SIDE BY SIDE

"this group (established in 2021) is unequivocally impressive, its sound invigorating, its commitment absolute"
THE GUARDIAN

Following their sold-out performance of the same name at Stone Nest, FIGURE present a new programme of baroque and contemporary music.

Baroque masterpieces by Handel, Muffat, and van Wassenaer are contrasted with contemporary compositions by Caroline Shaw, Oliver Leith, and a specially commissioned world premiere by Jacob Druckman Prize winner Isabella Gellis.

Programme

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 5 (1739)

Joanna Ward (born 1998)
A Sweet Romance (2025) – (commissioned by FIGURE)

Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692-1766)
Concerto Armonico No. 5 in F minor (ca. 1740)

Caroline Shaw (born 1982)
Entr’acte (2011/2014)

Interval

Isabella Gellis (born 1997)
New Work – (commissioned by FIGURE)

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Battalia (1673)

Oliver Leith (born 1982)
Honey Siren (2019)

Georg Muffat (1653-1704)
Armonico Tributo Suite no. 5: Passacaglia