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Héloïse Bernard

Originally from Paris, where she completed a Masters in French Literature and a curriculum in Drama, French soprano Héloïse Bernard graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2018. During her studies, she was fortunate to receive guidance in the field of Early Music from Evelyn Tubb, Emma Kirkby and James Gilchrist.

Her particular taste for early repertoire led her to perform with diverse ensembles, including Cordes en Ciel which she founded with lutenist Kristiina Watt, the Spinacino Consort, the Linarol Consort of Viols, with whom she recorded a programme based on Margaret of Austria’s Songbook to be released in 2025, and The Telling.

On stage, she sang Dido in Dido and Aeneas by Purcell with the Young Northern Baroque ensemble in Tallinn, Estonia ; Amore, in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with OrQuesta in London, Susanna in Mozart’s Figaro with the Orchestra of Castello, in Spain. 

She is featured in the Eccles’ recording of Semele by the Academy of Ancient Music in the role of Iris.

www.heloisebernard.com

Annemarie Klein

Originally from Luxembourg, Annemarie Klein is a recorder player, teacher and translator based in Edinburgh. She completed her BMus at the University of Edinburgh and her MA in Recorder Performance at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven (Belgium) with Bart Spanhove and Bart Coen. Making her Wigmore Hall debut in December 2023 (recording of this programme with Siglo de Oro in 2025), Annemarie performs with ensembles Spinacino Consort, also featuring soprano voice, lute and viol, with Musica Mundana (with theorbo), and with keyboard players John Kitchen, David Gerrard and Dorien Schouten. The Spinacino Consort also brings Early Music to children with their ‘Spinacino Bambino’ events.

Annemarie teaches privately, at the universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews, and at Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools. She is in demand as a tutor on residential recorder courses across the UK and in Germany, where she co-leads courses with Dietrich Schnabel. She has recently translated Bart Spanhove’s new book on practice techniques into English, as well as translating for Moeck Musikverlag.  www.annemarieklein.com

Angela Stevenson

Angela Stevenson, though hailing originally from Aberdeen, Scotland, has lived and worked professionally for many years in the Netherlands.

 After studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Sweelinck Conservatoire in Amsterdam, she has enjoyed a broad and diverse career. This involved working at the Dutch Radio, Hilversum with contemporary composer/conductors as Peter Eetvos and Hans Zender & also playing with Baroque specialists Frans Bruggen and Ton Koopman. Chamber & solo recitals have included cello/ piano repertoire, clarinet trios & solo concertos ranging from Vivaldi's Double cello concerto through to Haydn, Schumann and Knut Nysteddt’s Stabat Mater for Mixed Choir and solo Cello op.111. She also played continuo for many years in the "Bach in Monnickendam " cantata series. Now she is concentrating on the viola da gamba.

Jan Waterfield

Having studied musicology, piano & harpsichord at Cambridge University & the Royal Academy of Music, Jan Waterfield is now based in Edinburgh, sometimes teaching at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow & also travelling throughout the UK & the rest of Europe as a chamber musician & soloist.

As well as being principal harpsichordist of the Gabrieli Consort & players, she is also a regular collaborator with the Dunedin Consort, Marian Consort & the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Notable recordings include the Gabrieli Consort’s award-winning ‘New Venetian Coronation’ (both as player & researcher), the Gabrieli’s ground-breaking ‘King Arthur’ & the remarkable SDG Bach cantata recordings.

Recent projects have included playing an 1806 Scottish square piano at St Cecilia's Hall in Edinburgh, presenting intimate chamber concerts with colleagues from Gabrieli in the Verdala Palace in Malta, and joining the SCO on harpsichord and prepared piano.

“The Baroque Ménagerie”

Excerpts from the Georgian Concert Society Event, November 2025

“April’s Follies”

Excerpts from the Baroque en Fête event, April 2025

Past Performances

April’s Follies Tuesday 1st April 2025 - 7:30 pm St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh

The Baroque Menagerie / Saturday 22nd November 2025 - 4:40pm St Cecilia’s Hall / The Georgian Society

Quiet Concerts - Purcell /Saturday 8th November 2024 - 3:00 pm - St Cecilia’s Hall This concert was specifically designed for people with sensory issues. The music was presented in 10 minutes slots after which people were free to move around. Clapping was silent and the lighting was gentle.

Programmes

April’s Follies

If Folly is the opposite of Reason, then musicians throughout the ages have embraced this side of human behaviour & celebrated it through songs, dances & musical variations & more. Follies can be pleasant, painful & everything in-between.
This programme celebrates some of these musical depictions; the intense desires of the French chansons, the Mad songs of Restoration England, the enduring tune of ‘La Follia’ & all extremes of emotion & behaviour in music. Including music by Handel, Telemann, Rameau, Boismortier, Philidor, Corette, Janequin, Eccles, Lampe, Farinell & Ravenscroft.

The Baroque Ménagerie

An exploration of animal and bird life in music from the 16th to the 18th centuries.

Creatures in music vary from the literal to symbolic & they can also serve as moral inspiration for humanity. Whether it’s the recognisable sound of the cuckoo or the lesson in cunning from the fox, animals have inspired musicians throughout the centuries. From Biber’s frogs through Clérambault’s oysters to Telemann’s canary, these vocal and instrumental pieces have their roots in the animal kingdom. 

Including music by F.Couperin, Biber, Telemann, Monteverdi, Josquin, Gibbons, Caimo, Delalande, Purcell, Arne, Vecchi & Merula

Purcell - An exploration of nature

In his short but amazingly productive life, Henry Purcell shows us a love of the natural world and a deep recognition of the transformative power of music. This programme explores these loves through his songs, dances and airs. Music chosen from his masks, operas, sacred and secular songs and keyboard works.

Maria Magdalena and the other Marias

Music from 16th and 17th century Italy, France and England, celebrating the different faces of the biblical Marias and exploring their sacred and secular aspects. This programme displays polyphony, dramatic monody and instrumental music in the stylus fantasticus. Music from Frescobaldi, Purcell, B. Strozzi, Cozzolani, A. Gabrieli, Ortiz, Ballione & Merula, for voice, keyboard, recorder and viol.

This programme features Claire Horáček on the viol.

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