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Florilegium Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. The acclaimed British ensemble FLORILEGIUM will be represented The ensemble took the name Florilegium from the term used by German composer, Georg Muffat (1653-1704), in his treatise on the Art of String Playing (1695). This treatise discusses the difference, at that time, between the French and Italian styles of playing. At the end of the treatise, Moffat included collection of his suites for strings entitled the Florilegium Suites, which the gr4oup has performed on many occasions. One of Britain's leading period instrument ensembles Florilegium was formed in 1991, and quickly established a reputation for stylish and exciting interpretations of music from the baroque era to the early romantic revolution. Among the numerous residencies they held was the coveted post of Ensemble-in-Residence at London's Wigmore Hall, a position they enjoyed from 1998 to 2000, performing several series of concerts each year and becoming actively involved in the Hall's education work. Concert tours have taken Florilegium throughout Europe, to North and South America, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. The group receives invitations to appear in performances tanginh in scope from intimate chamber works to large-scale orchestral repertoire at major international festivals and on concert series presented by the Sydney Opera House, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Beethoven Haus in Bonn, Handelhaus in Halle, the restored Frauenkirche in Dresden, Théâtre Grevin in Paris and the Frick Collection in New York. Last season their performances included Bach’s Musical Offering in London’s Wigmore Hall, Nottingham and Southampton; and a tour of Bach's Brandenburg Concerti and Orchestral Suites in France. In addition to numerous concerts at home and abroad, including those celebrating the anniversaries of Handel and Purcell, Florilegium celebratedthe 200th anniversary of the death of Haydn by presenting three concerts at Wigmore Hall as part of the Hall’s Haydn Series as well as performances in UK festivals. The group's string of nineteen recordings for the Dutch label Channel Classics have been awarded many prizes including a Gramophone Award nomination, Editor's Choice from Gramophone, Diapasons d'Or and Chocs de la Musique from France. Telemann's Paris Quartets Vol 2 was awarded the group's fourth Editor's Choice from Gramophone Magazine and won the Classical Internet Award from Classicstoday.com. Florilegium's first volume of Baroque Music from the Missions of the Moxos and Chiquitos Indians was released to critical acclaim in 2005; a second volume of Bolivian Baroque Music was Gramophone Editor's Choice in March 2007 and nominated for a 2008 BBC Music Magazine award. In September 2007 Bach Cantatas and Sinfonias with the Dutch soprano Johannette Zomer was released; this received a 2008 Edison Award, Dutch music’s most prestigious prize. The 2nd volume, with Lucy Crowe, was released in November 2008 and selected as The Sunday Times’s CD of the week ten days before Christmas. Future releases include a third volume of Bolivian Baroque Music in 2009, and Florilegium's arrangements of Bach's Organ Trio Sonatas.
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