Concerts
Future concerts
A number of long-term concert projects have recently been completed or are underway, including:
- Complete performances of all the virginal and organ music by Redford, Preston, Tallis, Byrd, Bull, Farnaby, Morley, Philips, Gibbons, Tomkins and all their contemporaries; and of the major sources of the period, including the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, My Lady Nevell’s Book, the Mulliner Book, Tisdale’s Virginal Book, Clement Matchett’s Virginal Book, the Dublin Virginal Manuscript, Parthenia and Parthenia Inviolata (50 recitals, 2006-2022).
- A complete series of Bach’s organ and keyboard works (42 recitals, 2017-2023).
- A complete series of Buxtehude’s organ and clavier works (10 recitals, 2023-2024).
- A 50-recital series of clavichord music by German/Germanic composers of the 17th and 18th centuries, including Albrechtsberger, C. P. E. Bach, J. C. Bach, J. C. F. Bach, W. F. Bach, Beethoven, Benda, Binder, Böhm, Buxtehude, Fasch, Fischer, Froberger, Fux, Goldberg, Graupner, Grünewald, Handel, Hässler, Haydn, Kerll, Kozeluch, Krebs, Kreiger, Kuhnau, Löhlein, Marpurg, Mattheson, Mozart, Muffat, Neefe, Pachelbel, Reichardt, Reincken, Scheidemann, Sweelinck, Telemann, Türk, Weckman, Wolf and Zachow (2013-2024); Kirnberger, Nichelmann and Wagenseil.
- A duo series of Renaissance, Baroque and contemporary music for two early keyboards (harpsichord, spinet, clavichord, organ), with a number of different colleagues (40 recitals, 2011-2019).
- A series of 20th and 21st century music for harpsichord and clavichord, including many new commissions (16 recitals, 2011-).
- Renaissance, Baroque and Classical composer anniversary keyboard festivals - see francis-knights.webnode.com/projects/.
Previous concerts
A list of concerts and events from 2010-2024
2010
9 May 2010, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam College Baroque Ensemble, director Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Flute music by the Bach Family
10 September 2010, Peterhouse, Cambridge
Francis Knights (spinet)
Tudor Keyboard Music
27 September 2010, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord, harpsichord and chamber organ), Will Warns
(chamber organ, harmonium and piano) and Lliam Paterson (piano)Six centuries of Keyboard Music
11 December 2010, Cambridge
David Irving (baroque violin), Evelyn Nallen (recorder), Douglas Hollick (harpsichord), Daniel Trocme Latter (organ) and Francis Knights (harpsichord/organ)
Baroque chamber music
2011
30 January 2011, Cambridge
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Bull, Scarlatti, Duphly and Buxtehude
5 February 2011, Cambridge
Zadok Baroque, with Francis Knights (harpsichord)
A Georgian Entertainment
Chamber music from late 18th-century London, including trios by Haydn, Giordani and Myslivecek
13 February 2011, Cambridge
Music for recorders, soprano and continuo, played by Tamara Novis, Katrina Currie, Ewan Stephens (recorders),
Sally Graham (soprano) and Francis Knights (chamber organ)
Bach, Quantz, Philidor, Purcell and Pachelbel
6 March 2011, Hurstmonceaux Castle, Sussex
Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir, Hurstmonceaux Castle Choir, Dr Shelley Katz (conductor), Lliam Paterson and Francis Knights (piano duet)
Brahms: A German Requiem
20 March 2011, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Bach, Soler, Handel and Krebs
5-6 May 2011, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera, conductor Lliam Paterson, Jonathan Woolgar (piano), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Judith Weir, The consolation of scholarship; Ivan Moody, Fables (world premiere)
22 June 2011, Cambridge
Francis Knights (organ)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 10
Byrd, Gibbons and Bull
27 July 2011, St Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden
Ferdia Stone-Davis (recorder) and Francis Knights (spinet)
Bach, Handel, Paisible and Telemann
31 July 2011, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Bohm, Buxtehude, Froberger, Reincken and Bach
28 August 2011, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The modern clavichord: Mark Argent, Herbert Howells, Peter Dyson and Graham Lynch
16 September 2011, Cambridge
Francis Knights, Patrick Welche and Diane Winkleby (baroque flutes)
Duos and Trios by Telemann and Boismortier
5 November 2011, Cambridge
Louis Couperin 350th Anniversary marathon, Francis Knights (director).
Complete works of Louis Couperin (c.1626-1661), on harpsichord, spinet, clavichord and organ, played by Martin Ennis, Francis Knights, David Irving, Jonathan Hellyer Jones, Ryan Mark, John McKean, Anne Page, Dan Tidhar and Silas Wollston
Website couperinanniversary2011.webnode.com/
13 November 2011, Cambridge
Elena Hernandez (recorder) and Francis Knights (harpsichord/organ)
Castello, Uccelllini, Bach, Bohm, Telemann and Quantz
26 November 2011, Cambridge
Domestic music from the time of William Byrd
Hector Sequera (lute), Francis Knights (organ/spinet), Penelope Appleyard (soprano) and others
21 November 2011, Churchill College, Cambridge
Valerie Ross, Portrait concert, including Soliloquy for clavichord (world premiere)
Francis Knights (clavichord) and others
1 December 2011, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Bach, Bohm, Philips, Froberger and Howells
10 December 2011, Churchill College, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Krebs, J.S. Bach and C.P.E. Bach
2012
12 January 2012, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 11
Byrd, Farnaby and Tomkins
5 February 2012, Cambridge
Patrick Welche (baroque flute) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Flute music from the Berlin Court
25 February 2012, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Marie Lemaire (soprano), Ryan Mark (violin) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Music by 17th-century women composers
Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonardi and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
18 March 2012, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Music by the Bach family
12 May 2012, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Bach, Froberger and Forqueray
18 June 2012, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
17th-century German suites
28 July 2012, Clare Hall, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords, spinet and clavichord)
Bach, Handel, Krebs and Louis Couperin
22 August 2012, Cambridge
Francis Knights (organ)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 12
Music by Sweelinck (450th Anniversary recital)
20 September 2012, Cambridge
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 13
Byrd, Farnaby and Anon
23 September 2012, Cambridge
Patrick Welche (baroque flute) and Francis Knights (harpsichord/baroque flute)
Chamber music by Telemann
19 October 2012, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Bach, Buxtehude and Krebs
26 October 2012, Cambridge
Colin Scobie (baroque violin), Heather Tuach (cello) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani and Rameau
10 November 2012, Churchill College, Cambridge
Patrick Welche (baroque flute) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
7 December 2012, Cambridge
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
Motets, anthems and partsongs from Tallis, Byrd and Gibbons to Sullivan, Holst and Vaughan Williams
9 December 2012, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
CU3E 10th Anniversary Concert
Cambridge University Baroque Ensemble
2013
2 February 2013, Cambridge
Complete Bach flute sonatas - II
Patrick Welche (baroque flute) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
16 February 2013, Churchill College, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Modern harpsichord duets
Maxwell Davies, Graham Lynch, Edwin McLean, Dick Koomans, Ivan Moody and others
17 March 2013, Cambridge
Evelyn Nallen, Elena Hernández (recorders) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Canonic sonatas and pieces by Telemann, Graupner and Bach
17 March 2013, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Rebecca Lodge (Dido), Andrew Kennedy (Aeneas), Wolfson College Choir, Lyn Alcántara (conductor),
Keats Quartet, Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas
23 March 2013, Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor) and Nicholas Morris (organ)
Bach and his Victorian successors
7 April 2013, Cambridge
Marie Lemaire (soprano), Bianca Brajuha (viola da gamba) and Francis Knights (organ)
Couperin, Marais and Sances
30 April 2013, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
J. S. Bach, W. F. Bach and Ivan Moody
5 May 2013, Cambridge
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
John Dowland anniversary lecture-recital with Christopher Hogwood
Website dowland2013.webnode.com/
18 May 2013, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Hannah Rose (recorder), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Handel, Barsanti and Sammartini
18 June 2013, Jesus College, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Concertos by W. F. Bach and Krebs
29 June 2013, Queens’ College, Cambridge
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
Madrigals and partsongs
6 July 2013, Cambridge
Bianca Brajuha (viola da gamba) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Ortiz, Simpson, Finger and Marais
28 July 2013, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 14
John Bull, keyboard music
25 August 2013, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 1
Froberger toccatas, suites and ricercars
31 August 2013, Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Byrd, Froberger, Mozart and Haydn
15 September 2013, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 15
Byrd, keyboard music
22 September 2013, Cambridge
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
European Sacred Music
3 November 2013, Cambridge
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Byrd, Couperin, Bach, Handel and Scarlatti
8 November 2013, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Schaffrath, anon and Mattheson
10 November 2013, Cambridge
Sonatas and cantatas by Albinoni
Ryan Mark (violin), Catherine Baumann (soprano), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
15 December 2013, Cambridge
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
Monteverdi Vespers (1641) and Carissimi’s Jepthe
2014
15 January 2014, The Assembly Room, King’s Lynn
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Bach, Scarlatti, Froberger, Duphly and Mozart
5 February 2014, Cambridge University Library
Christopher Hogwood launches the Dart Archive, with music from Maggie Faultless (baroque violin), Emily Ashton (bass viol) and Francis Knights (spinet)
Website www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Departments/Music/Dart/
8 February 2014, Cambridge
Music by Bach, Schaffrath and the Couperin family
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords), with Inga Maria Klaucke and Henrique Meissner (recorders)
22 March 2014, Clare Hall, Cambridge
Five centuries of Cambridge music
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
11 April 2014, Cambridge
Francis Knights (harpsichord/organ)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 16
12 April 2014, Cambridge
IAML Conference concert
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
6 June 2014, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Marie Lemaire (soprano), Patrick Welche (baroque flute) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Cantatas and sonatas by Handel and Vivaldi
13 June 2014, The Assembly Room, King’s Lynn
Charles Burney anniversary celebration
20 June 2014, Jesus College, Cambridge
Concertos and sonatas by the Bach family
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
25-27 July 2014, Madingley Hall, Cambridge
Francis Knights, lecture course on ‘Music and Culture in Elizabethan England’
26 July 2014, Madingley Church, Cambridge
Tudor Church Music
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor/organ)
27 July 2014, Madingley Hall, Cambridge
Francis Knights (spinet)
Tudor Keyboard Music
30 July 2014, Peterborough Cathedral
Bach Double Harpsichord Concertos
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords), Chesterton Baroque
31 August 2014, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Bach, Trio Sonatas
26 October 2014, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Sonatas and duets by C.P.E.Bach, J.S.Bach and Krebs
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
9 November 2014, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
Music for Remembrance
30 November 2014, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 2
C. P. E. Bach anniversary recital
13 December 2014, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Joshua Getzler (baroque flute) and Francis Knights (clavichord)
C. P. E. Bach anniversary recital
14 December 2014, Clare Hall, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
C. P. E. Bach, Sonatas and pieces
Website cpebach2014.webnode.com/
2015
5 February 2015, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Music by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven
27 February 2015, Robinson College, Cambridge
New works for two harpsichords, including music by Edwin McLean (UK premiere), Alexander Blustin (world premiere), Joanna Marsh (world premiere) and Kate Waring (world premiere)
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
29 March 2015, Jesus College, Cambridge
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
Russian Orthodox music, including music by John Tavener and Ivan Moody
14 June 2015, Jesus College, Cambridge
Toccatas and Sonatas by J S Bach
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
27 June 2015, Queens’ College, Cambridge
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
Renaissance chansons and English partsongs
3-5 July 2015, Madingley Hall, Cambridge
Francis Knights, lecture course on ‘The Baroque Concerto’
4 July 2015, Madingley Church, Cambridge
Concertos by Bach and Krebs
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
30 August 2015, King’s Lynn
Four centuries of English music: duets by Tomkins, Handel, Boyce, Burney and Ivan Moody
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (spinets)
30 September 2015, Newnham College, Cambridge
Bach and Handel
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
10 October 2015, Huntingdon
Francis Knights (virginals)
Anne Cromwell’s Virginal Book
20 October 2015, Colchester Institute
New music workshop
Dulcis Venti recorder quartet and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
8 November 2015, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble, Francis Knights (conductor)
Motets, anthems, songs and consort music by Byrd
28 November 2015, Lee Hall, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Complete keyboard works of Jacques Duphly (b.1715)
Dan Tidhar, Francis Knights and John McKean (harpsichord, spinet and fortepiano), Ryan Mark (violin)
Website duphlyanniversary.webnode.com/
2016
3 January 2016, Cambridge
Francis Knights (virginals)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 18
Music by Byrd, Phlips and Richardson
16 January 2015, Colchester Institute
New music workshop
Dulcis Venti recorder quartet and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
26 February 2016, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Marie-Noëlle Kendall (piano), Erasmus Chamber Choir, K239 Chamber Orchestra, Peter Britton (conductor)
Mozart: Requiem, Piano Concerto No.20
19-20 March 2016, Wolfson College and Jesus College, Cambridge
Cambridge Keyboard Festival
Francis Knights (clavichord), Dan Tidhar (harpsichord) and many others
Website cambridgekeyboardfestival2016.webnode.com/
19 March 2016, Jesus College, Cambridge
Bach Triple concertos in C and D minor, Harpsichord Concerto in A
Dan Tidhar, John McKean and Francis Knights (harpsichords), Chesterton Baroque
Website cambridgekeyboardfestival2016.webnode.com/
20 March 2016, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord) plays sonatas and pieces by J. C. F. Bach
The German clavichordists - 3
Website cambridgekeyboardfestival2016.webnode.com/
23 April 2016, Madingley Hall
Elizabethan music: Byrd, Bull, Tomkins and Dowland
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble, Dan Tidhar (organ) and Francis Knights (virginals)
24 April 2016, Madingley Hall
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 19
Francis Knights (virginals)
7 May 2016, Cambridge University Library
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Lecture-recital on C. P. E. Bach’s ‘True art of playing keyboard instruments’
4 June 2016, Headgate Theatre, Colchester
Colchester New Music concert
Dulcis Venti recorder quartet and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Including world premieres by Ivan Moody, Stephen Watkins and others
colchesternewmusic.com/
14 June 2016, Jesus College, Cambridge
Music by the Couperin family
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
16 June 2016, Peterborough Cathedral
Music from the Tudor Court
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble, with Catherine Groom (Renaissance harp)
3 July 2016, Cambridge
Consort music by Byrd, Bull, Tomkins and Gibbons
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble, with Amit Tiefenbrunn (bass viol)
8 July 2016, Wymondham Festival
Bach and his pupils
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
9 August 2016, Handel House Museum, London
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Bach, Sinfonia in D major, Ten Canons from the Musical Offering, Passacaglia in C minor;
Stephen Dodgson: Carillon (1967); Joanna Marsh: The Art of Duelling (2014)
10 September 2016, Cambridge
Froberger 400th Anniversary Festival
Francis Knights (organ and harpsichord), Dan Tidhar (clavichord), Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble
Website froberger2016.webnode.com/
9 October 2016, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
J. S. Bach: Sonatas and sinfonias
5 November 2016, Bourn Village Hall
EEMF workshop on Tudor Consort Music, led by Francis Knights
20 November 2016, Highsett, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 20
Byrd and Bull
25 November 2016, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Francis Knights and Dan Tidhar (chamber organs)
Music by Tomkins, Bach, Soler and Maxwell Davies
18 December 2016, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 4
Suites, fugues and variations by Buxtehude
2017
8 January 2017, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 5
Sonatas and fantasias by C. P. E. Bach
5 February 2017, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Bach and his predecessors
12 February 2017, Darwin College, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (clavichords)
Music by Bach and his pupils, W. F. Bach, C. P. E. Bach and Muthel
4 March 2017, Christ’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Francis Knights (organ)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 21
Music by John Bull
11 March 2017, St Edmund’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Renaissance and Baroque music from Italy
2 April 2017, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 1
The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2
Francis Knights (clavichord)
8 April 2017, The Old School, Chelveston
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (spinets)
Tomkins, Farnaby, Handel and Alexander Blustin
www.friendsofsquarepianos.co.uk/spinet-day-april-2017/
23 April 2017, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Fantasias by Bach’s sons and Mozart
7 May 2017, The Old Library, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Concertos and Fandangos by Soler, Blanco and Boccherini
14 May 2017, Long Room, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German fantasia from Froberger to Mozart
16 May 2017, The Bate Collection, Faculty of Music, University of Oxford
Francis Knights (1743 Hass clavichord)
Fantasias by the Bach family
19 May 2017, Lee Hall, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar (chamber organ) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Concertos by Schaffrath and Soler
3 June 2017, Waltham Abbey
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble
In Nomines and consort songs by Tallis and Byrd
23 June 2017, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Bach and the Italian concerto
Francis Knights and Dan Tidhar (harpsichords) play concertos by
Vivaldi, Marcello, Prince Ernst and Bach
25 June 2017, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Telemann 250th Anniversary Festival
Francis Knights (organ, harpsichord), Dan Tidhar (harpsichord) and
Adrian Lenthall (clavichord) play keyboard music by Telemann
Website telemann2017.webnode.com/
30 July 2017, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 2
The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1
Francis Knights (clavichord)
20 August 2017, The Workshop, Kendal Way, Cambridge
Francis Knights (fortepiano)
Sonatas and variations by C. P. E. Bach
16 September 2017, Cambridge
‘Music and Mathematics’ project concert with Colchester New Music,
including works by Mark Bellis, Sarah Cattley, Laurence Glazier, Ivan Moody,
Pablo Padilla, Peter Thorne, Julia Usher and Ian Wilson
Pablo Padilla (piano), Sarah Cattley (piano), Francis Knights (harpsichord/organ),
Dan Tidhar (harpsichord), Ellen Jameson (recorder), Paula Muldoon (viola) and others
www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/news/music-and-maths
17 September 2017, Melbourn
Francis Knights (1953 Goff clavichord)
Herbert Howells: Howells clavichord
15 October 2017, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Contemporary American music for two harpsichords by Robert Baksa,
Edwin McLean, Mark Janello and Earle Brown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHi_GE7xwnA
15 October 2017, Cambridge
CNM workshop for contemporary harpsichord composition
Website colchesternewmusic.com/
4 November 2017, Christ’s College Chapel
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble, Paula Muldoon (baroque violin),
Francis Knights (organ), Stephen Lawrence (tenor)
Chamber music by Biber, including Mystery Sonatas I and XVI
8 November 2017, Bate Collection, Oxford University
Instruments of emancipation: the changing uses and roles of keyboards in the 18th Century
Lecture-recital by Francis Knights (clavichord/harpsichord)
recsoxford.org/2017/11/12/review-of-our-second-instruments-of-the-eighteenth-century-seminar/
11 November 2017, New Music Room, St John’s College, Cambridge
Howells 125th Anniversary Recital
Francis Knights and Dan Tidhar perform the complete clavichord music of Herbert Howells
6 December 2017, Emmanuel URC, Cambridge
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble
In Nomines by Tallis, Byrd, Bull, Gibbons and others
12 December 2017, Cambridge
Francis Knights (organ)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 22
Music by William Byrd
30 December 2017, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Music by Herbert Howells, Ivan Moody, Christopher Steel and Krzysztof Stasiak
2018
14 January 2018, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 23
Philips, Richardson and Morley
27 January 2018, St Edmund’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Bach, The Art of Fugue
Francis Knights and Dan Tidhar (clavichords)
28 January 2018, Old Library, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Bach: The Art of Fugue
Francis Knights and Dan Tidhar (harpsichords)
11 February 2018, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 3
The Well-tempered Clavier
Francis Knights (clavichord)
13 February 2018, Moot Hall, Colchester
Francis Knights (organ)
Music by Bach and Ivan Moody (world premiere)
21 March 2018, Cambridge
Bach 333rd Birthday Concert
Complete Bach - 4
Francis Knights (clavichord)
8 April 2018, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 5
The Well-tempered Clavier, recital 4
Francis Knights (clavichord)
13 April 2018, Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
Francis Knights (organ)
Bach: Preludes & Fugues
28 April 2018, Great Horksley, Essex
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
Colchester New Music concert, all world premieres
colchesternewmusic.com/calls-for-scores/call-for-scores-harpsichord-duets/
6 May 2018, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 6
200th Anniversary recital of sonatas by Leopold Kozeluch (1747-7 May 1818):
Sonatas 6, 15 and 22
3 June 2018, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Music by Bach, Buxtehude, Byrd, Lennox Berkeley and Alexander Blustin (world premiere)
9 June 2018, St Clements, Cambridge
Patrick Welche, Ellen Jameson and Francis Knights (recorders)
Quantz, Telemann, Mattheson and Fux trios
20 June 2018, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Francis Knights, Dan Tidhar and Edward Lilley (harpsichords)
Music for three harpsichords by Bach, Edwin McLean, David Solomons and Mark Bellis
15 July 2018, Cambridge
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 24
Music by Tomkins and Bull
5 August 2018, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 6
The Well-tempered Clavier, recital 5
Francis Knights (clavichord)
11 August 2018, Cambridge
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble
Tudor consorts and consort songs
16 August 2018, Cambridge
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (clavichords)
Buxtehude, Bach and Muthel
15 September 2018, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 25
Music by Farnaby
7 October 2018, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 7
French Suites
Francis Knights (clavichord)
16 October 2018, Cambridge
In search of Buxtehude’s Planets
Simon Mitton (lecturer), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
A lecture-recital for the Festival of Ideas, linking historical astronomy with 17th-century German keyboard music depicting the planets. www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/events/buxtehudes-lost-planets
10 November 2018, Chapel and Old Library, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Francois Couperin 350th Anniversary Festival
Francis Knights, Dan Tidhar, Penelope Cave and others (harpsichord, spinet, clavichord and organ)
perform the complete keyboard music of Couperin
Website couperin2018.webnode.com/
18 November 2018, St Peter’s Church, Horningsea
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble
Italian Renaissance and Baroque music
25 November 2018, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 7
Music by Marpurg (300th Anniversary, born 21 November 1718)
16 December 2018, Cambridge
Francis Knights (spinet)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 26
Music by Giles and Richard Farnaby
30 December 2018, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 8
Short Preludes; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue
Francis Knights (clavichord)
2019
13 January 2019, Cambridge
Francis Knights (virginals)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 27
Mundy, Warrock and others
2 February 2019, Cambridge
Marchand 350th Anniversary
Francis Knights and Dan Tidhar (harpsichord and organ)
play the complete keyboard music of Louis Marchand
marchard-2018.webnode.com/
3 February 2019, Robinson College Chapel, Cambridge
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble
Tudor music for bass recorders
13 February 2019, Old Labs, Newnham College, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Bach: French Suite No.4, Preludes & Fugues
9 March 2019, Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Contemporary clavichord music, including works by Herbert Howells,
Barry Guy (world premiere), Ivan Moody, Julia Usher, Alan Bullard
(world premiere), Alexander Blustin (world premiere),
Graham Lynch and Matyas Seiber
www.cambridge-szeged-society.org.uk/
7 April 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 9
Toccatas in c, D, e and G
Francis Knights (clavichord)
28 April 2019, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord/ottavino)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 28
Farnaby (complete, recital 3)
26 May 2019, Cambridge
Chopin: Preludes and Mazurkas
Francis Knights (clavichord)
16 June 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 10
Toccatas in d, f# and g, Fantasias in a, c, c and g
Francis Knights (clavichord)
7 July 2019, Cambridge
Francis Knights (organ/harpsichord)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 29
Music by Byrd, Bull and Philips
14 July 2019, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 8
Music by Schiedemann
27 July 2019, Cambridge
Francis Knights and Pablo Padilla (clavichords)
Duets by Byrd, Buxtehude, Bach, Vivaldi, Ligeti and Blustin
4 August 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 11
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias
8 September 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 12a
Goldberg Variations
Francis Knights (clavichord)
15 September 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 12b
Goldberg Variations
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
28 September 2019, Waltham Abbey
Francis Knights (chamber organ/harpsichord)
Tallis - Complete keyboard works
20 October 2019, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 30, final concert of the complete series
Music by Byrd
17 November 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 13
Iitalian Concerto; French Overture; 4 Duets
Francis Knights (clavichord)
1 December 2019, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 9
Music by Georg Bohm
14 December 2019, Margaret Beaufort Institute, Cambridge
Kristi Bryson (soprano), Férdia Stone-Davis (recorder) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Christmas music by Bach, Telemann, Handel and Bohm
22 December 2019, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Modern American music for clavichord by Hovhaness, Pinkham, Loeb, Broege and Bohn
2020
12 January 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 14
English Suites
Francis Knights (clavichord)
22 January 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 15
‘Clavierbuchlein fur W. F. Bach’ (manuscript started 22 January 1720) - 300th Anniversary performance
Francis Knights (clavichord)
2 February 2020, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 13
Keyboard music by Zachow
29 February 2020, Cambridge
21st century British clavichord music: first performances of works by Alexander Blustin, Alan Bullard, Ivan Moody, Krzysztof Stasiak and Stephen Watkins, plus pieces by Peter Maxwell Davies, Matyas Seiber and others
Francis Knights (clavichord)
7 March 2020, Sutton Hoo
Lecture course on music in Tudor East Anglia
Francis Knights (clavichord/ottavino) plays Byrd, Morley, Inglott and Gibbbons
5 April 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 16
The Art of Fugue
Francis Knights (clavichord)
19 April 2020, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 14
Toccatas, suites and canzonas by Kerll
10 May 2020, Cambridge
Francis Knights (chamber organ)
Byrd, Lady Nevell’s Book - 1
6 June 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 17
Aria variata, canons and suites
Francis Knights (clavichord)
28 June 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 18
Partitas 1-4
Francis Knights (clavichord)
19 July 2020, Cambridge
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Byrd, Lady Nevell’s Book - final concert
9 August 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 19
Partitas 5-6, Preludes & Fugues
Francis Knights (clavichord)
30 August 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 20
Suites in A, a, Eb and Fantasias
Francis Knights (clavichord)
20 September 2020, Cambridge
Francis Knights (chamber organ/spinet)
Complete Byrd (final concert)
11 October 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 21, final recital in series
Suites, Fantasias & Fugues
Francis Knights (clavichord)
1 November 2020, Cambridge
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Parthenia and Parthenia Inviolata, complete
15 November 2020, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 15
Suites and Variations by Reincken (died 24 November 1722)
13 December 2020, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 16
Sonatas and Variations by Beethoven (250th Anniversary recital)
2021
3 January 2021, Cambridge
Philips, complete keyboard works
Francis Knights (virginals/chamber organ)
24 January 2021, Cambridge
Gibbons, complete keyboard works
Francis Knights (chamber organ)
14 February 2021, Cambridge
The complete Mulliner Book
Francis Knights (chamber organ)
7 March 2021, Cambridge
The Dublin Virginal Manuscript
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
28 March 2021, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 1
Neumeister Chorales
Francis Knights (organ)
18 April 2021, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 2
Das Orgelbuchlein, i
Francis Knights (organ)
2 May 2021, Cambridge
Complete John Bull - 1
Francis Knights (clavichord)
11 May 2021, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 3
Art of Fugue
Francis Knights (organ)
30 May 2021, Cambridge
Complete John Bull - 2
Francis Knights (clavichord)
20 June 2021, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 17
Pachelbel
11 July 2021, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 4
Chorale Partitas
Francis Knights (organ)
1 August 2021, Cambridge
Complete John Bull - 3
Francis Knights (harpsichord/organ)
15 August 2021, Cambridge
Music for two organs by Byrd, Purcell, Bach, Telemann and others
Francis Knights and Pablo Padilla (chamber organs)
29 August 2021, Cambridge
Organ music by John Redford
Francis Knights (organ)
19 September 2021, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 5
Bach: Leipzig Chorales, i
Francis Knights (organ)
3 October 2021, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 6
Bach: Clavierubung III, part 1
Francis Knights (organ)
16 October 2021, Cambridge
Sweelinck 400th anniversary recital
Francis Knights (organ)
17 October 2021, Cambridge
Sweelinck: Fantasias, chorales and variations
Francis Knights (clavichord)
13 November 2021, Cambridge
21st-century clavichord music by Moody, Nickol, Phillips, Redhead, Lane, Roberts, Loeb, Calabris, Oates and LeFanu
Francis Knights (clavichord)
27 November 2021, Cambridge
Bach: The Art of Fugue
Francis Knights and Pierre Riley (organs)
1 December 2021, Bradfield Room, Darwin College, Cambridge
Patrick Welche (baroque flute), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Chamber music from the Berlin Court by Telemann, C. P. E. Bach and Anna Amalia
10 December 2021, Darwin College, Cambridge
Christmas Carols
Darwin College Choir, conductor Francis Knights
12 December 2021, Cambridge
Complete Tomkins - 1
Francis Knights (organ)
2022
9 January 2022, Cambridge
Complete Tomkins - 2
Francis Knights (chamber organ)
14 January 2022, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 7
Bach: Orgelbuchlein, ii
Francis Knights (organ)
6 February 2022, Cambridge
Complete Tomkins - 3
Francis Knights (clavichord)
6 March 2022, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 18
Handel suites and sonatas
27 March 2022, Cambridge
Francis Knights (clavichord)
The German clavichordists - 19
Fux
9 April 2022, Chelveston
Liz Lane: Diamond Fantasia
Francis Knights (ottavino)
17 April 2022, Cambridge
Thomas Preston: complete keyboard works
Francis Knights (organ)
7 May 2022, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 8
Bach: Clavierubung III, part 2
Francis Knights (organ)
27 May 2022, Churchill College, Cambridge
Corelli and Veracini sonatas
Francine Mass (baroque violin), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
28 May 2022, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 9
Bach: Chorale settings
Francis Knights (organ)
4 June 2022, Richard King Room, Darwin College, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 20
Kuhnau: Suites and sonatas (300th anniversary concert)
Francis Knights (clavichord)
26 June 2022, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 21
Georg Benda: Sonatas and Sonatinas (300th anniversary concert)
Francis Knights (clavichord)
7 July 2022, Cambridge
Bach:Art of Fugue
Francis Knights and Pablo Padilla (organs)
9 July 2022, Cambridge
Tudor organ music
Francis Knights (organ)
31 July 2022, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 22
Johann Ludwig Krebs: Suites, Sonatas and Chorale preludes
Francis Knights (clavichord)
7 August 2022, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 10
Bach: Preludes & Fugues
Francis Knights (organ)
21 August 2022, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 23
Turk: Sonatas and pieces
Francis Knights (clavichord)
11 September 2022, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 24
Wolf: Sonatas and fantasias
Francis Knights (clavichord)
25 September 2022, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 11
Bach: Sonatas and Fantasias
Francis Knights (organ)
2 October 2022, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 25
Graupner: Suites and Variations
Francis Knights (clavichord)
29 October 2022, Cambridge
Michael Thomas Centenary Memorial Concert
Music by Bach, Froberger, Fux, Lennox Berkeley and others
Francis Knights (clavichord by Michael Thomas, 1953)
12 November 2022, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 12
Bach: Chorale Preludes
Francis Knights (organ)
20 November 2022, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 26
W. F. Bach: Fantasias and sonatas (born 22 November 1710)
Francis Knights (clavichord)
11 December 2022, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 27
Mozart: Sonatas, Fantasias and Minuets
Francis Knights (clavichord)
29 December 2022, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 28
Johann Kreiger: Suites, Fugues and Fantasias
Francis Knights (clavichord)
2023
3 January 2023, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 13
Bach: Toccatas & Fugues
Francis Knights (organ)
14 January 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 29
Grünewald: Preludes and Suites
Francis Knights (clavichord)
7 February 2023, Pembroke College Chapel, Cambridge
Christopher Hogwood memorial recital
Byrd, Froberger, Couperin and Bach
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
11 February 2023, Darwin College, Cambridge
German Baroque music from Froberger to Mozart
Francis Knights (clavichord)
12 February 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 30
Binder: Preludes and Sonatas
Francis Knights (clavichord)
17 February 2023, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 14
Bach: Leipzig Chorale Preludes, ii
Francis Knights (organ)
5 March 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 31
Albrechtsberger: Preludes and Fugues
Francis Knights (clavichord)
26 March 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 32
Johann Wilhelm Hässler, Sonatas and Pieces
Francis Knights (clavichord)
1 April 2023, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 15
Bach: Fantasias & Fugues
Francis Knights (organ)
14 April 2023, St John the Baptist, Chelveston
Howells and Mattheson
Francis Knights (clavichord)
15 April 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 33
Mattheson: Suites and Fugues
Francis Knights (clavichord)
7 May 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 34
Fischer: Suites, Chaconnes, Preludes & Fugues
Francis Knights (clavichord)
19 May 2023, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 16
Bach: Trio sonatas and Canonic Variations
Francis Knights (organ)
28 May 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 35
Haydn: Sonatas 2, 6 and 44
Francis Knights (clavichord)
25 June 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 36
Telemann: Suites, fugues and fantasias
Francis Knights (clavichord)
1 July 2023, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 17
Bach: Preludes & Fugues
Francis Knights (organ)
4 July 2023, Old Library, Darwin College, Cambridge
Byrd 400th Anniversary recital
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
16 July 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 37
Löhlein: Sonatas and Divertimenti
Francis Knights (clavichord)
6 August 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 38
C. F. Fasch: Sonatas and keyboard pieces
Francis Knights (clavichord)
12 August 2023, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 18
Bach: Preludes & Fugues
Francis Knights (organ)
20 August 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 39
Goldberg: 24 Polonaises in all the major and minor keys
Francis Knights (clavichord)
10 September 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 40
Georg Muffat: Suites and chaconnes
Francis Knights (clavichord)
11 September 2023, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 19
Bach: Preludes & Fugues
Francis Knights (organ)
28 September 2023, Cambridge
Fischer: Ariadne Musicae
Francis Knights (organ)
29 October 2023, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 41
Gottlieb Muffat: Suites and toccatas
Francis Knights (clavichord)
4 November 2023, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 20
Bach: Fantasias & Fugues
Francis Knights (organ)
25 November 2025, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 42
Johann Friedrich Reichardt (born 25 November 1752)
Francis Knights (clavichord)
7 December 2023, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Clavichord music by Byrd, Buxtehude, Froberger, Fux, Bach and Howells
Francis Knights (clavichord)
17 December 2023, Cambridge
Complete Buxtehude – 1
Buxtehude, Suites and variations
Francis Knights (clavichord)
23 December 2023, Cambridge
Bach, organ works – 21, final recital
Bach: Preludes & Fugues
Francis Knights (organ)
2024
1 January 2024, Cambridge
The German clavichordists – 43
J. C. Bach: Sonatas Op.5 (died 1 January 1782)
Francis Knights (clavichord)
26 January 2024, Cambridge
Complete Buxtehude – 2
Francis Knights (organ)
4 February 2024, Cambridge
The German clavichordists – 44
Christian Gottlob Neefe (born 5 February 1748)
Francis Knights (clavichord)
24 February 2024, Darwin College, Cambridge
The German clavichordists – 45
Music by Mathias Weckmann (died 24 Feb 1674), 350th Anniversary Recital
Francis Knights (clavichord)
6 March 2024, Cambridge
Complete Buxtehude – 3
Francis Knights (organ)
1 April 2024, Cambridge
Complete Buxtehude – 4
Francis Knights (organ)
6 April 2023, St John the Baptist, Chelveston
Blow, Purcell, Croft and Bach
Francis Knights (spinet/clavichord)