23rd February 2020
The Swan Consort: York Minster, Evensong, 4pm
The Swan Consort return to York Minster to sing the office of Evensong. Service to include Weelkes Sixth Service and Cavalli Alma Redemptoris Mater
25th april 2020
Opening Organ Recital of the Bridlington Priory Organ Recital Series, 6:30pm
Programme including Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Langlais and Raag Yaman
20TH MAY 2020
Organ Recital at Bradford Cathedral, 1pm
23RD MAY 2020
Organ Recital at Ushaw College as part of the Ushaw Organ Weekend.
Anita will be tutoring on the course, which runs from 22-25th May. Other tutors include Martin Baker and Tom Bell. Booking via James Parsons, contact@jamesparsons.org
19TH JUNE 2020
Organ Recital at Leeds Minster
4th January 2020
Anita Datta and The Big Other, Cafe by the Lane Deshopriyo Park, Kolkata, 7:30pm
Anita returns to perform with Gypsy Jazz Band The Big Other in Kolkata’s Cafe by the Lane, Deshopriyo Park Outlet. Join us for a lively mix of Jazz, Blues, Classical and Swing.
2nd October 2019
The Swan Consort: Cavalli Vespers, St. Mary’s Church South Woodford, London E18, 7:30pm.
The Swan Consort will give the first concert dedicated to the performance of Vespers Motets from Cavalli’s Musiche Sacre at St. Mary’s Woodford with period instruments.
12th October 2019, 2:30pm
Anita is delighted to appear in a Charity Concert in aid of Marie Curie, singing a selection of Mozart arias and Rabindrasangeet (Bengali Semi-Classical Music by poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore), at St. Mary The Virgin, Cottingham
2nd November 2019, 7pm
The Swan Consort present Cavalli, Musiche Sacre
First concert dedicated to the performance of Cavalli’s fantastic Vespers Motets from the Musiche Sacre collection of 1656, in a critical performing edition by Dr. Eric Esparza.
Ticket information forthcoming.
Past Events
31st July 2019, 2pm
Organ Recital: 3 Choirs Festival, Cirencester Parish Church
https://3choirs.org/whats-on/cirencester-organ-recital/
Tickets £12 via the website, or on the door.
12TH JULY 2019, 7:30PM
Organ Recital at Beverley Minster. Entry Free.
Programme: Prelude and Fugue in E Flat BWV 532 (Bach), Selected Improvisations Op.150 (Saint-Saëns), Fantasia (Byrd), Fête (Langlais), A Fragment: Rag Behag
1st June 2019, 1pm
Anita Datta and Rachel Haworth present a programme of ‘Monteverdi to Mozart’, singing soprano arias and duets in The South Dalton Concert Series.
Tickets £15 on the door. South Dalton Church, East Yorkshire
8th May 2019, 9PM
The Swan Consort perform at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge as part of the Little Night Music Series. The programme explores a theme of Nature and Springtime, with works by Wilbye, Tavener, De Rore, Cavalli, and the premiere of Anita Datta’s arrangement of Phule Phule (Tagore) and Ye Banks and Braes (Robert Burns/Scottish Traditional).
Free Entry.
13th April 2019, 1pm
The Swan Consort in concert at South Dalton Church, East Yorkshire.
Diverse and elegant music from the Early Renaissance through to the present day, including English Madrigals and motets from the Musiche Sacre collection of Cavalli.
Tickets £15 on the door.
28th August 2018, 5:30pm
The Swan Consort sing Evensong, Lincoln Cathedral
Canticles: Byrd 2nd Service
Anthem: Quemadmodum, Tavener
Featuring special psalm setting, adapted from Dowland (Psalm 38)
27th August 2018, 5:30pm
The Swan Consort sing Evensong, Lincoln Cathedral
Canticles: Bairstow in D
Anthem: Never Weatherbeaten Sail, Parry
26th August 2018, 6:30pm
The Swan Consort sing Evensong, St. Mary’s Church, Beverley
Introit: Ave Verum, Byrd
Canticles: Byrd 2nd Service
Anthem: Quemadmodum, Tavener
11th March 2018
Mirth Control, Southbank Centre, London
https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/126418-sandi-toksvigs-mirth-control-arts-over-tit-2018