The headline ensemble features two of the most acclaimed musicians in NYC and beyond: the long-time partnership of luminary composer and bandleader Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone) and master improviser Tom Rainey (drums) alongside a pair of the most in-demand collaborators in the North of England.

Kasper Rietkerk is an award-winning Dutch saxophonist living in London and releasing his debut album as a bandleader. His European band features a real Loiner playing with them too – drummer Jonah Evans.

Kasper Rietkerk has worked with John Carrol Kirby, Eddie Chacon and Jean Toussaint among others. he is a member of the Emma Rawicz Jazz Orchestra and is a vibrant force on the bustling Lonfon Jazz scene His work is rooted in a jazz tradition, but also influenced by rock, hiphop and pop music.

Continuing our latin jazz theme for September, Leeds based Portuguese vocalist Raquel Alvero sings for us at Rush Hour jazz. She appeared for us on the Chapel Allerton Festival Main Stage as part of the Brasukas. Tenor sax player Rose Perry is no stranger to Chapel Allerton either having performed with the Tom Sharp jazz orchestra in several memorable concerts at Seven Arts. they’ll be accompanied by Will Powell on guitar Steve Crocker bass and Brendan Bache on percussion.

Payf collection. 6pm-7.15pm

Alvorada are the UK’s leading performers of choro, a rich and uplifting style of instrumental music from Rio de Janeiro. Alvorada explore influences from all over Brazil, playing choros with the irresistible swing of samba and maxixe from the South to baião from the Northeast, all with an immediacy and vibrancy that delights audiences everywhere.

Alvorada’s debut album First Light contains choro classics and original works, revisiting the genre with influences from the UK. 

Darius Battiwalla – Leeds City Organist

Jeanne Demessieux Te Deum
Nadia Boulanger Pièce sur des airs populaires flamands
Marcel Dupré Suite Bretonne
Johann Sebastian Bach Trio on Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655
Kristina Arakelyan Perpetuum mobile
Blanche Rozan Petite Prière
Rachel Laurin Symphony No 1: Toccata

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes

Dr Thomas Trotter – Birmingham City Organist

George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto No 16 in F
Rachel Laurin Twelve Short Pieces, Op 43: Cantilène; Toccatina; Invocation; Rondo
Gustav Holst arr Thomas Trotter Brook Green Suite: Air
Gustav Holst arr Thomas Trotter The Planets: Jupiter
Sigfrid Karg-Elert Homage to Handel

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

Tom Winpenny – Assistant Master of Music, St Albans Cathedral

Emma Lou Diemer Fantasie (1958)
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude, Trio & Fugue in B flat, BWV 545b
John Gardner Intermezzo (1934)
Gerald Hendrie Concert studies Nos 2 & 3
Judith Bingham Vol de Nuit
William Walton Spitfire Prelude & Fugue

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

St Peters Singers

Alex Woodrow – conductor
Darius Battiwalla – organ

Jonathan Dove Vast Ocean of Light
Simon Lindley A Taylor Trilogy (world premiere)
James MacMillan Miserere
Jean Langlais Messe Solenelle

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.