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Sunday 14th June – 5pm at Old House Barn Tickets £14, Students and Children free This concert will explore how the sounds, atmosphere, fairy tales and rich living history of forests have inspired composers through the ages. Experience a unique tapestry of music for piano and harpsichord, paired with an illuminating conversation between forest experts on our cultural and ecological ties to the woods. The concert will feature works by J. Ph. Rameau, R. Schumann, M. Ravel a. o.  Anke Bennert – Harpsichord and Christiane Behn – Piano
More about the performersAnke Dennert studied recorder and harpsichord at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg. Her enthusiasm for the harpsichord and its fascinating, wide-ranging repertoire led her to major in keyboard instruments. After studying with Robert Kohnen in Brussels and Andreas Staier in Cologne, she completed her performance degree in harpsichord and clavichord in Hamburg with Gisela Gumz. The musician has set much of her focus on the revival of forgotten works, in particular compositions by female composers. She has recorded the sonatas by Anna Bon di Venezia on the Aeolus label. As specialist for north german keyboard baroque repertoire she has recorded Johann Schop, Matthais Weckmann and Georg Philipp Telemann’s Solo Overtures on historic harpsichords (Christian Zell, Hamburg, 1728 C.C: Fleischer 1716 and Thomas Hitchcock, London1730) for Genuin label . She performs internationally as a chamber musician with the Ensemble Hamburger Ratsmusik and has participated in numerous recordings – Jean Barrière – Persia and Baroque – Dietrich Becker: Sacred Concertos…and radio broadcasts. Anke Dennert teaches historical keyboard instruments and figured bass at the Hamburg Conservatory and offers courses in early music.
Christiane Behn received her first piano lessons from her grandfather at the age of five. Since graduating with a concert diploma under Prof. Yara Bernette at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre, she has been a sought-after soloist, accompanist, and chamber musician worldwide, performing concerts and giving masterclasses in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Chile, Nepal, China, England, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, and Germany. She teaches at the Hamburg Conservatory, where she has her own piano and chamber music class. At home, she plays two 1912 Steinway B grand pianos, inherited from her family. |
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Old House, Great Horkesley, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4EQ
Date / Time Date - 14/06/2026 Time - 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
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