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Nathaniel Cross Violin, c.1743
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The Becket Collection is a collection of period instruments of excellent
quality available on loan to advanced music students and professional musicians
for study and performance. The Collection owns an outstanding and unique group
of eighteenth century British string instruments, which are complemented by
modern copies of period string, brass and wind instruments, also by British
makers. This orchestra, known as The Becket Ensemble, is currently on loan to
The Royal Academy of Music www.ram.ac.uk/becket
The Becket Collection has recently embarked on an ambitious ‘Vivaldi
Project’ to re-create an orchestra by commissioning copies of Venetian string
instruments of the early eighteenth century from leading European and North
American makers, along with period woodwinds. The project is due to be
completed by autumn 2006.
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Latest News
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Becket Collection instruments will feature in the Genius of
the Violin Festival, to be held at the Royal Academy of Music in February 2006.
Instruments which have already been completed as part of the Vivaldi project
will be on display, and will feature in a concert led by Pavlo Beznosiuk on 22
February, with a concert by the Becket Ensemble on 1 March.
For more information visit
www.geniusoftheviolin.com
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The Vivaldi Project
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Antonio Vivaldi Portrait (disputed) by François Morellon La Cave 1723
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The Trustees of the Collection have recently embarked on an
ambitious Vivaldi Project to re-create a Vivaldi orchestra by commissioning
copies of Venetian string instruments of the early eighteenth century from
leading European and North American makers, along with period woodwinds.
The project is due to be completed by autumn 2006, when it
will be launched under the performing name of The Serafin Camerata. The Serafin
Camerata will promote an annual concert series with young players drawn from
leading British conservatoires, and these instruments will also be available
for use by individuals and ensembles wishing to re-create the unique sound of
this period for concerts and study.
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Contact us at: Becket Collection Administrator, 4 Essex Villas, London W8 7BN,
info@becketcollection.org.
The Becket Collection is an independent body, with charitable status, not
associated primarily with any one orchestra, ensemble or conservatoire. Charity
number 1072238. Trustees: N W Brown, B Peerless, D Pickard, E B Smith
(Chairman), M G Smith
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