The Greenwood Consort is a group of friends who are inspired by music and above all by the baroque world of Bach and his contemporaries.
We are available for weddings and private hire at a rate of £50 per player per hour, with the number of players being flexible at your choice. This includes organ playing for wedding or funeral services - separate rates apply - please contact for a quotation.
For concerts, we prefer to split box office takings 50/50 with the host venue, rather than charge a flat fee. We have a wide mailing list in Devon and Cornwall, and the 50/50 split gives both us and the host venue an incentive to encourage as large an audience as possible.
- 1 player
- piano / organ / harpsichord
- 2 players - songs and sonatas
- piano / organ / harpsichord and voice / flute / recorder / viol
- 3 players
- voice / flute / recorder / viol, harpsichord and cello
- flute, violin, harpsichord
- flute, voice, piano
- recorder trio
- 4 players - cantatas, trio sonatas
- voice / flute / recorder / viol, violin, harpsichord, cello
- 2 recorders, harpsichord, cello
- recorder quartet
- 6 or more players - arias, concertos
- voice / flute / recorder / viol, string quartet, harpsichord
We also make a point of performing in parish churches around Devon, to bring high quality music to communities that would otherwise have to travel elsewhere for this kind of cultural experience.
Past programmes:
- A Matter of Taste
- Anne Danican-Philidor: Recorder sonata in D minor
- Giuseppe Sammartini: Trio sonata in F major for two recorders
- Bach: Partita in A minor for solo flute
- Purcell: Harpsichord suite in C major
- Francesco Mancini: Recorder sonata in A minor
- Telemann: Trio sonata in D minor for recorder and flute
- Cantare e Sonare
- Telemann: Cantata, "Du bist verflucht"
- Handel: Flute sonata in B minor
- Telemann: Cantata, "Ew'ge Quelle"
- Telemann: Recorder sonata in F minor
- Handel: Cantata, "Dalla guerra amorosa"
- Telemann: Trio sonata in F major for 2 recorders
- Church and Chamber
- Telemann: "Weicht, ihr Sünden"
- Telemann: Recorder sonata in C major
- Telemann: Quartet in A minor for recorder, oboe and violin
- Telemann: Quartet in F major for recorder, oboe and violin
- Telemann: Cantata, "Wenn Israel am Nilusstrande"
- Telemann: Quartet in G major for flute, oboe and violin
- Dream of Arcadia
- Purcell: Let the dreadful engines of eternal will
- Bach: Jesu, joy of man's desiring
- Vivaldi: Largo from Winter
- Lully: Bois épais
- Vivaldi: Cello sonata in A minor
- Bach: Badinerie from Suite in B minor
- Handel: Where e'er you walk
- Bach: Prelude from Cello suite in G major
- Handel: Cantata, "Dalla guerra amorosa"
- Handel: Recorder sonata in F major
- Handel: Ombra mai fù
- Fantasy and Fugue
- Piero: Chavalcando con un giovine accorto
- Morley: Go ye my canzonets
- Kreiger: Fantasia for organ
- Durante: Solfeggio
- Telemann: Fantasia in D minor for solo flute
- Bach: Trio sonata in D minor for flute and obbligato harpsichord
- Telemann Recorder sonata in C major
- Bassano: Ricercar No.4
- Strogers: Fantasia for harpsichord
- Durante: Solfeggio
- Telemann: Trio sonata in C major for 2 recorders
- Haut Bois
- Telemann: Trio sonata in C minor for oboe and recorder
- Handel: Flute sonata in G major
- Quantz: Trio sonata in C major for recorder and flute
- Handel: Recorder sonata in F major
- Telemann: Cantata, "Zischet nur, stechet"
- Handel: Trio sonata in F major for 2 recorders
- Inspired by Italy
- Castello: Sonata prima for descant recorder
- Caccini: Amarilli mia bella
- Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire
- Carissimi: Vittoria mio core
- Corelli: Recorder sonata in G minor (transcribed from the violin sonata in E minor)
- Dowland: In darkness let me dwell
- Dowland: Lasso vita mia
- Daniel Purcell: Recorder sonata in C major
- Purcell: Not all my torments
- Purcell: What shall I do
- Purcell: I attempt from Love's sickness
- Handel: Recorder sonata in G minor
- Kammer-Klavier
- Bach: Sarabande from Partita No.1 in Bb major for harpsichord
- Bach: Bist du mei mir
- Bach: Gedenke doch, mein Geist
- J.C.Bach: Sonata in F major, Op.18, No.6 for harpsichord and organ
- Telemann: Trio sonata in Bb major for recorder and obbligato harpsichord
- Telemann: Recorder suite in A minor
- Bach: So oft ich mein Tabakspfeife
- Bach: French suite No.6 in E major for harpsichord
- Telemann: Trio sonata in A major for flute and obbligato harpsichord
- Love and Lamentation
- Purcell: The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation
- Purcell: Let the dreadful engines of eternal will
- Daniel Purcell: Recorder sonata in F major
- Purcell: If music be the food of love (2nd setting)
- Purcell: Wondrous machine
- Purcell: Organ suite in C major
- Purcell: Duet: Upon a Quiet Conscience
- Purcell: Duet: In some kind dream
- Purcell: Sweeter than roses
- Purcell: Recorder sonata in D minor (transcribed from violin sonata in A minor)
- Purcell: closing scenes from Dido and Aeneas
- Mirth and Melancholy
- Dowland: I saw my lady weep
- Purcell: Ground for harpsichord
- Dowland: A shepherd in a shade
- Wilbye: The Frog's Galliard
- Purcell: If music be the food of love (1st setting)
- Daniel Purcell: Recorder sonata in F major
- Purcell: Wondrous machine
- Purcell: Sweeter than roses
- Purcell: Ground for harpsichord
- Purcell: Music for a while
- Dowland: Sorrow stay (instrumental divisions by Mark Bennett)
- Purcell: I'll sail upon the dog star
- Purcell: Ground for harpsichord
- Dowland: Fine knacks for ladies
- Van Eyck: Pavaen Lachrymae for solo descant recorder
- Purcell: Let the dreadful engines of eternal will
- Secret Vivaldi
- Vivaldi: Trio sonata in A minor for treble recorder and bass recorder
- Vivaldi: Cantata, "Alla caccia dell'alme e dei cori"
- Vivaldi: Concerto da camera in G minor for 2 recorders
- Vivaldi: Sonata in A minor for tenor recorder (transcribed from cello sonata in A minor)
- Vivaldi: Sonata in C minor for descant recorder (transcribed from oboe sonata in C minor)
- Vivaldi: "La Follia" Trio sonata in A minor for 2 recorders
- Sounds Special
- Telemann: Quartet in D minor for cello and 2 flutes
- Bach: Concerto in D minor for violin and oboe
- Bach: Cantata, "Ich habe genug"
- Bach: Brandenburg concerto No.4 in G major
- Sounds Special Too
- Marcello: Concerto di Flauti
- Bach: Cantata, "Der Friede sei mit dir"
- Telemann: Concerto in E minor for recorder and flute
- Telemann: Trio sonata in Bb major for recorder and obbligato harpsichord
- Telemann: Quartet in D minor for recorder and 2 flutes
- Bach: Brandenburg concerto No.4 in G major
- Sun, Sea and Sensibility
- Antonio Soler: Concerto for harpsichord and organ in G major
- A.Scarlatti: Sento nel core
- A.Scarlatti: O cessate di piagarmi
- A.Scarlatti: Se Florinda è fedele
- D.Scarlatti: Harpsichord sonata in C major, L.457
- D.Scarlatti: Harpsichord sonata in A major, K.74
- Antonio Soler: Harpsichord sonata No.87 in G minor
- D.Scarlatti: Harpsichord sonata in C minor, K.158
- G.B.Sammartini: Flute sonata in G major
- Antonio Soler: Concerto for harpsichord and organ in A minor
- A.Scarlatti: Già il sole dal Gange
- A.Scarlatti: Le Violette
- Antonio Soler: Harpsichord sonata No.36 in C minor
- D.Scarlatti: Harpsichord sonata in D minor, "Pastorale"
- G.Sammartini: Recorder concerto in F major
- The Evening Road
- John Golland: New World Dances for recorder and harpsichord
- Rosa: Star vicino
- Anon: Have you seen but a white lily grow
- Rossiter: What then is love but mourning
- Handel: Three pieces for a musical clock (transcribed for organ)
- Lully: Bois épais
- Arne: Under the greenwood tree
- Handel: Silent Worship
- James Walker: Recorder sonatina (transcribed from Clarinet sonatina)
- Wesley: Air and Gavotte for organ
- Schubert: An die Laute
- Dvořák: Like to a linden tree am I
- Anon: Jeunes filletes
- Handel: Recorder sonata in Bb major
- Christopher Le Fleming: If it's ever spring again
- Anon: O can ye sew cushions
- Monti: Czárdas (transcribed for descant recorder)
- Armstrong Gibbs: Nod
- The Place of the Bass
- Handel: Recorder sonata in A minor
- Telemann: Trio sonata in Bb major for recorder and harpsichord
- Cima: Recorder sonata in G minor
- Caldara: Cantata, "Ahime, sento il mio core"
- Boismortier: Trio sonata in G minor for flute and cello
- Vivaldi: Cello sonata in A minor
- Telemann: Recorder sonata in C major
- Trebles and Trinities
- Telemann: Cantata, "Unbegreiflich ist Dein Wesen"
- Telemann: Trio sonata in F major for recorder and viola
- Handel: Recorder sonata in G minor
- Telemann: Cantata, "Wenn Israel am Nilusstrande"
- Quantz: Flute sonata in D major
- Telemann: Quartet in G minor for recorder, flute and viola
- Voice Flutes
- Machaut: Douce dame jolie
- Anon: The Carman's Whistle
- Byrd: The Carman's Whistle
- Dowland: Lachrymae Antiquae
- Dowland: Flow my tears
- Lassus: Bon jour mon coeur
- de La Haye: Comment suis je de vostre cuer
- Binchois: Je ne fay plus
- Dowland: Come again, sweet love doth now invite
- Van Eyck: Comagain
- di Rore: Ancor che col partire
- Bassano: Ancor che col partire
- Caccini: Amarilli mia bella
- Van Eyck: Amarilli
- Ravenscroft: Martin said to his man
- Purcell: Ye twice ten hundred deities
- William Williams: Sonata in imitation of birds
- Handel: Cantata, "Mi palpita il cor"
- Handel: four arias from Rinaldo "curiously contriv'd for two recorders"
- Purcell: One charming night
- Purcell: Hush, no more