Jane Shuttleworth

Jane lives in County Durham and sings in amateur chamber choir The Durham Singers. She has sung in choirs large and small for most of her life and also plays the recorder. She will happily listen to absolutely anything, but particularly enjoys Renaissance and Baroque music.
Prom 26: An unforgettable B minor Mass with The English Concert

J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor is the culmination of one man’s great life of musical creativity, and a great personal statement of faith. Such an important and well-loved work as this places huge extra demands on performers, and Harry Bicket and The English Concert rose admirably to the challenge with a stellar performance last night at the BBC Proms.

Friday 3rd August 2012 Read more...
Prom 23: A varied menu of early 20th-century English music
Prom 23 served up a menu of English music from the first half of the 20 century in all its variety, with impressionism by Delius, the lush strings of Vaughan Williams, heroic brass from Ireland, and jazzy, sophisticated excitement from Walton.The programme opened with a warmly affectionate performance of Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. The theme in question comes from Tallis’ setting of a metrical version of Psalm 2 (“Why Fum’th In Fight”). Tallis puts his melody in the ten
Thursday 2nd August 2012 Read more...
Prom 21: Death and dances from the Aldeburgh World Orchestra

The Aldeburgh World Orchestra has been created as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, and brings together young people from 35 countries across all five continents for a few intense weeks of rehearsal, tutoring and performances under the baton of Sir Mark Elder. And what a programme: all of it musically and emotionally challenging.

Monday 30th July 2012 Read more...


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