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Richmond School
Darlington Road
Richmond
North Yorkshire
DL10 7BQ
England
Tickets
Prices: 23
Season tickets: 66
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Programme
Various – The meeting of early music and contemporary sound worlds
Performers
Piers Adams – recorder
Lyndy Mayle – piano / keyboards
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Programme Note
Baroque Alchemy is a duo exploring the meeting of early music and contemporary sound worlds. Recorder virtuoso Piers Adams and keyboardist Lyndy Mayle bring together ancient instruments and modern technology to create performances that are vivid, expressive and full of surprise.
At the heart of the project is a partnership of equals. Adams brings over four decades of international experience as one of the world’s leading recorder players, widely known as the founder and frontman of the baroque quartet Red Priest. Mayle, a former prize-winning harpsichordist at the Royal College of Music, brings exceptional versatility and sensitivity to the keyboard, drawing on deep historical understanding while embracing a broad palette of modern sounds.
Baroque Alchemy’s sound world is built around the natural, breath-driven voice of the recorder — ranging from historical instruments to modern designs — set within an ever-changing keyboard landscape. The keyboard can evoke authentic early instruments such as harpsichord, lute or baroque organ, while also creating drones, textures and cinematic atmospheres. The result is not electronic pastiche, but a dialogue between acoustic simplicity and contemporary possibility.
