An audience with Carlo Fierens
Wed 18 Jun 2025 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
St. Mary's Church, Almeley, HR3 6LB
Description
Carlo is returning to Herefordshire by popular demand after his outstanding performance at Colwall Church in 2024. Carlo is playing in the Isle of Man and since he is flying from Birmingham is able to play two concerts for us in Herefordshire at a concessionary rate.
From the Colwall concert our harshest critic said' this was a performance of the highest professional quality. Carlo played brilliantly from memory without the need for any music and we were so fortunate in Herefordshire that Carlo found us'
CARLO FIERENS - CLASSICAL GUITAR
Born in Finale Ligure, Italy, Carlo Fierens started studying the guitar with his father Guillermo, an internationally celebrated guitarist. He later obtained a Diploma at the Conservatory for Music in Alessandria and a master’s degree in Guitar at the Trento Conservatory, both with top marks. He began his playing at an early age and won awards both nationally and internationally,including First Prize (one of more than ten such) at the International Guitar Competition Alirio Diaz in Rome and the Matinee Musicale competition in Indianapolis. In 2013 he was awarded the Italian National Prize for the Arts, presented to the year’s top music student by the Ministry of Education. He has performed across N. and S. America, Europe, Africa and Asia in such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Centre in Washington, in Hong Kong, Japan, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro as well as Milan and Rome.
Almeley Church
We cannot say how long there has been a Christian church on this site. Apart from some re-used arch stones above the doors, which are of an earlier date, the oldest part of the church is the base of the West Tower, which was built about 1200. The church is Grade 1 listed.
The nave
The nave has arcades of four bays with octagonal columns and there are symmetrical north and south aisles. These were built about 1320-1330 in the episcopate of Bishop Orleton when many Herefordshire churches were rededicated. Apart from the tower therefore, the church belongs to the Decorated or Middle Pointed period. There is a rood loft staircase with the lower doorway in the north aisle.
The nave ceiling
The two eastern bays of the nave roof have boarded ceiling painted in yellow, blue, black and red to imitate square moulded panels. There are bosses at each intersection and a Tudor rose in the middle of each panel. The nave roof is 16th century and has scissor trusses with curved braces.
Location
St. Mary's Church, Almeley, HR3 6LB