CELÉJ (pronounced “sell-ayzh”) is a Manchester-based baroque ensemble founded in 2024, made up of students at the Royal Northern College of Music.

This is the ensemble’s first concert, with a 40-minute programme of various composers from 17th century England + Vivaldi, including classics as well as lesser-known works.

Programme:

Henry Purcell – ‘Abdelazer’ Suite
Nicholas Lanier – ‘Mark How the Blushful Morn’, ‘No
More Shall Meads be Deck’d with Flowers’
Giovanni Battista Draghi – Where art thou, God of Dreams?
Robert de Visée – ‘Prelude in A minor
Antonio Vivaldi – ‘La Folia’

Performers

Joseph Taylor – Tenor
Joe Steel – Violin
Esther Clay – Violin
Emily O’dell – Viola
Clemens Fera – Cello
Liam Kalson – Theorbo