Diary of Early Music Events in SW

Courses, Day Schools & Workshops | Summer Schools| Concerts | Meetings, Lectures, Conferences & Festivals

(For events in other EMF Regions see the website of the Appropriate EMF)

Courses, Day Schools & Workshops, Summer Schools

Summer Schools 2010

Sat, 11, Choral workshop, based around the B Minor Mass with David Hill, Bradford Upon Avon, Wilts
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford Upon Avon, Wilts. Details on Chantry Singers website www.chantry-singers.org.uk

October

1-3, Stylish Baroque, with Theresa Caudle and Alastair Ross, nr, Frome
Jackdaws, Great Elm, nr. Frome. Baroque chamber music for preformed groups or individuals. Tel. 01373 812 383

Concerts

See also
Plymouth Classical Music Concert Diary which gives comprehensive listing of all types of classical music events in Plymouth, West Devon and South East Cornwall, including early music events
and Music in the Church at Aust.

August

Sun. 1, 7.30pm, "An Evening of Words and Music" with Lesley Saunders, writer in residence, and Matthew Spring, lute, nr. Bristol
Acton Court, Iron Acton, Bristol BS37 9TL Tel. 01454 228 224.

Sun. 8, 2.30pm, The Corelli Ensemble with Evelyn Tubb, Gloucester
St. Mary de Lode Church, Gloucester. Music by Handel, Hayes & Arne. Part of The Three Choirs Festival. Tickets 0845 652 1823

Sun. 8, 10.15pm, Trio Molino den Haag, Gloucester
Gloucester Cathedral. Clare Fahy (baroque violin), Barbara Post (violone) & Ralf Blasi (organ) in music by Coperario, Finger, Handel, etc. Part of The Three Choirs Festival. Tickets 0845 652 1823

Tues. 10, 4.30pm, "Venetian Splendour" performed by Three Cathedral Choirs & His Majesty's Sagbutts & Cornetts dir. by Harry Bicket, Gloucester
Gloucester Cathedral. Music by Gabrieli, Grillo & Monteverdi. Part of The Three Choirs Festival. Tickets 0845 652 1823

Thurs. 12, 7.45pm, Monteverdi's "Orfeo" with the New London Consort dir. by Philip Pickett, Gloucester
Gloucester Cathedral, Part of The Three Choirs Festival. Tickets 0845 652 1823

Fri.13, 2.30pm, Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir with the Corelli Orchestra dir. by Adrian Partington, Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury Abbey, Handel's anthems Zadok the Priest" & "My Heart is Inditing", Suite No. 2 in D from Water Music & Bach's Magnificat in D. Part of The Three Choirs Festival. Tickets 0845 652 1823

Sun. 22, 7.30pm, "A Candlelit Concert for the Court" by The The Madrigirls, nr. Bristol
Acton Court, Iron Acton, Bristol BS37 9TL. Singers Alexandra Brown, Heloise Pilkington and Siobhan Blake, with Jamie Akers, lute. Tel. 01454 228 224

September

Fri. 3, Steve and Katy play for a bal in South Brent, Devon
Enq.louise.scammell@googlemail.com

Sat. 4, 7.30pm, Daughters of Elvin - medieval music and fantastical masked creatures, Totnes, Devon
Totnes Arts Festival; St.Mary's Church, High Street, Totnes, Devon. Hear beautiful pilgrim songs from 14th Century Spain, be seduced by love ballads from 13th century France and tap your toes to the downright funky dance music of the courts of 14th Italy. Played on an array of period instruments; hurdy gurdy, bagpipes, dulcimer, gothic harp, bass viol, pipe and salterio, and percussion. Tickets £10/£5. Contact tomalinmandj@hotmail.com Tel. 01803 849 414

Fri. 17, 7.30pm, The Sixteen in "The Choral Pilgrimage 2010", Wells
Wells Cathedral, "Ceremony & Devotion: Music for the Tudors", featuring music by Byrd, Tallis and Sheppard with sign interpretation. Tel. 01904 651 485

Sat. 18th, 11.00am. "Like as the Lute delights", Merrilyn Richardson (soprano) and Din Ghani (lute, archlute and vihuela), Westbury
Stormore Baptist Chapel, Dilton Marsh, Westbury BA13 4BH. Songs and solos with lute, archlute and vihuela. Coffee and cake available from 10am. Tickets £6. www.wmafestival.co.uk or 01373 304221

October

Sat. 16, 8.00pm, "Four Funerals and a Wedding", near Cheltenham
St Margaret's Church, Alstone, N of Cheltenham. Chelys Viol Consort (Aziz, Barron, Bullock and Kinder), with soprano Anna Sandstrom, in music by Byrd, Tallis, Lanier and others. Tel. 01386 881 479

Meetings, Lectures, Conferences & Festivals

16-23 Oct. Seventh Bach Festival in Bath, organised and promoted by the Chantry Singers
There are 12 events + interval supper and celebration dinner. Among the musicians will be les Dames Emma Kirkby and Gillian Weir, Academy of Ancient Music, Robin Blaze, Catherine Bott, Simon Birchall, David Briggs, Florilegium, James Gilchrist, Peter O'Hagan, Jakob Lindberg, Ashley Solomon and Terence Charlston, Steinitz Bach Players, and Ruth Waterman. Although most of the music will be by J S Bach, there will also be works by Telemann, CPE Bach, Falckenhagen, Kellner and Weiss, and improvisations on the Abbey organ by David Briggs. The Classic Buskers will bring 'More Baching Mad' music for the family.

To advertise events here please contact Dick Little webeditor@swemf.org.uk