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An evening performance exploring the connection between music, travel and the natural environment.
Leigh Curtis
St Nicholas Priory is hosting an evening performance exploring the connection between music, travel and the natural environment on Wednesday 21 January.
The concert will feature pieces by 17th century composers including La Girouette by Antoine Forqueray, Les Pleurs by Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe and A Question and An Answer by Tobias Hume.
Performers Sarah Small and Emma Welton will also play their own newly-written works, including A Response.
Sarah Small
Sarah Small is a viola da gamba player. She studied at the Royal College of Music in London and the University of the Arts Bremen in Germany.
She has performed with ensembles including Fretwork, Charivari Agréable and her own ensemble, Hex, appearing at venues including the Globe Theatre, Buckingham Palace and St Mark’s Basilica.
She recently travelled 2,800 miles by bicycle – with her viola da gamba – to 31 venues the length and breadth of the British Isles during her solo tour Good Again? to express her concern at the lack of support for sustainable touring within the arts and the impact of rural audience travel to city venues.
Emma Welton
Emma Welton is a composer and violin and viola player based in Exeter.
She performs with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and co-leads Exeter Family Orchestra with musician Hugh Nankivell.
She has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center in New York with Icebreaker and at the Brighton Festival with Brian Eno.
Her work is driven by the climate emergency, and includes creative listening workshops and sound walks. She also routinely travels to rehearsals and concerts by bike.
A Response begins at 7pm on Wednesday 21 January 2026 at St Nicholas Priory. Doors open at 6.30pm.
Tickets cost £12 and are available via the TicketSource website.
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