About Concert Bites

Eleanor Rastall as Dorabella in a scene from Cosi Fan Tutte
with Sarahjane Stephen as Fiordiligi, St Magnus the Martyr, Feb 08

Concert Bites was founded in January 2005 by soprano Eleanor Rastall to provide a platform for new music and young musicians just starting their professional careers.

From a fortnightly lunchtime recital series in St Magnus the Martyr, Concert Bites has grown over the years but still maintains its original ethos: to provide a well-organised, hassle-free platform for the performers, and a welcoming, relaxed atmosphere for the audience: homemade cake is a special feature of the post-concert refreshments.

Concert Bites also initiates and organises one-off events. To date these include:

• the World Premiere of It was only the Angels who Sang by Joseph Atkins and Adam Goodyer. This performance followed on from the world famous Blessing of the Crib in Trafalgar Square, and contributed to St Martin-in-the-Fields’ £13m building project

• the World Premiere of the music of John Milton senior in a performance with Trio Literati: Father and Son: The Miltons of Bread St. A celebration of the relationship between the poet John Milton and his composer father in St Giles Cripplegate, where both are buried.

• a lecture-recital on Don Giovanni for the Hull Literary and Philosophical Society

• a Lenten Music Festival in Hinde Street Methodist Church

• Organisation and publicity for concert performances with Clemens Non Papa Consort

To find out more about Concert Bites (including information about performers and future projects) or to join our mailing list, email Eleanor Rastall at enquiries@concertbites.co.uk.