HERSCHEL ENSEMBLE

The Herschel ensemble are ambassadors of historically informed performance. We are a flexible ensemble who play and promote William Herschels much neglected music as well as a wide assortment of repertoire from baroque to contemporary. Harpsichordist Sophia Russell founded the ensemble whilst studying at the Royal College of Music after researching Herschel and his contemporaries... In addition to being organist at the Octagon Chapel (a position he held until 1776) and teaching a number of pupils, Herschel became director of concerts in Bath after Thomas Linley Senior moved to London in 1774. He became more and more interested in astronomy and with his brother Alexander (also a ‘cellist) Herschel began to construct greatly improved telescopes that enabled him to discover a new planet in 1782. On the evening of 13 March Herschel set up his telescope in New King Street Bath to note the movement of a new celestial object and within a few days had come to conclusion that it was a comet to..

Primary location: West Malling United Kingdom