerto and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherezade”.

Nicola will join the Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra on principal oboe for an evening performance of Handel’s Messiah. The concert will take place in the beautiful Lincoln Cathedral, and will feature the Lincoln Cathedral Choir.

Nicola will be joining the Colchester Sinfonia and Colchester Choral Society on cor anglais for a performance of Poulenc’s Setting of the Gloria. The concert will also include a performance of Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem.

Nicola will join the Tailleferre Enesmble for a lunchtime recital, featuring two works from their debut album. The group will perform Tailleferre’s “Sonate Champêtre” and Röntgen’s trio for flute, oboe and bassoon from the album, as well as works by Dana Joras, Rhian Samuel and Errollyn Wallen.