Catch As Catch Can


"quite exquisite: a beautifully-chosen programme ...played with perfect ensemble and delicious phrasing and tenderness alternating with joyful briskness...I can hardly wait until I hear them again!”
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   A three-part Renaissance flute consort forms the nucleus of Catch as Catch Can, an ensemble of English, Australian and Italian early music graduates from the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, The Netherlands. A rich collection of Renaissance chanson and madrigal settings given a purely instrumental voice (a typical 17th century practice) alongside instrumentally conceived fantasias, capricci and ricercari form the basis of their repertoire.  In addition, the ensemble works closely with harp to explore both full-voiced textures and diminution repertoire for solo flute and harp.
                                                                                            
Consort taking applause in Rome




  Cantus - Clare Beesley
  Tenore - Melody Yeomans
  Bassus - Giannantonio Ippolito
  Harp - Leah Stuttard