The Rudolf Kempe Society In support of young musicians · 1980–2021

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Counterpoints to Lent

Counterpoints to Lent, Good Friday 2020: Cordula Kempe's word and music programme for the 40th anniversary season – the Bacanu Quartet with four actors.

Poster for Counterpoints to Lent 2020: a black cross, a manuscript canon and a still life of white flowers in a vase
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Date
Time
7.30 pm
Venue
Studio at The Muses, 58 Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Counterpoints to Lent, devised by Cordula Kempe, was Programme II of the Rudolf Kempe Society’s 2020 Songs of Apollo season – its 40th anniversary season, supported by Mark Symes and Halcyon Weber. It was announced for Good Friday, 10 April 2020, at 7.30 pm at the Kempe Studio at The Muses, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BA. It was given in aid of the Rudolf Kempe Society International Young Artists Platform.

Performers

  • Bacanu Quartet – RKS alumni
  • Ruth Lass – actor
  • Nicholas Day – actor
  • Karen Drury – actor
  • Zubin Varla – actor

Programme

  • The story of the Passion seen from different angles, with music from Bach to Shostakovich, as in the earlier versions of the programme

About the programme

Counterpoints to Lent had been given in 2014 and, in memory of Jeffery Dench, in 2015. The 2020 poster shows a manuscript canon by Bach, white blossoms and a black cross. The Society closed in 2021.

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Performers, composers and themes

The Rudolf Kempe Society closed in 2021. This page is kept as a record of a past event.