Diary of Early Music Events in SWDiary of Early Music Events in SWCourses, Day Schools & Workshops | Summer Schools | Concerts | Meetings, Lectures, Conferences & Festivals
Monthly Baroque and Historical Dance Classes in Bath, Exeter and Gloucester with Phillipa Waite
Further information at www.ukbaroquedance.com/classes Enq. Philippa Waite, 07976 374482,
philippa@ukbaroquedance.com
2-4, Singing Handel, from opera or oratorio, with Rosa Mannion, Great Elm, nr. Frome, Somerset
Jackdaws, Great Elm, nr. Frome.
22-28 July 2012. Beauchamp Early Music Week: The Music of Giovanni Gabrieli, nr. Gloucester
Beauchamp House, Churcham, GL2 8AA. Directed by Philip Thorby and Alan Lumsden - for singers and instrumentalists.
Enquiries: holidaycourses@gamusic.co.uk, tel: 01452 385 162;
website: www.gamusic.co.uk. Course details:
www.gamusic.co.uk/pages/BHCoursesDetails.asp#aem
14-16, at Jackdaws, Stylish Baroque with Theresa Caudle & Alastair Ross, Great Elm, near Frome, Somerset
Jackdaws, Great Elm, nr. Frome. Baroque chamber music for pre-formed groups or
individuals, preferably at A415.
28 -30, "Bass Strings that Dance and Sing." Tutor Charles Medlam, Great Elm, near Frome, Somerset
Jackdaws, Great Elm, nr. Frome. Cello, baroque cello and gamba, solo or ensemble or continuo,
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.
Thur. 2, 7.30pm, Armonico Consort. Too Hot to Handel, Bristol
St. George's, Great George Street (off Park Street), Bristol BS15RR. William Towers (counter tenor), Yvette Bonner (soprano), Armonico Baroque Players, Christopher Monks (music director). Box Office 0845 40 24 001
Sat. 4, 3pm, ‘Fluviatile’ to celebrate a new publication by Lindsey Adams & Michelene Wandor with Ibi Aziz (viola da gamba), Bristol
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA. Lindsey Adams' photographic images of a small Derbyshire brook explore the water’s surface and multiple layers of underwater currents; photographed with an intense scrutiny and painterly sensibility, they are concerned with notions of an underworld. Michelene Wandor has written Ophelia: the poem, in response to the sequence of images. For this event at the Arnolfini, a presentation of large-scale projected brook images and readings explore the divisions and intersections between the verbal and the visual, providing a backdrop for multilayered performances and live music; the images and poems will be reinterpreted by viola da gamba virtuoso Ibi Aziz, with improvisations by stunning jazz musicians David Wickins and Liam Noble. Underwater sound recordings will create additional layers.
Sat. 11, The Great Hurdy Gurdy weekend, including Daughters of Elvin, nr Crowcombe, Somerset
Halsway Manor, near Crowcombe, Somerset TA4 4BD. 01984 618 274
Fri. 17, 7.30pm, Passamezzo - voices and Instruments, Totnes
United Free Church, Fore Street, Totnes. Music for viol, lute, theorbo, gittern, recorders and renaissance violin. Madrigals, ballads, consort
& masque music, dances and theatre songs incl. works by Wilbye, Byrd, Dowland and Morley. Tickets for non-members on the door. A Totnes Early
Music Society concert.
Sat. 18, 7.30pm, Passamezzo, An Excellent Medley, Bath
St Michael's Church, Bath. Elizabethan and Jacobean Music for the Court, the Country, the Playhouse and the streets;
Ballads, Lutesongs, Consort Music, Madrigals and Readings including music by Byrd, Dowland, Morley, Nicholson and Wilbye.
Eleanor Cramer (Soprano, Viols), Christopher Goodwin (Lute, Theorbo, Gittern, Bass), Jack Merivale (Actor, Baritone)
Alison Kinder (Viols, Recorders), Tamsin Lewis (Renaissance Violin, Viols, Alto). Tickets £12 (£8 concessions) from 07980 516054 or at the door.
Sun. 19, 7.00pm, OAE, The Glory of Venice, Bristol
St. George's, Great George Street (off Park Street), Bristol BS15RR. Robert Howarth (director), Julia Doyle (soprano), Daniel Auchincloss (tenor). Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Grandi, Marini. Box Office 0845 40 24 001
Tues. 21, 7.30pm, Bristowe Consort and Walscourt Brass, Bristol
Bristol Music Club, 76 St. Paul's Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1LP. Including music by Byrd, Farnaby, Geminiani, D Scarlatti, Simpson, Ward. Tickets £5
at the door
Thur. 23, 7.30pm, Academy of Ancient Music, with Alina Ibragimova (violin), Dartington, Devon
Great Hall, Dartington. Biber Passacaglia from the Mystery/Rosary Sonatas, J S Bach Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord in E, BWV 1016,
J S Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D, RV234 "L'Inquietudine". Vivaldi Concerto for Two Violins
and Cello in D, Op. 3/11, RV565, Biber Battalia (ed. Harnoncourt), J S Bach Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042. Box Office 01803 847 070. Book online
at www.dartington.org/arts
Sat. 25, 7.30pm, Exultate Singers conducted by David Ogden, "A Sense of the Divine", Bristol
St. George's, Great George Street (off Park Street), Bristol BS15RR. Programme includes Tallis "Spem in Alium", Orazio Benevoli's 24-part "Dixit Dominus". Box Office 0845 40 24 001
Sat. 25, 7.00pm, German and English Baroque Music by Clare Beesley (baroque flute) and Peter Lea Cox (Harpsichord and Organ), Axminster
St Peter's Church, Dalwood, Axminster, Devon EX13 7EQ
Fri. 16, 7.30pm, Blockflute Band (conducted by Richard Little) and Bristowe Consort, Bristol
Cotham Parish Church, Cotham Road, Bristol, BS6 6DQ. Includes works by Byrd, Gabrieli, Geminiani, Schmeltzer, Simpson, Taeggio.
In aid of BRACE. Enq. 0117 968 8549
Sat. 17, 7.30pm. Collegium Singers in The Genius of the Bach Family, South Petherton
Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, South Petherton (tbc).
Sat. 17, Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, Bournemouth Bach Choir, Tim Hooper (conductor), nr Bournemouth
Christchurch Priory, Dorset. Period instrument ensemble Charivari Agreable, Soloists vocal ensemble Voces8. Tickets: Nigel Spratt 01202 824 413
23-25, Devon Baroque in Baroque and the Golden Age of English Music - "Experience Weekend," Dartington, Devon
The Great Hall, Dartington. Box Office 01803 847070 or book online at www.dartington.org/arts
Sat. 24, Exeter Bach Society, JS Bach and Haydn, Exeter
St David' s Church Exeter. JS Bach Missa Brevis in F major, BWV 233, Orchestral Suite No. 3, & Haydn's Mass No. 14 in B flat (Harmoniemesse)
Sat. 24, 7.30pm, The Cardinalls Musick, William Byrd Music for Passiontide, Bristol
St. George's, Box Office 0845 40 24 001
Tues. 27, 1.10pm, Rosafresca in "Instrumental Music from the Royal Courts of Spain," Bath
Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2 4DB
Fri. 30, 7.30pm, Liam Byrne (viola da gamba) and Linda Sayce (theorbo), Totnes
United Free Church, Fore Street, Totnes. Tickets for non members on the door. A Totnes Early Music Society concert
Sat. 26, 8-10pm, Musicke in the Ayre perform "The People’s Prince", Wotton-under-Edge, Glos.
The Chipping Hall, Wotton-under-Edge GL12 7DN. A musical exploration of the life and death of Henry Prince of Wales (1594-1612), with Helen Atkinson (soprano, lute), Kirsten Xanthippe (alto, bass viol) and Din Ghani (lute, tenor viol). More details at
www.facebook.com/musicke.in.the.ayre or contact
din@musicke-in-the-ayre.org, or book online at www.utea.org.uk
Tues 29th, 1.10-1.50pm, Musicke in the Ayre perform "Courtship to Cradle", Bath
The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2 4DB. Lute songs and solos exploring the course of love and some of its consequences, with Rebecca Bouckley (soprano) and Din Ghani (lute).
Sat. 16, 7.30 pm, Bristol Choral Society with the Corelli Orchestra and Adrian Partington in Handel's Israel in Egypt, Bristol
Bristol Cathedral, Tel. Colston Hall, 0117 922 3686
Sat. 16, 7.30, "Teares and Lamentacions" Collegium Singers dir. by Peter Leech, Taunton, Somerset
Church of St. Peter and Paul, North Curry, TA3 6LJ. Music for the death of Prince Henry marking the 400th anniversary of Prince
Henry's death with profound and beautiful songs by Byrd, Weelkes, Ford, Lupo, Ferrabosco II and Coperario.
Sat. 4 February 2012, 3pm, ‘Fluviatile’ to celebrate a new publication by Lindsey Adams & Michelene Wandor with Ibi Aziz (viola da gamba), Bristol
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA. Lindsey Adams' photographic images of a small Derbyshire brook explore the water’s surface and multiple layers of underwater currents; photographed with an intense scrutiny and painterly sensibility, they are concerned with notions of an underworld. Michelene Wandor has written Ophelia: the poem, in response to the sequence of images. For this event at the Arnolfini, a presentation of large-scale projected brook images and readings explore the divisions and intersections between the verbal and the visual, providing a backdrop for multilayered performances and live music; the images and poems will be reinterpreted by viola da gamba virtuoso Ibi Aziz, with improvisations by stunning jazz musicians David Wickins and Liam Noble. Underwater sound recordings will create additional layers.
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