Concerts
These include a number of long-term concert projects, most of which have recently been completed.
- 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).
- 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 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, Kirnberger, Kozeluch, Krebs, Kreiger, Kuhnau, Löhlein, Marpurg, Mattheson, Mozart, Muffat, Müthel, Neefe, Nichelmann, Pachelbel, Reichardt, Reincken, Scheidemann, Telemann, Türk, Wagenseil, Weckman, Wolf and Zachow (50 recitals, 2013-2024).
- A series of French clavecin music from the 17th and 18th centuries, by d’Anglebert, Balbastre, Chambonnières, the Couperins, Dagincour, Daquin, Duphly, Forqueray, de la Guerre, Lebègue and Rameau (14 recitals, 2024-2025).
- 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 clavichord, including many new commissions (10 recitals, 2011-2025).
- Renaissance, Baroque and Classical composer anniversary keyboard festivals - see francis-knights.webnode.com/projects/.
Concert Diary
A list of concerts and events from 2010-2024
2010
10 September 2010, Peterhouse, Cambridge
Tudor Keyboard Music
Francis Knights (spinet)
27 September 2010, Cambridge
Six centuries of Keyboard Music
Francis Knights (clavichord/harpsichord/chamber organ), Will Warns (chamber organ/harmonium/piano), Lliam Paterson (piano)
11 December 2010, Cambridge
Baroque chamber music
David Irving (baroque violin), Evelyn Nallen (recorder), Douglas Hollick (harpsichord), Daniel Trocme Latter (organ) and Francis Knights (harpsichord/organ)
2011
30 January 2011, Cambridge
Bull, Scarlatti, Duphly and Buxtehude
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
5 February 2011, Cambridge
A Georgian Entertainment
Chamber music from late 18th-century London, including trios by Haydn, Giordani and Myslivecek
Zadok Baroque, Francis Knights (harpsichord)
13 February 2011, Cambridge
Bach, Quantz, Philidor, Purcell and Pachelbel
Tamara Novis, Katrina Currie, Ewan Stephens (recorders), Sally Graham (soprano), Francis Knights (chamber organ)
6 March 2011, Hurstmonceaux Castle, Sussex
Brahms: A German Requiem
Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir, Hurstmonceaux Castle Choir, Shelley Katz (conductor), Lliam Paterson and Francis Knights (piano duo)
20 March 2011, Cambridge
Bach, Soler, Handel and Krebs
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
5-6 May 2011, Cambridge
Judith Weir, The consolation of scholarship
Ivan Moody, Fables (world premiere)
Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera, conductor Lliam Paterson, Jonathan Woolgar (piano), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
22 June 2011, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 10
Byrd, Gibbons and Bull
Francis Knights (organ)
27 July 2011, St Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden
Bach, Handel, Paisible and Telemann
Ferdia Stone-Davis (recorder), Francis Knights (spinet)
31 July 2011, Cambridge
Bohm, Buxtehude, Froberger, Reincken and Bach
Francis Knights (clavichord)
28 August 2011, Cambridge
Modern clavichord music - 1
Mark Argent, Herbert Howells, Peter Dyson and Graham Lynch
Francis Knights (clavichord)
16 September 2011, Cambridge
Duos and Trios by Telemann and Boismortier
Francis Knights, Patrick Welche and Diane Winkleby (baroque flutes)
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
Castello, Uccelllini, Bach, Bohm, Telemann and Quantz
Elena Hernandez (recorder), Francis Knights (harpsichord/organ)
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
Bach, Bohm, Philips, Froberger and Howells
Francis Knights (clavichord)
10 December 2011, Churchill College, Cambridge
Krebs, J.S. Bach and C.P.E. Bach
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
2012
12 January 2012, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 11
Byrd, Farnaby and Tomkins
Francis Knights (clavichord)
5 February 2012, Cambridge
Flute music from the Berlin Court
Patrick Welche (baroque flute) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
25 February 2012, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Music by 17th-century women composers: Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonardi and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
Marie Lemaire (soprano), Ryan Mark (violin) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
18 March 2012, Cambridge
Music by the Bach family
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
12 May 2012, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Bach, Froberger and Forqueray
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
18 June 2012, Cambridge
17th-century German suites
Francis Knights (clavichord)
28 July 2012, Clare Hall, Cambridge
Bach, Handel, Krebs and Louis Couperin
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords, spinet and clavichord)
22 August 2012, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 12
Music by Sweelinck (450th Anniversary recital)
Francis Knights (organ)
20 September 2012, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 13
Byrd, Farnaby and Anon
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
23 September 2012, Cambridge
Chamber music by Telemann
Patrick Welche (baroque flute), Francis Knights (harpsichord/baroque flute)
19 October 2012, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Bach, Buxtehude and Krebs
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
26 October 2012, Cambridge
Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani and Rameau
Colin Scobie (baroque violin), Heather Tuach (cello) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
10 November 2012, Churchill College, Cambridge
Patrick Welche (baroque flute) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
7 December 2012, Cambridge
Motets, anthems and partsongs byTallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Sullivan, Holst and Vaughan Williams
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
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
Modern harpsichord duets by Peter Maxwell Davies, Graham Lynch, Edwin McLean, Dick Koomans, Ivan Moody and others
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
17 March 2013, Cambridge
Canonic sonatas and pieces by Telemann, Graupner and Bach
Evelyn Nallen, Elena Hernández (recorders), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
17 March 2013, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas
Rebecca Lodge (Dido), Andrew Kennedy (Aeneas), Wolfson College Choir, Lyn Alcántara (conductor), Keats Quartet, Francis Knights (harpsichord)
23 March 2013, Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Bach and his Victorian followers
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor) and Nicholas Morris (organ)
7 April 2013, Cambridge
Couperin, Marais and Sances
Marie Lemaire (soprano), Bianca Brajuha (viola da gamba) and Francis Knights (organ)
30 April 2013, Cambridge
J. S. Bach, W. F. Bach and Ivan Moody
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
5 May 2013, Cambridge
John Dowland anniversary lecture-recital with Christopher Hogwood
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
Website dowland2013.webnode.com/
18 May 2013, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Chamber music by Handel, Barsanti and Sammartini
Hannah Rose (recorder), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
18 June 2013, Jesus College, Cambridge
Concertos by W. F. Bach and Krebs
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
29 June 2013, Queens’ College, Cambridge
Madrigals and partsongs
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
6 July 2013, Cambridge
Ortiz, Simpson, Finger and Marais
Bianca Brajuha (viola da gamba), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
28 July 2013, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 14
John Bull, keyboard music
Francis Knights (clavichord)
25 August 2013, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 1
Froberger Toccatas, suites and ricercars
Francis Knights (clavichord)
31 August 2013, Little St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Byrd, Froberger, Mozart and Haydn
Francis Knights (clavichord)
15 September 2013, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 15
Byrd: keyboard music
Francis Knights (clavichord)
22 September 2013, Cambridge
European Sacred Music
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
3 November 2013, Cambridge
Byrd, Couperin, Bach, Handel and Scarlatti
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
8 November 2013, Cambridge
Schaffrath, anon and Mattheson
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
10 November 2013, Cambridge
Sonatas and cantatas by Albinoni
Ryan Mark (violin), Catherine Baumann (soprano), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
15 December 2013, Cambridge
Monteverdi Vespers (1641) and Carissimi’s Jepthe
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
2014
15 January 2014, The Assembly Room, King’s Lynn
Bach, Scarlatti, Froberger, Duphly and Mozart
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
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), 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
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 16
Francis Knights (harpsichord/organ)
12 April 2014, Cambridge
IAML Conference concert
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
6 June 2014, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Cantatas and sonatas by Handel and Vivaldi
Marie Lemaire (soprano), Patrick Welche (baroque flute), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
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
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
Tudor Keyboard Music
Francis Knights (spinet)
30 July 2014, Peterborough Cathedral
Bach Double Harpsichord Concertos
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords), Chesterton Baroque
31 August 2014, Cambridge
Bach: Trio Sonatas
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
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
Music for Remembrance
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
30 November 2014, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 2
C. P. E. Bach anniversary recital
Francis Knights (clavichord)
13 December 2014, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
C. P. E. Bach anniversary recital
Joshua Getzler (baroque flute), Francis Knights (clavichord)
14 December 2014, Clare Hall, Cambridge
C. P. E. Bach, Sonatas and pieces
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Website cpebach2014.webnode.com/
2015
5 February 2015, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Music by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven
Francis Knights (clavichord)
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
Russian Orthodox music, including music by John Tavener and Ivan Moody
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
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
Renaissance chansons and English partsongs
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Francis Knights (conductor)
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, Anne Cromwell’s house, Huntingdon
Anne Cromwell’s Virginal Book
Francis Knights (virginals)
20 October 2015, Colchester Institute
New music workshop
Dulcis Venti recorder quartet, Francis Knights (harpsichord)
8 November 2015, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Motets, anthems, songs and consort music by Byrd
Erasmus Chamber Choir, Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble, Francis Knights (conductor)
28 November 2015, 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
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 18
Music by Byrd, Phlips and Richardson
Francis Knights (virginals)
16 January 2015, Colchester Institute
New music workshop
Dulcis Venti recorder quartet, Francis Knights (harpsichord)
26 February 2016, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Mozart: Requiem, Piano Concerto No.20
Marie-Noëlle Kendall (piano), Erasmus Chamber Choir, K239 Chamber Orchestra, Peter Britton (conductor)
19-20 March 2016, Wolfson College and Jesus College, Cambridge
Cambridge Keyboard Festival
Francis Knights (clavichord), Dan Tidhar (harpsichord) and 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
The German clavichordists - 3
Sonatas and pieces by J. C. F. Bach
Francis Knights (clavichord)
Website cambridgekeyboardfestival2016.webnode.com/
23 April 2016, Madingley Hall
Elizabethan music: Byrd, Bull, Tomkins and Dowland
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble, Dan Tidhar (organ), Francis Knights (virginals)
24 April 2016, Madingley Hall
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 19
Francis Knights (virginals)
7 May 2016, Cambridge University Library
Lecture-recital on C. P. E. Bach’s ‘True art of playing keyboard instruments’
Francis Knights (clavichord)
4 June 2016, Headgate Theatre, Colchester
Colchester New Music concert
Dulcis Venti recorder quartet, 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
3 July 2016, Cambridge
Consort music by Byrd, Bull, Tomkins and Gibbons
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble, 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
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)
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
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
J. S. Bach: Sonatas and sinfonias
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
5 November 2016, Bourn Village Hall
EEMF workshop on Tudor Consort Music, led by Francis Knights
20 November 2016, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 20
Byrd and Bull
Francis Knights (clavichord)
25 November 2016, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Music by Tomkins, Bach, Soler and Maxwell Davies
Francis Knights and Dan Tidhar (chamber organs)
18 December 2016, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 4
Suites, fugues and variations by Buxtehude
Francis Knights (clavichord)
2017
8 January 2017, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 5
Sonatas and fantasias by C. P. E. Bach
Francis Knights (clavichord)
5 February 2017, Cambridge
Bach and his predecessors
Francis Knights (clavichord)
12 February 2017, Darwin College, Cambridge
Music by Bach and his pupils, W. F. Bach, C. P. E. Bach and Muthel
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (clavichords)
4 March 2017, Christ’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 21
Music by John Bull
Francis Knights (organ)
11 March 2017, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
Renaissance and Baroque music from Italy
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
2 April 2017, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 1
The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2
Francis Knights (clavichord)
8 April 2017, The Old School, Chelveston
Tomkins, Farnaby, Handel and Alexander Blustin
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (spinets)
www.friendsofsquarepianos.co.uk/spinet-day-april-2017/
23 April 2017, Cambridge
Fantasias by Bach’s sons and Mozart
Francis Knights (clavichord)
7 May 2017, The Old Library, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Concertos and Fandangos by Soler, Blanco and Boccherini
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
14 May 2017, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
The German fantasia from Froberger to Mozart
Francis Knights (clavichord)
16 May 2017, Bate Collection, Faculty of Music, University of Oxford
Fantasias by the Bach family
Francis Knights (1743 Hass clavichord)
19 May 2017, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Concertos by Schaffrath and Soler
Dan Tidhar (chamber organ) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
3 June 2017, Waltham Abbey
In Nomines and consort songs by Tallis and Byrd
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble
23 June 2017, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Bach and the Italian concerto: Vivaldi, Marcello, Prince Ernst and Bach
Francis Knights and Dan Tidhar (harpsichords)
25 June 2017, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Telemann 250th Anniversary Festival
Francis Knights (organ, harpsichord), Dan Tidhar (harpsichord), Adrian Lenthall (clavichord)
Website telemann2017.webnode.com/
30 July 2017, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 2
The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1
Francis Knights (clavichord)
20 August 2017, Cambridge
Sonatas and variations by C. P. E. Bach
Francis Knights (fortepiano)
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
Herbert Howells: Lambert's Clavichord
Francis Knights (1953 Goff clavichord)
15 October 2017, Cambridge
Contemporary American music for two harpsichords by Robert Baksa, Edwin McLean, Mark Janello and Earle Brown
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
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, Cambridge
Chamber music by Biber, including Mystery Sonatas I and XVI
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble, Paula Muldoon (baroque violin), Francis Knights (organ), Stephen Lawrence (tenor)
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
In Nomines by Tallis, Byrd, Bull, Gibbons and others
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble
12 December 2017, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 22
Music by William Byrd
Francis Knights (organ)
30 December 2017, Cambridge
Modern clavichord music - 2
Music by Herbert Howells, Ivan Moody, Christopher Steel and Krzysztof Stasiak
Francis Knights (clavichord)
2018
14 January 2018, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 23
Philips, Richardson and Morley
Francis Knights (clavichord)
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
Music by Bach and Ivan Moody (world premiere)
Francis Knights (organ)
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
Bach: Preludes & Fugues
Francis Knights (organ)
28 April 2018, Great Horksley
Colchester New Music concert, world premieres
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (harpsichords)
colchesternewmusic.com/calls-for-scores/call-for-scores-harpsichord-duets/
6 May 2018, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 6
200th Anniversary recital of sonatas by Leopold Kozeluch (d.7 May 1818): Sonatas 6, 15 and 22
Francis Knights (clavichord)
3 June 2018, Cambridge
Music by Bach, Buxtehude, Byrd, Lennox Berkeley and Alexander Blustin (world premiere)
Francis Knights (clavichord)
9 June 2018, St Clements, Cambridge
Quantz, Telemann, Mattheson and Fux trios
Patrick Welche, Ellen Jameson and Francis Knights (recorders)
20 June 2018, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Music for three harpsichords by Bach, Edwin McLean, David Solomons and Mark Bellis
Francis Knights, Dan Tidhar and Edward Lilley (harpsichords)
15 July 2018, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 24
Music by Tomkins and Bull
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
5 August 2018, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 6
The Well-tempered Clavier, recital 5
Francis Knights (clavichord)
11 August 2018, Cambridge
Tudor consorts and consort songs
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble
16 August 2018, Cambridge
Buxtehude, Bach and Muthel
Dan Tidhar and Francis Knights (clavichords)
15 September 2018, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 25
Music by Farnaby
Francis Knights (clavichord)
7 October 2018, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 7
Bach: French Suites
Francis Knights (clavichord)
16 October 2018, Cambridge
In search of Buxtehude’s Planets
Lecture-recital for the Festival of Ideas, linking historical astronomy with 17th-century German keyboard music depicting the planets
Simon Mitton (lecturer), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
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
Italian Renaissance and Baroque music
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble
25 November 2018, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 7
Music by Marpurg (300th Anniversary, born 21 November 1718)
Francis Knights (clavichord)
16 December 2018, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 26
Music by Giles and Richard Farnaby
Francis Knights (spinet)
30 December 2018, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 8
Bach: Short Preludes; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue
Francis Knights (clavichord)
2019
13 January 2019, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 27
Mundy, Warrock and others
Francis Knights (virginals)
2 February 2019, Cambridge
Marchand 350th Anniversary
Louis Marchand, complete keyboard music
Francis Knights and Dan Tidhar (harpsichord and organ)
marchard-2018.webnode.com/
3 February 2019, Robinson College Chapel, Cambridge
Tudor music for bass recorders
Cambridge Renaissance Ensemble
13 February 2019, Newnham College, Cambridge
Bach: French Suite No.4, Preludes & Fugues
Francis Knights (clavichord)
9 March 2019, Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Modern clavichord music - 3
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
Francis Knights (clavichord)
www.cambridge-szeged-society.org.uk/
7 April 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 9
Bach: Toccatas in c, D, e and G
Francis Knights (clavichord)
28 April 2019, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 28
Farnaby (complete, recital 3)
Francis Knights (clavichord/ottavino)
26 May 2019, Cambridge
Chopin: Preludes and Mazurkas
Francis Knights (clavichord)
16 June 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 10
Bach: Toccatas in d, f# and g, Fantasias in a, c, c and g
Francis Knights (clavichord)
7 July 2019, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 29
Music by Byrd, Bull and Philips
Francis Knights (organ/harpsichord)
14 July 2019, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 8
Music by Schiedemann
Francis Knights (clavichord)
27 July 2019, Cambridge
Duets by Byrd, Buxtehude, Bach, Vivaldi, Ligeti and Blustin
Francis Knights and Pablo Padilla (clavichords)
4 August 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 11
Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias
Francis Knights (clavichord)
8 September 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 12a
Bach: Goldberg Variations
Francis Knights (clavichord)
15 September 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 12b
Bach:Goldberg Variations
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
28 September 2019, Waltham Abbey
Tallis: Complete keyboard works
Francis Knights (chamber organ/harpsichord)
20 October 2019, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - 30, final concert of the complete series
Music by Byrd
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
17 November 2019, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 13
Bach: Italian Concerto; French Overture; 4 Duets
Francis Knights (clavichord)
1 December 2019, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 9
Music by Georg Bohm
Francis Knights (clavichord)
14 December 2019, Margaret Beaufort Institute, Cambridge
Christmas music by Bach, Telemann, Handel and Bohm
Kristi Bryson (soprano), Férdia Stone-Davis (recorder) and Francis Knights (harpsichord)
22 December 2019, Cambridge
Modern clavichord music - 4
Modern American music for clavichord by Hovhaness, Pinkham, Loeb, Broege and Bohn
Francis Knights (clavichord)
2020
12 January 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 14
Bach: English Suites 1-5
Francis Knights (clavichord)
22 January 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 15
Bach:‘Clavierbuchlein fur W. F. Bach’ (manuscript started 22 January 1720) - 300th Anniversary performance
Francis Knights (clavichord)
2 February 2020, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 13
Keyboard music by Zachow
Francis Knights (clavichord)
29 February 2020, Cambridge
Modern clavichord music - 5
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
Byrd, Morley, Inglott and Gibbbons
Francis Knights (clavichord/ottavino)
5 April 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 16
Bach:The Art of Fugue
Francis Knights (clavichord)
19 April 2020, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 14
Kerll: Toccatas, suites and canzonas
Francis Knights (clavichord)
10 May 2020, Cambridge
Byrd, Lady Nevell’s Book - 1
Francis Knights (chamber organ)
6 June 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 17
Bach: Aria variata, canons and suites
Francis Knights (clavichord)
28 June 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 18
Bach: Partitas 1-4
Francis Knights (clavichord)
19 July 2020, Cambridge
Byrd, Lady Nevell’s Book - final concert
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
9 August 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 19
Bach: Partitas 5-6, Preludes & Fugues
Francis Knights (clavichord)
30 August 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 20
Bach: Suites in A, a, Eb and Fantasias
Francis Knights (clavichord)
20 September 2020, Cambridge
Complete Byrd (final concert)
Francis Knights (chamber organ/spinet)
11 October 2020, Cambridge
Complete Bach - 21, final recital
Bach: Suites, Fantasias & Fugues
Francis Knights (clavichord)
1 November 2020, Cambridge
Parthenia and Parthenia Inviolata, complete
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
15 November 2020, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 15
Reincken (died 24 November 1722): Suites and Variations
Francis Knights (clavichord)
13 December 2020, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 16
Sonatas and Variations by Beethoven (250th Anniversary recital)
Francis Knights (clavichord)
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
Bach: Neumeister Chorales
Francis Knights (organ)
18 April 2021, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 2
Bach: 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
Bach: Art of Fugue
Francis Knights (organ)
30 May 2021, Cambridge
Complete John Bull - 2
Francis Knights (clavichord)
20 June 2021, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 17
Pachelbel: Arias and fugues
Francis Knights (clavichord)
11 July 2021, Cambridge
Bach, organ works - 4
Bach: 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
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
Modern clavichord music - 6
21st-century clavichord music
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, Darwin College, Cambridge
Chamber music from the Berlin Court by Telemann, C. P. E. Bach and Anna Amalia
Patrick Welche (baroque flute), Francis Knights (harpsichord)
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
The German clavichordists - 18
Handel: Suites and sonatas
Francis Knights (clavichord)
27 March 2022, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 19
Fux: Suites and Chaconne
Francis Knights (clavichord)
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 (died 5 June 1722): 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
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, 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): Sonatas
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 (died 1 January 1782): Sonatas Op.5
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): Sonatas and dances
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 2024, St John the Baptist, Chelveston
Blow, Purcell, Croft and Bach
Francis Knights (spinet/clavichord)
4 May 2024, Cambridge
Complete Buxtehude – 5
Francis Knights (organ)
18 May 2024, Madingley Hall, Cambridge
Music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: Byrd, Bull, Farnaby and Philips
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
26 May 2024, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 46
Wagenseil, Sonatas and versets
Francis Knights (clavichord)
12 June 2024, Cambridge
Complete Buxtehude – 6
Francis Knights (organ)
16 June 2024, Cambridge
Memorial concert of keyboard music by Ivan Moody (1963-2024)
Modern clavichord music - 7
Moody: Passacaglia (1982), La Forqueray (1983), Choros (1990), The Sea of Marmara (1998), Cravo (2017) and Inperatriz de la Ciutat Joyosa (2019)
Francis Knights (clavichord)
30 June 2024, Cambridge
The German clavichordists - 47
Christoph Nichelmann: Sonatas, Menuets and Polonaises
Francis Knights (clavichord)
7 July 2024, Cambridge
Music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: Byrd, Bull, Farnaby and Philips
Francis Knights (harpsichord)
11 July 2024, Cambridge
Complete Buxtehude – 7
Francis Knights (organ)
Forthcoming recitals
27 July 2024, CambridgeThe German clavichordists - 48
Johann Kirnberger (died 27 July 1783): Fugues, Menuets and Polonaises
Francis Knights (clavichord)