Beautiful (free) concerts 1 – 2 pm every Wednesday at Saint Stephen’s church, Bristol
Music helps deepen spiritual practice, sometimes taking a person further than words can.
Coordinated by David Mowat, who welcomes enquiries from musicians wishing to play at Saint Stephen’s, famed for its acoustics.
Musical coordinator, David Mowat: bigbromo (at) yahoo.co.uk
Next concert
Wed 30 Mar: Pink Noise Recorders
Ellen O’Gorman, familiar to Saint Stephen’s as a performer of renaissance music with Rosafresca, now brings a consort with a difference. Pink Noise are four recorder players with a particular interest in the modern repertoire, but still with an ear for old favourites. Chair of the Bristol branch of the Society of Recorder Players, Ellen O’Gorman also teaches classics at Bristol university.
Earlier this month
Wed 2 Mar: Vicki Burke – songs with harp
Vicki Burke writes songs and accompanies herself on the Celtic harp. She sings with warmth of her journey into the world of healing – apt for Saint Stephen’s reconciliation theme. For Vicki Burke, healing and wisdom come from the connection we find to our inner vibration through using our voice.
Wed 9 Mar: Dominic Munton – solo flute
Dominic recently recorded in Bristol Cathedral Chapter House with its sonorous acoustics, a quality he seeks, and will find again at Saint Stephen’s. He plays simple wooden flutes to produce slow-moving and beautiful melodies that take the listener to meditative places.
Wed 16 Mar: Knud Stüwe – new compositions
Jazz guitarist, Knud Stüwe writes quirky and haunting classical music. He is the composer for the 2010 Bristol Ecoshow, performed at Saint Stephen’s last July for French horn, trumpet, piano and violin. Here, Knud Stüwe is pictured on guitar with musical coordinator, David Mowat, on trumpet, in their jazz-roots combo, Chai for Two.
h3>Wed 23 Mar: Keith Hyett – classical guitar
In the 1980s, Keith Hyett composed for and played with top bands before moving from electric to acoustic and classical guitar. He’s made several albums, played in all kinds of venues, including Kings Lynn, Cheltenham and Sidmouth. Keith Hyett is moved to write by the power of landscape and lives by the Severn.
