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Lucie Horsch & Thomas Dunford

ECHO Rising Stars

,LSO St Luke's
Lucie Horsch stands in the centre of the image, looking up and holding a big bundle of recorders in her arms

Hear a musical conversation between Lucie Horsch, the ‘latest big thing in recorder playing’ (Guardian) and lutenist Thomas Dunford, as they showcase the versatility of their instruments.

It’s the instrument we’ve all tried but few have mastered. Lucie Horsch is one of those few, and she and Dunford take you on an often intimate, sometimes exuberant journey around Baroque and contemporary Europe, from their home countries of the Netherlands and France, via Germany, England and Italy. Taking the recorder further than you’ve ever heard it before, Horsch and Dunford play their arrangements of Bach’s Suite in C minor for lute, and Marin Marais’ piece for viol, Couplets de Folies, as well as a new commission by Lotta Wennäkoski.

At just 22 years old Horsch’s talent has already been firmly recognised. She was a 2020 winner of the prestigious Dutch Music Award, and now adds 21–22 ECHO Rising Star to her list of accolades. She finds a perfect recital partner in Thomas Dunford, the ‘Eric Clapton of the lute’ (Badische Zeitung). 

Tagged with: Classical music Barbican Presents ECHO Rising Stars

This performance will finish at approximately 7.30pm

Nominated by the Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Kölner Philharmonie

Supported by the Idlewild Trust, Rainbow Dickinson Trust, Leche Trust and the Golsoncott Foundation

Programme

  • Dario Castello   Sonata seconda
  • Igor Stravinsky   Pièce No 3 (arr Lucie Horsch)
  • John Dowland   Flow, my tears
  • François Couperin   Le Rossignol en Amour
  • Johann Sebastian Bach   Suite in C minor, BWV 997
  • Lotta Wennäkoski   Arteria (ECHO commission)
  • Francesca Caccini   Non ha’l ciel contanti lumi
  • Isang Yun   'Visitor of the Idyll' from Chinese Pictures
  • Anne Danican Philidor   Sonata in D minor
  • Marin Marais   Couplets de Folies (arr Lucie Horsch & Thomas Dunford)

Performers

  • Lucie Horsch   recorder
  • Thomas Dunford   lute

Digital Programme

LSO St Luke's

Location
161 Old St
London
EC1V 9NG

Nearby public transport
The closest London Underground station is Old Street.The nearest National Rail station is Old Street (for Great Northern services), with Liverpool Street, Farringdon, Blackfriars and City Thameslink all within walking distance. Bus services running to LSO St Luke's are 55, 243 (stop nearest to LSO St Luke's), 43, 76, 141, 205, 214, 271. 

Car and bicycle parking
The nearest paid car parking is at the Barbican. There are occasionally disabled parking spaces available at the venue, but these must be booked in advance by calling LSO St Luke's on 020 7490 3939. The nearest TfL Bicycle Hire docking station is at Old Street tube station.