NORVIS 50
31 Jul 2021-07 Aug 2021
Barnard Castle School, Barnard Castle, County Durham
A week-long early music course
International Festival of Town Pipers
14 May 2021-16 May 2021
Various Locations in Worcester
The Ninth Festival of the International Guild of Town Pipers
Bristol Early Music Festival
07 May 2021-09 May 2021
All Saints, Pembroke Road, Bristol
Bristol Early Music Festival – Sponsored by SWEMF
Handel’s Green Room – Preparing for CHOC’s Tamerlano
23 Feb 2021-27 Apr 2021
Online
Cambridge Handel Opera Company
Playing the Dots (Viol Consort Music)
Tutor: Alison Crum Almost every piece of viol consort music includes dotted notes, in many different contexts, and at all sort of speeds. Having a viol bow in your hand makes the playing of dotted notes much harder than one might think! This workshop is all about how to play dotted notes, depending on the…
Grade 5 Theory
Tutor: Katharine Bramley This three-day course leads you through all the main elements of the ABRSM Grade 5 Theory syllabus, in a topic-based, classroom-style, supportive approach with plentiful examples and instant feedback.
Eboracum Baroque
23 Jan 2021
Online
Fairest Isle: Music from 17th and 18th Century England
BMEMF Workshop with David Allinson
21 Jan 2021
Online via Zoom
Penitential polyphony
Exploring the connections between Early and Folk Music
Tutor: Emily Askew Weekly sessions on consecutive Thursdays. This course will be an exploration of the links between European medieval, Renaissance and folk music. Covering stylistic technique and arrangement ideas.
BMEMF Workshop with Mary Tyers
We will be comparing two versions of a tune: the traditional tune, and then William Byrd’s ‘art’ version. We will learn something of the history of the tune, and will have plenty of opportunity to play (muted) both versions.
Baroque at the Edge
Imagine if Vivaldi was a folk-fiddler, Purcell a protest-singer, or Bach a techno-geek Baroque at the Edge invites leading musicians from all genres to take the music of the Baroque and see where it leads them.
BMEMF Workshop with David Hatcher
A seasonal on-line workshop for singers and instrumentalists (A=440) in the BMEMF “Compare and Contrast” series, with tutor David Hatcher.
Virtual Sing at Home Messiah
Each December we present a sold-out performance of Handel’s Messiah in the composer’s own church, St.George’s Hanover Square in London’s Mayfair. This year, because of restrictions around live performances, it will be different; the movements for orchestra and soloists will be performed live in the church, but the choruses will be pre-recorded by partner choirs from around…
NWEMF talk with David Allinson
William Byrd’s music for Advent in the Gradualia I (1605) An illustrated talk by Dr. David Allinson
BMEMF Workshop with David Allinson
An online workshop for singers with tutor David Allinson.
LIFEM: Digital
London International Festival of Early Music is one of the world’s largest and most inclusive early music festivals in the world. We produce an annual festival in Blackheath, London, which brings together the world’s largest early music exhibition, live concerts from leading artists, makers’ demonstration recitals, workshops and masterclasses. We have made the positive decision…
Baroque Ornamentation Demystified
Tutor: Oliver Webber This course explores methods of learning the art of florid ornamentation, as practised by musicians in the 17th and 18th centuries, by studying surviving historical examples and at the same time developing our own inventive skills.
BREMF@home
BREMF@home – across the EARTH On the last two weekends in October we will present a series of 10 individually devised programmes, merging performance with film, images, animation and presentation, offering something different from the many filmed concert performances we have been able to watch during the lockdown. We are not restricting viewing with paywalls…
Brecon Baroque Festival 2020 Online
At the heart of our online festival weekend, we are delighted to present The Goldberg Variations Reimagined. The Festival’s Artistic Director, Rachel Podger, has commissioned harpsichordist Chad Kelly to create an ambitious re-imagining of Bach’s Goldberg Variations for nine instruments. Our online festival programme will open on October 23rd, and will première our live film of…
BMEMF Workshop with David Allinson
In recent months our music has necessarily been muted and we are all yearning to sing again. For this, the first live online event run by BMEMF, David Allinson brings singers together, virtually, to study and sing two utterly ravishing settings of Psalm 137, which speaks of exile and the suspension of song. Further Information
A Glimpse of Earthly Delights
Välkommen! Join us online for this year’s festival concert on the 18th October, celebrating all delights of life at a time when we need it more than ever! In the magical setting of London’s Swedish Church, we will bring you a sensational performance of music and poetry about food, drink, love and all that’s wonderful…
The Musical and Amicable
Kate Fawcett violin/violaMartin Perkins keyboardAndy Watts bassoon/recorderClare Horacek viol
Harmoniemusik with Boxwood and Brass
Tutors: Emily Worthington, Robert Percival, Martin Lawrence Explore the wind sextets and octets of the 18th and 19th century including partitas, operatic and symphonic arrangements and serenades. Open to oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon players.
Baroque Playing Day *CANCELLED*
The Baroque Playing Day has been cancelled.
Live music returns to Winchester!
An afternoon recital of lute music from the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, taking the listener on a colourful tour of Italy, Germany, France, Spain and England, exploring their various musical cultures and traditions. The programme ranges from courtly dances and arrangements of popular songs to absorbingly intricate fantasias and the exquisite musical meditations of…
Stour Music Festival Online
This small but beautiful early music festival takes place on the pilgrim trail between Canterbury and Ashford. It was set up by Alfred Deller in the 1960s. Initially postponed, we are now going ahead with three wonderful early music concerts that will appear online from September 11th-28th and can be enjoyed by anyone with a…
Medieval Music in the (Virtual) Dales
Our Online Festival this year is a mix of: live performance, original recorded video receiving its premiere at our event, workshops, talks, informal gatherings.. Medieval Music in the Dales is organised and run by Trouvere Medieval Minstrels.
Baroque Ornamentation Demystified
Tutor: Oliver Webber This course explores methods of learning the art of florid ornamentation, as practised by musicians in the 17th and 18th centuries, by studying surviving historical examples and at the same time developing our own inventive skills.
SEMF Talk by Patrick Craig
‘When David Heard’ – The death of Prince Henry, 1612 When the eighteen year old heir to the throne, Prince Henry, died suddenly after an unwise dip in the Thames in 1612, the country mourned the loss of a potentially brilliant monarch. Musical grief poured out from the composers of the day led by William…
Handel Flute Sonatas
Tutors: Elizabeth Walker, Sarah Murphy A five-day online flute course for baroque and modern flautists, looking at the flute sonatas by George Friedrich Handel, connecting these to arias found in the operas and looking at the construction of the basso continuo line, including an understanding of figured bass, baroque style, use of ornamentation, tone and…
Baroque Trio Sonatas with Da Camera
An online exploration of phrasing, articulation, ornamentation and continuo playing in baroque trio sonatas.
Grade 5 Theory with Katharine Bramley
This five-day course leads you through all the main elements of the ABRSM Grade 5 Theory syllabus, in a topic-based, classroom-style, supportive approach with plentiful examples and instant feedback. Each day will start with a group log-in to Zoom at 10am for the first session, which will last until 11.30am. The second session of the day will…
Stroud Green Virtual Festival
This year, the pandemic put a stop to our usual festivities so we have a great line up of 8 virtual events created by a number of artists who have appeared at the festival before. The events are free but the artists really need your support so please watch and give to them generously! How…
Grade 6 Theory and Beyond with Katharine Bramley
Following on from our Grade 5 Theory course, Katharine Bramley returns with a course designed for those who are interested in progressing with theory to the higher grades. Whether you are intending to take a theory exam in the near future, or would like to learn more about harmony and melody writing, this is the…
Free Up Your Playing with Martin Lawrence
Log-in daily for an online open class, followed by a 45 minute individual lesson in the afternoon to explore issues that stop you playing as well as you can: including physical tension; performance anxiety; or just the feeling that you want to express yourself better. A fun course looking at serious issues. As no-one is rehearsing…
JS Bach and CPE Bach for solo flute
Log-in daily for an online open class, followed by an individual lesson based around J.S and C.P.E. Bach’s solo Sonatas in A minor. An advanced five-day online flute course for baroque and modern flautists, comparing and contrasting two exceptional baroque solos by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach, written in the same key – but there the…
Grade 5 Theory with Katharine Bramley
This five-day course leads you through all the main elements of the ABRSM Grade 5 Theory syllabus, in a topic-based, classroom-style, supportive approach with plentiful examples and instant feedback. Each day will start with a group log-in to Zoom at 10am for the first session, which will last until 11.30am. The second session of the day will…
Linarol Consort
The Linarol Consort of Viols play on instruments based on the earliest surviving viol, a Venetian instrument from around 1540, creating a unique sound quite distinct from the later instruments most commonly known today. This programme will explore the rich diversity of music popular in the Flemish court at the zenith of its ascendency.
Paragon Singers
An exploration of sacred music from the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, including music by Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Thomas Morley and John Taverner.
Collegium Singers
In our upcoming Spring concert “Madrigal Madness” we offer a concert of madrigals and part songs from the 16th Century to the 20th.
Joglaresa
Boogie Knights features Joglaresa’s greatest hits – all delivered with the group’s irrepressible cheeriness, rebellion and, above all, fun! Medieval song is full of surprises – enjoy them with the harp, fidel, percussion and voices of Joglaresa.
Malvern Festival Chorus
Malvern Festival Chorus are proud to be celebrating their Centenary with this performance of Bach’s glorious St Matthew Passion in the equally glorious surroundings of Worcester Cathedral.
Gloucester Choral Society
Perhaps one of Bach’s best choral masterpieces, the telling of the Passion of Christ as written in the gospel of John is always a beautiful and poignant concert during the Lent period.
NEEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
Workshop for all voices and instruments, ancient & modern – pitch A=440.
SEMF Workshop for Instruments and Voices
Music of the 16th / early 17th century for players of suitable instruments plus female (SAT) voices.
Recorder Consort Weekend
For players of intermediate ability who can play confidently on C and F recorders. You will cover a wide variety of repertoire, from the Renaissance to the present day, with music tailored to the group.
Passacaglia Duo
Annabel Knight and Robin Bigwood perform a duo concert. Programme details coming soon.
The Carnival Band
A friendly 3 hour workshop with Andy Watts of The Carnival Band. Drawing on the band’s collection of music in a variety of styles (early music, folk, traditional and world) Andy will lead you in singing in harmony. An ability to read music is not necessary. All songs will be taught by ear as well…
Baroque String Workshop
Tutor: Alison Townley Suitable for adult players. Intermediate onwards. Alison is particularly looking for more upper strings. Baroque Bows available to hire for the workshop and long term. 2019/2020 workshop dates: 13th October 10th November 9th February 8th March
In Ecclesiis
This concert is a collaboration between the Oriel Singers from Cheltenham conducted by Ben Sawyer with Worcestershire Early Music – WEM have organised some instrumentalists (violins, cornetts and sackbuts) to join the singers for In ecclesiis – a programme of 17th century polyphonic music from across Europe. The concert will include a reflective first half…
Winchester Baroque
Rare German and Italian solo and trio sonatas played by two violins and harpsichord.
Rosafresca
Rosafresca (Steve Walter and Emily Nunns) will perform Elizabethan lute songs to include Dowland, Campion, Johnson and Rosseter.
Cheltenham Coffee Concerts
We’re delighted to welcome back the glittering CBSO Baroque Ensemble in a programme for flute and strings by Bach and his contemporaries – because you can never quite have enough of Bach, especially not with free admission and coffee and cake from 10:30!
Chris Green & Sophie Matthews
The latest show from acclaimed musicians Chris Green and Sophie Matthews takes in 600 years of musical history in 90 minutes! Beginning in the Middle Ages and ending up in the 20th century (and incorporating everything in between!) this fun and fast-moving show is a whistle-stop tour of Western musical history. A Brief History of…
Music, Masonry and Manuscripts
Tutor: Mark Cottle The music, architecture and manuscript illumination of medieval England are among the greatest acheievements of any period of English cultural history. The aim of the lecture is to open a window onto this remarkable world to capture something of the essence of its religion and secular music, its Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals…
SoliDeisten
The sextet of Dresden soloists joined together in 2016. The centre of attention for the “SoliDeisten” are Bach’s motets or arias performed as solo – complemented by works from the Renaissance to the Modern Age set for six voices.
Nova
Although they had plenty of other things to worry about – wars, disease, death, heaven and hell – it could be said that human beings in Medieval and Renaissance Europe had a closer relationship than ours with nature and a better understanding of how to live harmoniously within the natural order. This is a programme…
Two Harpsichords and Kate Semmen
Harpsichordists Steven Devine and Colin Booth are joined by soprano Kate Semmens in a journey through the music of 17th century England.
Continuum
Liz Walker, Sebastian Comberti and Michael Overbury return to present a timeless collection of solo chamber works for flute, cello and harpsichord.
Arculo Consort of Viols
Arculo (formerly The Royal Welsh Consort of Viols) is an exciting young viol consort founded in Cardiff, in September 2018.
Come and Sing Handel’s Messiah
Come and Sing (An Easter) Messiah with the Mid Wessex SingersDirected by Graham Coatman Booking Form
Renaissance Wind Band
Further details and application form See reports from previous years’ workshops: 2019 workshop 2018 workshop 2017 workshop
Baroque Dance Workshop
This workshop will focus on a dance from an original 18th century notation, the emphasis will be on the movement quality required for the style, technique and performance of the steps within the dance. Not suitable for beginners as previous dance experience is necessary if unsure please contact Philippa. Saturday venue:Claverton Down Community Hall, Bath,…
Rondo Viol Academy
The Rondo Viol Academy exists to provide teaching material and coaching for viol players of all ages and abilities. We have a keen focus on technique, not just being able to play lots of notes, but being able to play them well! Our courses are at different levels and we choose the music for each…
Rondo Viol Academy
The Rondo Viol Academy exists to provide teaching material and coaching for viol players of all ages and abilities. We have a keen focus on technique, not just being able to play lots of notes, but being able to play them well! Our courses are at different levels and we choose the music for each…
PIVA – Real Roots!
Discover the Real Roots! of folk music, the world of late 16th century popular traditional music and instruments as heard in both court and country.
PIVA – Real Roots!
We’re delighted to be welcoming Piva back to Halsway for a fifth course exploring the Real Roots! of folk music, both the music and the instruments. Discover the world of late 16th century popular traditional music as heard in both court and country. The focus of the course will be playing 4 or 5 part…
MEMF Workshop for Voices
Palestrina: the Master of the Parody Mass
TVEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
Polychoral music for voices and instruments by Giovanni Gabrieli. Part of the Keble Early Music Festival.
NEEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
Purcell’s wonderful compelling opera – for singers, strings and continuo (A=415).
Solo recital by Din Ghani on lutes etc.
Lutenist/luthier Din Ghani (better known as founder/leader of Musicke in the Ayre) will give a recital of solo pieces from England, Spain, Italy and France on a number of his own instruments: a 7-course renaissance lute, two 6-course vihuelas, an archlute and a baroque guitar. Tea and cake available from the venue’s café – the…
NWEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
The workshop is for singers in all ranges reinforced by brass and loud winds (A=440), and also two violins, a basso continuo keyboard and other basso continuo instruments such as harpsichords, theorbos, violones, cellos, bassoons, curtals.
Come and Sing Handel’s Messiah
Come and Sing Handel’s Messiah with Swindon Choral Society.
The City Musick
Explore the rich and varied repertoire of musicians from court and city in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, for wind and brass instruments: cornett, sackbut, shawm, dulcian, recorder and crumhorn. Music will come from the part books associated with major European courts including that from the English court of James I and Charles…
Hurdy Gurdy Weekend
Guaranteed to be one of Halsway’s noisiest weekends, this popular Hurdy-Gurdy takeover is a brilliant opportunity to get together with some of the best of Europe’s players in an intensive learning weekend of masterclasses, workshops, sessions and a Saturday night concert/dance.
Viol Consorts Workshop
This weekend will fill Hawkwood with beautiful music, with expert coaching throughout. Primarily for pre-formed consorts, individuals will be accepted on condition that a compatible group can be formed. There will be the opportunity to work from facsimile music on renaissance instruments, too. Expect to be stretched and encouraged in your practice within a supportive…
Stroud Canal Choir with Ypotryll
Stroud Canal Choir, directed by Hugh Barton with Clemency Rubinstein (Flute) and Ypotryll Medieval Trio A sequence of music and poetry including Monteverdi, Purcell, Medieval song, Britten, Barton, Josquin.
Baroque String Workshop
Tutor: Alison Townley Suitable for adult players. Intermediate onwards. Alison is particularly looking for more upper strings. Baroque Bows available to hire for the workshop and long term. 2019/2020 workshop dates: 13th October 10th November 9th February 8th March
SEMF Workshop for Instruments
Instrumental music by Giovanni Gabrieli, Rosenmüller etc. for violin and viol families, sackbuts, cornetts & curtals.
Come and Sing – Purcell
Spend the day singing choruses from Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, under the direction of Bristol Choral Society’s Musical Director Hilary Campbell.
Dorset Bach Cantata Club
The Dorset Bach Cantata Club meets for three weekends each year at Sturminster Newton High School. The Club provides a unique opportunity for amateur choral singers to study, rehearse and perform these inspiring, deeply spiritual, joyous works. *** Cantata BWV 45: Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist Cantata BWV 123: Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen Albinoni: Oboe Concerto…
EEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
Workshop for all voices and instruments, ancient & modern – pitch A=440.
Cheltenham Coffee Concerts
After their much-loved performance of the English Songbook last year with two extra friends, the Enigma Duo return with the French edition, with an extra friend in tow! Expect more lovely chansons sung to the harp and violin for an aural wander around the French landscape. Free entry and café et torte from 10:30.
London Baroque
Outstanding viol player Charles Medlam and his daughter Hannah, a soprano, are joined by theorbo player Alex McCartney for a programme of 17th century songs and instrumental music from London, Paris and Rome.
Recorder Orchestra Weekend
Recorders@plymouth are back for their annual visit to Halsway Manor, offering an opportunity to explore the huge diversity of recorder orchestra repertoire. The recorder orchestra will be led by a professional conductor to enable players to develop their playing to a better standard, in a supportive environment with convivial company!
Exeter Bach Society
Join Exeter Bach Society for a liturgical performance of J S Bach’s beautiful septuagesima cantata Ich hab’ in Gottes Herz und Sinn, BWV 92, with orchestral accompaniment.
NEEMF Workshop for Wind Instruments
An instrumental workshop for loud and soft renaissance winds, exploring the polychoral compositions from late sixteenth century Austria and Italy contained in the Regensburg manuscript.
TVEMF Workshop for Singers
Palestrina and the Mass that ‘saved church music’.
Dances of the French Renaissance Courts
Come and enjoy the rich tapestry of dancing at the French courts from the reign of François I to that of Louis XIII: the sociable French branle, courante and bouree, dances in the Italian style, also impromptu mascarades and grand ballets. The weekend will be based on the forthcoming HDS book and CD of twenty-four…
Facsimile for Advanced Recorder Players
The course is aimed at advanced recorder players who would like to learn about playing music from facsimile and a little prior knowledge of facsimile is necessary. For light relief, there may also be some playing sessions using conventional notation!
MEMF Workshop for Voices
Majesty and Magnificence: Andrea Gabrieli and Orlando di Lasso
Tea Dance
Our Tea Dance at the lovely Lion Ballroom in Leominster is now an annual event – with live music and a caller, it’s a great way to warm up a chilly January afternoon so book your tickets, dress up in your Georgian finery and join us!
Historical Dance in Tudor Mansion
Learn 16thC dance music from England and France, marking the 500th anniversary of the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Play or dance the same pieces in the afternoon. Led by experienced musician and Historical Dance Society tutor. Wear costume or elegant clothes if you wish, for dancing – not mandatory. No partner needed. Light…
Historical Dance in Tudor Mansion
Get active with 16thC dances from England, Italy and France: from fast to slow, simple to complex. Taught by experienced Historical Dance Society tutor. Live music on period instruments by early music trio Doves Figary. Wear costume if you wish, or elegant clothes – not mandatory. No previous experience or partner needed. Light flexible footwear…
Baroque Oboe Making
Tutor | Paul van der Linden During this intense six day course you will take part in the entire process of creating your own Baroque oboe.
The Biber Recorder Duo
A couple of substantial pieces from the Rococo period surrounded by Baroque and modern pieces.
Historical Dance in Tudor Mansion
Learn 16thC dances from England, Italy and France: from fast to slow, simple to complex. Taught by experienced Historical Dance Society tutor. Recorded music used (historically informed performance); some dances repeated with live music on period instruments, same venue, afternoon of Sat 11 and Sun 12 Jan. No costume or partner needed. Light flexible footwear…
Recorders Incorporated
Music from the renaissance to the 21st century, written or arranged for recorder chamber orchestra. Directed by Tom Beets.
Cheltenham Coffee Concerts
After too long, much longer than they care to remember, Jonathan Morgan (flute), David Hatcher (viola da gamba) and Warwick Cole (harpsichord) reunite to play together once again. Programme details to follow! Coffee and cake as always available with free entry from 10:30.
EEMF Epiphany Party
Open to all voices and players of renaissance wind and strings (pitch A440).
Historical Dance in Tudor Mansion
A class taught by experienced Historical Dance Society tutor Ann Hinchliffe, on a variety of 16thC dances from slow to fast and simple to complex. No previous experience needed; no costume or partner needed. Light flexible footwear advised, and warm clothes; class is in unheated Library, as seen on TV in Wolf Hall. Recorded music…
Viol Consort Music
This course is intended for intermediate and advanced players of treble, tenor or bass viols, who are confident in sight reading and playing one-to-a-part. 17th Century English music will form the main area of study.
Corsham Winter School for Choral Singers
A week of music-making for choral singers in the Wiltshire town of Corsham, on the southern reaches of the Cotswolds. We rehearse every day in the morning and late afternoon with a specialist conductor for a concert at the end of the course. The Winter School is a tradition dating back to 1990; in the…
Oxford Bach Soloists
JS Bach Bach’s first Christmas in Leipzig comes with an explosion of festive music. After Advent’s ‘tempus clausum’ (closed period), Bach laid on nine major pieces for his singers and instrumentalists to master, including the Magnificat in E flat major, more commonly heard in its later D major version. First performed on Christmas Day in…
Unicorn Singers
This long-established and ever popular event never fails to capture the true Christmas spirit. This year’s great mix of carols ancient and modern will feature recent pieces by Phillip Stopford and Howard Skempton alongside renaissance polyphony and a sequence of hearty folk and Gallery carols that have been passed down to us through the centuries….
Bristol Ensemble
An exquisite evening of music from the golden era of the Baroque and Classical eras including solo soprano arias sung by Mhairi Lawson. As a soloist Mhairi has performed in opera houses and concert halls worldwide including English National Opera, Les Arts Florissants, The Gabrieli Consort and The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Intricate and flamboyant arias…
The Carnival Band
Seasonal music from Medieval England to ‘le jazz cool’ via Latin rhythms and Cajun beats. The Carnival Band blend the spirit of Christmas with the spirit of celebration the world over to create a delicious Yuletide cocktail. With a cornucopia of instruments and rich vocal harmony, the music includes traditional carols such as I Saw Three Ships and The Boar’s…
The Gloucester Waites
Christmas Music from The Gloucester Waites with Soprano Karen Jones
Cheltenham Bach Choir
Cheltenham Bach Choir is delighted to be performing “Messiah” this December. With a top-class line-up of soloists and period orchestra, this is the perfect way to kick off your Christmas celebrations. Cheltenham Bach Choir, conducted by David Crown The Musical & Amicable Society Baroque Orchestra Hannah Davey (soprano) Feargal Mostyn Williams (counter-tenor) Daniel Norman (tenor)…
The Waites of Gloucester
A concert of historical Christmas Music, with the Waites of Gloucester. Mulled wine reception, and coffee and mince pies during the interval. Further details on the Harvington Hall Website: Afternoon Concert Evening Concert
Opus Anglicanum
Opus Anglicanum return to Wells with their most popular sell-out Christmas concert. Thoughtful texts interweave with mediaeval carols and plainchant in the magical candlelit setting of the cathedral quire. Early booking advised
Space Baroque
JENNY BLISS – voice and multi instrumentsbaroque violin * folk harp * renaissance flute * recorder * electric violin * viola da gamba * keyboards * electric double bass OLLIE PARFITT – moog player extraodinaire of ‘The Herbaliser’ and ‘The Heliocentrics’
Opus Anglicanum
Opus Anglicanum will bring their hugely popular Christmas concert to Prior Park College, an event that sells out each year at Wells Cathedral. Thoughtful texts interweaved with mediaeval carols and plainchant in the magical candlelit setting of the impressive college chapel.
TVEMF Christmas Workshop and Lunch
Christmas workshop and lunch, followed by a short AGM.
Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments
In Norway, the Lussinatten festival celebrates the longest night of the year. Legend has it that Lussi, a feared enchantress, punishes anyone who dares to work and, from Lussinatten until Christmas, spirits, gnomes and trolls roam the earth.
Oxford Bach Soloists & Blenheim Singers
A programme of Christmas Baroque music performed by the Oxford Bach Soloists and Blenheim Singers conducted by Tom Hammond-Davies.
The Handful
The first part of our programme includes treasures from the 16th and 17th centuries including Palestrina Exsultate Deo, Bach Der Geist hilft and Monteverdi Cantate Domino, and mixes these with sparkling gems from more modern composers with Swayne Magnificat, Poulenc Exultate Deo, Cui Magnificat and Rutter Cantate Domino. The second half of our programme moves…
The Haydn Collective
Music for advent including young violinist Olivia Tresize: Bach Cantata BWV 140 – Wachet Auf Corelli Concerto Grosso Op 6. No. 8 (Christmas) Haydn Violin Concerto in G Schutz Machet die tore weit M. Haydn Universi qui expectant
Amarylli
Amarylli return to Elmslie House to perform a feast of carols and festive delights from the 15th and 16th century. Featuring Hannah Grove, soprano and Elizabeth Pallett on lute, guitar, gittern and symphony. Come and join us for some seasonal cheer and a complimentary glass of mulled wine as part of your ticket, as we…
Bristol Chamber Choir Christmas Concert
Settings of ‘Hodie Christus natus est’ by Sweelinck, Marenzio, Byrd and Donati. Carols by Vaughan Williams, Walton, Kodaly and Pearsall. Concert Poster
MEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
Motets from Polyhymnia Caduceatrix et Panegyrica by Michael Praetorius (A=440).
NEEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
Schütz: The father of the orchestra A day on Schütz’s polychoral motets and the Christmas story.
West Barok Singers & Players
This petit ensemble will present an evening of baroque gems, including Buxtehude – Der Herr Ist Mit Mir; Corelli – Concerto Grosso Op. 6 n.8 (Christmas Concerto) & Handel – Dixit Dominus.
Glastonbury Cantilena Choir
Music Director: Anthony Bevan Light in Darkness – a Choral Celebration of Christmas
Rudolf Balázs & Elizabeth Kenny
Hungarian-born baroque violinist Rudolf Balázs has paired with Elizabeth Kenny (Director of Performance at the University of Oxford, and professor of Lute at the Royal Academy of Music) , one of Europe’s leading lute players, to present an evening of Italian compositions played by one violin in the early baroque manner accompanied by the theorbo….
Yuletide! A Tudor Christmas with PIVA
Join us for a night celebration as we welcome back ‘Piva – The Renaissance Collective’ for their every popular Christmas show. Seasonal music, songs and traditions of the past played for today.
The Carnival Band
Seasonal music from Medieval England to ‘le jazz cool’ via Latin rhythms and Cajun beats. The Carnival Band blend the spirit of Christmas with the spirit of celebration the world over to create a delicious Yuletide cocktail. With a cornucopia of instruments and rich vocal harmony, the music includes traditional carols such as I Saw Three Ships and The Boar’s…
Yeovil Chamber Choir
Yeovil Chamber Choir welcomes William McElwee, who is conducting his first concert as our Musical Director Programme includes: Georg Frederic Handel: Messiah (selection) Johann Sebastian Bach: From Christmas Oratorio: And there were shepherds | Break forth O beauteous heavenly light Henry Purcell: King Arthur (selection) Tomás Luis de Victoria: Motet: O magnum mysterium | Missa…
Pink Noise Recorder Quartet
Recorder music with flourish and a dash of panache. The programme with include music by CPE Bach and Quantz.
Unicorn Singers
The Unicorn Singers and soloists will join forces with a specialist Cornett and Sackbut ensemble for a unique retelling of the Christmas story. Their sequence of inspirational pieces from the early baroque period will be a terrific feast for the ears! Composers will include Gabrieli, Schütz and Schein, with the 20 part Magnificat by Praetorius…
The York Waits
Festive music for Advent and Christmas, performed on period instruments by The York Waits, and singer Deborah Catterall.
The York Waits
Christmas music with Deborah Catterall.
Cheltenham Coffee Concerts
Coffee Concert regulars the Oriel Singers return with mellifluous music to usher in the Advent season. Expect plenty of seasonal treats, both familiar and surprising. There will be warming hot drinks and cake and free entry from 10:30.
Workshop with The York Waits
Workshop for renaissance wind and brass studying seasonal polychoral music c.1600. Opportunity for experienced players to perform in the glorious Abbey.
West Gallery Carols Workshop
West Gallery Carols Workshop with Dave Townsend. Sing songs from the rural parish churches of the 18th and 19th centuries and finish the workshop with a performance in the Atrium at 4pm.
Paragon Singers
Paragon Singers is joined by soloists and an period orchestra for a special performance of Handel’s masterpiece Dixit Dominus, alongside Dietrich Buxtehude’s Jesu, Meines Lebens Leben and J.S. Bach’s Advent motet Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland.
Exeter Bach Society
Join Exeter Bach Society for a vivid performance of Bach’s great masterpiece, the Mass in B Minor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pieces of classical music of all-time, this concert officially marks the start of the society’s 25th anniversary.
Mid Wessex Singers
Mozart Spatzenmesse (Sparrow Mass) with choruses from Handel’s Solomon, and music by Bob Chilcott, Orlando Gibbons & Vaughan Williams The Mid Wessex Singers present a delightful bird themed autumn concert, encompassing classic masterpieces by Mozart and Handel, with complementary works ranging from the Tudor composer Orlando Gibbons, to Vaughan Williams and the popular living composer…
Zephyrian Woodwind Orchestra
Zephyrian Woodwind Orchestra, Conductor – Richard Carder Charity Concert for All Saints Renovation, Rock Project & Julian House. Free admission with closing collection – suggested donations over £5. Car park at rear in Lynfield Park. Programme: W.A.Mozart – Symphony 48 in Eb Johann C Bach – Sinfonia 2 in Bb Brahms – Andante from Symphony 2 Scott…
Axminster Chamber Choir
A concert tracing the epic journey of Renaissance composer Francisco Guerrero from his home in Spain to the city of Jerusalem. Featuring music by Guerrero and by his contemporaries
The Carnival Band
We love performing with our Carnival Choirs and we invite you to join us for A Carnival of Carols on our December tour. There are no auditions and the choirs are open to all. Each choir will have a one-day workshop led by Andy Watts at which singers will learn arrangements in four-part harmony from the band’s…
Baroque Dance Workshop
The workshop will be for Improvers, Intermediate and Advanced levels, and attendance is possible either for the whole weekend or just on Saturday. Saturday venue:Claverton Down Community Hall, Bath, BA2 6DT Saturday evening & Sunday venue:Monkton Combe Village Hall, Bath, BA2 7EX
Grand Baroque IV
Blackdowns Early Music Projects is proud to present the fourth in its biennial GRAND BAROQUE series, featuring rarely heard, large works fully deserving a Cathedral setting! Stunning music from C17th century Vienna and Salzburg directed by JanJoost van Elburg with voices, strings, winds, brass, drums. Biber Requiem a 15 & Sances’ Missa Sancta Maria Magdalenae….
Debus, McCartney & Rees
Until the 15th century music was predominantly an aural tradition. However, with the invention of the printing press this tradition began to disappear. Still, some melodies are innately memorable – why? This programme includes music by Caccini, Dowland, Purcell, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Marais, Freya Waley-Cohen, and not to forget (most famous of all) Anonymous…
Nova
Scala Regni Caelestis is the name given during the Renaissance period to the first six notes of the musical scale. Because of music’s ability to transport and inspire, the steps of the scale became known as the stairway to heaven. The music stretches from the middle-ages to the 17th Century, and composers include Palestrina, Josquin,…
The Winkleigh Singers & Artavian Baroque
The combined choirs of The Artavian Singers and The Winkleigh Singers, together with The Artavian Baroque Orchestra perform Charpentier’s Enthronement of a Bishop Mass for 4 choirs composed in the 16th century. Conducted by John Marston.
Bath Camerata
Clare Tunney, sopranoClara Kanter, mezzo sopranoDavid de Winter, tenorDarwin Leonard Prakash, bass Bath CamerataInstruments of Time and TruthBenedict Hoffnung, conductor Bath Camerata joins this world-class Baroque ensemble for the first time in what is sure to be an unforgettable, authentic performance of this well-known and beautiful work.
MEMF Workshop for Voices
Inspired by Leonardo – Renaissance music for voices.
Recorder Weekend
Work with one of the foremost teachers and performers of this instrument to explore the vibrant and varied world of the recorder; solo and consort, ancient and modern. Anna Stegmann, a Royal Academy professor, will offer individual coaching in a friendly masterclass format, group lessons on general technique, as well as the opportunity to work…
Tafelmusik
Programme includes music by Handel, Vivaldi, and Locatelli Tafelmusik: translating as ‘music for feasting’, it is a name that, through the revered Toronto-based period performance orchestra, has been synonymous worldwide with dynamic, engaging and soulful performances. Tafelmusik are one of the world’s most widely travelled specialist baroque/classical orchestras, having performed in 350 cities in over 30 countries….
RCM International Festival of Viols
Our annual Viol Festival returns with plenty of performances and special guests. This year’s guest performers and lecturers include Sarah Cunningham and The Spirit of Gambo.
Oxford Bach Soloists
JS Bach A service of Lutheran Vespers featuring Bach’s Cantata 115 Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit. Performed by New College Choir, conducted by Robert Quinney, with the orchestra of the Oxford Bach Soloists.
NEEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
The Noodle Factory A workshop on ornamentation open to singers and instrumentalists A gentle introduction to the art of improvisation, ornamentation and decoration in the manner of the great 16th- and 17th-century Improvisation Masters.
Collegium Singers
Hope, fear and triumph:Music of the Thirty Years War 1618-1648 Guest Director: Gawain Glenton Organ: Oliver John Ruthven
NWEMF Workshop for Singers
Ceremony and Devotion – William Byrd and his circle
Violin Making
The violin making workshops are extremely popular at Halsway Manor; some of the participants have been coming back year after year. The workshop gives maximum continuous time at the workbench supported by Neville Gardner, who has been teaching violin making for twenty years. He is joined by Corrie Schrijver to ensure that there is a…
Bristol Ensemble
The Bristol Ensemble unveils its Baroque specialist ensemble for the first time, under the directorship of Adrian Chandler. Adrian will be familiar to St George’s audiences from his performances with La Serenissima and takes over the leadership of Bristol Ensemble Baroque in what will be a vibrant, energetic and thoroughly engaging performance exploring some known…
Ensemble La Notte Trio
Join the ELN trio for an exciting evening of early Italian and German music – to include works by Bertoli, Merula and Vivaldi and Fasch.
Recorders For All 2019
With a professional conductor and aimed at a more advanced level of playing, being able to play a bass recorder of some description is essential. All participants are expected to frequently change instruments through the course to give everyone the opportunity to play a variety of recorders. This course will focus on canons and fugues.
Exultate Singers
Exultate SingersRichard May celloDavid Ogden conductor Thomas Tallis O Nata LuxRoxanna Panufnik All Shall Be WellKrzysztof Penderecki Agnus DeiNicholas O’Neill This Light of ReasonEric Whitacre Lux AurumqueCecilia McDowall Through a Glass DarklySergei Rachmaninov Nunc dimittis from All-Night VigilJohn Rutter Hymn to the Creator of LightHerbert Howells Requiem On this Remembrance Sunday evening, Bristol’s accomplished chamber choir present a programme of music on the theme of light as…
Baroque String Workshop
Tutor: Alison Townley Suitable for adult players. Intermediate onwards. Alison is particularly looking for more upper strings. Baroque Bows available to hire for the workshop and long term. 2019/2020 workshop dates: 13th October 10th November 9th February 8th March
Queen Elizabeth – Her Musicke
Tutor: Colin Booth Queen Elizabeth I did not let matters of state prevent her from enjoying two favourite activities: hunting – and music and dancing. This course will examine what that music was, and what dances she preferred.
Apollo5
The international award-winning British vocal ensemble Apollo5 delights audiences with versatile and engaging performances on the concert platform, singing repertoire ranging from renaissance, classical and contemporary choral music to folk, jazz and pop… Their programme will include pieces from their recently released album O Radiant Dawn.
London Festival of Early Music
The UK’s largest Early Music exhibition, plus an exciting line-up of concerts, workshops and recitals. Concerts include:• Solomon’s Knot• Red Priest• Palisander• Tinka Pypker and Anders Muskens Duo• Elizabeth Kenny• Thomas Tallis Society Choir with Orchestra of The Sixteen Festival Flyer
Oxford Bach Soloists
Cantatas for the 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd Sundays after Trinity JS Bach The cantatas Bach was writing at this time deal with the theme of Christians rejecting the material world and its temptations so as not to risk losing union with God. Cantata 162 relates to the parable of the royal wedding feast to…
Alison Howell – Organ Recital
Part of the Vespers @ 6 Recital Series Each recital takes place within the service of Compline, complete with the Medieval plainsong chants for all to sing. Followed by a cheese and wine reception. Retiring collection in aid of the St John Organ Fund.
Haydloniant
5.30pm: Cakes, ale, wine, tea, coffee, juices 6pm-7pm: Stunning Music from Renaissance England and Italy Part-songs performed by Hay Madrigals Solo songs by local musician Lucy Green Guest appearances by local musicians:Donald Ellman (harpsichord), Steve Jones (Violin)
Cheltenham Coffee Concerts
Hannah Davey joins the Corelli Ensemble to perform Bach’s lovely Wedding Cantata and an extra concerto by a Princess, Wilhelmine von Beyreuth. This will surely feel like a special occasion with the usual free entry and homemade coffee and cake from 10:30.
Gregorian Chant
Come and learn to read the old notation and enjoy singing masses, hymns and canticles and appreciate why the music was written the way it was and how perfectly the notes colour the words.
Rondo Viol Academy
This course is for anyone who is new to viol playing and wants to take the next step. There will be technique sessions, a few set pieces to study together, and a friendly introduction to consort playing.
Rondo Viol Academy
This course is designed as a stepping stone between the Elementary and Intermediate courses. There are technique sessions, a few set pieces to study together, and friendly, relaxed consort playing. There will be plenty of help and advice with things like bowing, fingering, first and half position, making a good sound – do bring any…
Rondo Viol Academy
Pre-formed consorts can be of any standard and must consist of at least 4 people. You bring your own repertoire that you would like to work on. We can also make some suggestions and bring a few things for you to try. Please contact us if you have any questions. Sometimes a consort will be…
Bath Bach Choir
Bath Bach Choir Kate Bunney (saxophone) Marcus Sealy (piano) Nigel Perrin (conductor) Inspired by the going down of the day – both literal and metaphorical – the programme moves from a Renaissance compline to Sullivan’s emotive The Long Day Closes, via Gibbons, Pearsall, Rachmaninov and contemporary favourite Ola Gjeilo. Adding a layer of improvisation over several of…
Come and Sing – Handel
Join Sarah Latto and Paragon Singers for a workshop singing music by George Frideric Handel, one of the greatest Baroque composers. Focusing on his choral masterpiece ‘Dixit Dominus’, learn about ensemble work, Baroque phrasing and the context of Handel’s life alongside work on vocal technique and health.
SEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
Workshop at A=440 for voices and instruments.
Musical Instrument Making
An exciting opportunity to start making a new instrument in preparation to join our nine day course or to continue one you have already begun.
Brecon Baroque Festival
Brecon Baroque Festival 2019 /Gwyl Faroc Aberhonddu 2019 Join Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque and guest artists for a long weekend exploring Bohemia’s rich musical heritage including choral, chamber and orchestral works by Biber, Zelenka, Muffat and Mozart.
Mediaeval Moogiverse
With the illustrious KATHERINE BLAKE of ‘Mediaeval Baebes’ on Voice, Recorder and Violin… …OLLIE PARFITT – Moog Synth Player Extraordinaire of ‘The Herbaliser’ and ‘Circulus’… …JENNY BLISS – Early Music Virtuoso and Ethereal Vocals. “Fantastic” BBC Radio 3.
Improviso
Four accomplished musicians (and former Royal College of Music students) present music from the 17th and 18th centuries including works by Vivaldi, Handel and C.P.E. Bach alongside improvising in styles from the same period.
The Carnival Band
From the riotous pre-Lent carnivals of medieval Europe to the midwinter revelry of the Lord of Misrule, The Carnival Band take us through the year, imaginatively weaving folk, historical and contemporary strands from England and abroad into a rich tapestry of seasonal celebration.
MEMF Portugese Polyphony Workshop
A workshop exploring Renaissance music of Southern Portugal We will sing music by Duarte Lobo, Estevao de Brito, Estevao Lopes Morago, Filipe de Magalhaes, Manuel Cardoso and Pedro de Cristo. This music has a lot in common with Spanish Music of the 16th century, by composers such as Victoria and Guerrero, but with a greater…
NEEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments (+ AGM)
Polyhymnia Caduceatrix et Panegyrica Large-scale motets from Praetorius’s seminal collection of 1619.
The Sixteen
Our 2019 Choral Pilgrimage brings together music past and present, highlighting The Sixteen’s choral journey over the last 40 years. Our close relationship with Sir James MacMillan continues with a new commission O virgo prudentissima, contrasted with music by Fayrfax performed on our very first recording, alongside music by Wylkynson and Sheppard. These fine examples of English polyphony…
The Carnival Band
From the riotous pre-Lent carnivals of medieval Europe to the midwinter revelry of the Lord of Misrule, The Carnival Band take us through the year, imaginatively weaving folk, historical and contemporary strands from England and abroad into a rich tapestry of seasonal celebration.
Lux Musicae
The origins of flamenco are in shadow. We know its musical influences date back to Islamic Iberia between the 8th and 15th centuries yet the first mention of flamenco by name is not until 1774. What happened in these intervening centuries? In this spellbinding concert, critically acclaimed ensemble Lux Musicae London in collaboration with Flamenco…
The Carice Singers
In a magical way to end the day, the acclaimed Carice Singers perform a programme of ethereally expressive music which views death as only the start of our journey into paradise. Purcell’s Funeral Sentences are followed by Gesualdo’s Responsories for Holy Saturday, Grieg’s Four Psalms (his final composition), and In Paradisum by the Estonian composer Galina Grigorjeva. The Carice Singers gave a…
Dame Sarah Connolly
Under the artistic direction of Harry Bicket, The English Concert has earned a reputation for combining urgency, passion and fire with precision, delicacy and beauty. Their collaborative artistic partners reflect their pursuit for new ways to bring music to life. Joyce DiDonato, Dame Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, and many more have brought their extraordinary skills…
Baroque String Workshop
Tutor: Alison Townley Suitable for adult players. Intermediate onwards. Alison is particularly looking for more upper strings. Baroque Bows available to hire for the workshop and long term. 2019/2020 workshop dates: 13th October 10th November 9th February 8th March
The Sixteen
Our 2019 Choral Pilgrimage brings together music past and present, highlighting The Sixteen’s choral journey over the last 40 years. Our close relationship with Sir James MacMillan continues with a new commission O virgo prudentissima, contrasted with music by Fayrfax performed on our very first recording, alongside music by Wylkynson and Sheppard. These fine examples of English polyphony…
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Beethoven tells you what it’s like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it’s like to be human. Bach tells you what it’s like to be the universe.” Douglas Adams Marvel at our extraordinary universe and the beauty of Bach’s music with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s new concert series for curious…
Box&Fir with Rogers Covey-Crump
Popular Spanish music from street & stage In an enchanting programme specially researched by Ian Gammie, featuring renowned tenor Rogers Covey-Crump, the music explores the age-old themes of love, joy and sadness in songs accompanied by early instruments.
Rosafresca
Songs and instrumentals from the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella.
EEMF/TVEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
Biber: Missa Salisburgensis Workshop at A=440 for voices and instruments.
NWEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
Machaut and the Magic of the Medieval Workshop for all voices and instruments, ancient & modern at A=440.
Dorset Bach Cantata Club
The Dorset Bach Cantata Club meets for three weekends each year at Sturminster Newton High School. The Club provides a unique opportunity for amateur choral singers to study, rehearse and perform these inspiring, deeply spiritual, joyous works. *** Cantata BWV 11: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen Cantata BWV 34: O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe
The Sixteen
Our 2019 Choral Pilgrimage brings together music past and present, highlighting The Sixteen’s choral journey over the last 40 years. Our close relationship with Sir James MacMillan continues with a new commission O virgo prudentissima, contrasted with music by Fayrfax performed on our very first recording, alongside music by Wylkynson and Sheppard. These fine examples of English polyphony…
Oxford Lieder Festival
The 18th Oxford Lieder Festival will explore life, death, and the mysterious areas between and beyond. Sprites and nymphs cause mayhem and mischief, while legends abound from Greco-Roman sagas to the Lorelei and the Erlking. Storytelling with the Crick Crack Club, a ghost tour, a magic show and more all complement the myriad concerts, masterclasses…
The Sixteen
Our 2019 Choral Pilgrimage brings together music past and present, highlighting The Sixteen’s choral journey over the last 40 years. Our close relationship with Sir James MacMillan continues with a new commission O virgo prudentissima, contrasted with music by Fayrfax performed on our very first recording, alongside music by Wylkynson and Sheppard. These fine examples of English polyphony…
Arcangelo
Sandrine Piau sopranoStuart Jackson tenorKonstantin Krimmel baritone Arcangelo is one of the world’s leading ensembles, bringing together exceptional musicians under the baton of Jonathan Cohen. Composed while the young Handel was at the peak of his operatic success in London, the Brockes Passion is a sacred opera by another name. A vivid mixture of chorales, choruses and emotive…
Oxford Bach Soloists
Cantatas for the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Sundays after Trinity JS Bach Throughout the long summer and autumn Trinitarian period, the Lutheran lectionary’s emphasis on sin and sickness in mind and body reaches full tilt in expressions such as ‘The whole world is but a hospital’ in Cantata 25. But Bach’s music is the ‘balm…
The Sixteen
Our Oxford choral workshop is led by choral conductor and member of The Sixteen Robert Evans, and singer and practical scholar Sally Dunkley. Local singing enthusiasts are treated to a session of vocal coaching including advice on breathing technique, invigorating warm-ups, voice production and insights into the historical context of the Choral Pilgrimage music. The pieces that…
Cheltenham Coffee Concerts
The first in the new season of Coffee Concerts at Holy Apostles Church. Hannah Grove (soprano) and Elizabeth Pallett (theorbo and guitar) come to explore Cupid’s powers through the music and poetry of the 17th century. As always, the entrance is free and homemade coffee and cake will be available from 10:30.
Gabrieli Recorder Workshop
Gabrieli’s 2 and 3 choir canzonas are masterpieces of polychoral music full of light and shade, grandeur, dancing rhythms and singing melodies. During the course of the day, we will study, in depth, some of the finest of these. As well as conducting, the tutor will give some historical and musical background to this fascinating…
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars have long been fascinated by how composers from different backgrounds set the same, seminal texts. This programme goes some way towards showing how important and durable plainchant was, from the renaissance period to 20th century Paris; and from territories as far apart as England and Mexico.
VOCES8
Sing Joyfully – a cappella repertoire from the Renaissance to today. VOCES8 is delighted to present Sing Joyfully, a programme that celebrates the joy and beauty of voices in harmony. Formed in 2005, this group of eight beautifully integrated solo voices perform a diverse repertoire ranging from the first Elizabethan era to the second. Part…
The Tallis Scholars
How do composers make timeless texts come alive, and add their own fresh perspectives?
Armonico Consort
Armonico Consort & Baroque Orchestra The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble Director – Christopher Monks A musical evening capturing the enchanted journey through the extraordinary history of the Papacy – trekking through tales of greatness and intellect, whilst stumbling upon Papal times the church would prefer long forgotten.
Musical Emotions: Choral Workshop
Join Hereford Chamber Choir for a morning of singing on the theme of human emotions expressed in music, led by singer and conductor Simon Harper. Repertoire from 16th Century Britain and Europe by Lassus, Guerrero and Ramsey. Advance booking essential.
Baroque Playing Day
The day is for string players (violin, viola, ‘cello and bass viol), wind players (recorders, flute, oboe and bassoon) solo voice and continuo (keyboard and plucked instruments). We will be playing chamber music in various combinations, mainly trio sonatas, quartets & quintets with continuo and we will try and include larger works when possible.
Early Music in the Marches 2019
A two-day workshop on Johann Caspar Kerll‘s settings of the Mass. The workshop is for singers and experienced players – with good sight-reading skills. There are parts for violins, viols, trombones, cornets, trumpets and a variety of wind and continuo instruments. A=440 Tutored by David Hatcher and David Allinson. Workshop Leaflet
TVEMF Workshop for Voices and Continuo
German Baroque Motets – A=415.
Tetbury Music Festival
The Tetbury Music Festival was founded in 2003 by Graham Kean and Elise Smith and brings to Tetbury the finest musicians you are likely to hear outside of the great concert halls of the world. They perform in the extraordinarily beautiful parish church of Tetbury, St Mary’s Church. An early and fine example of Georgian…
*CANCELLED* Workshop for Singers
Sadly we have had to cancel this workshop, as the current number of applications suggests that numbers are not going to be viable. Thanks to Maya Pieris for all the work she has put in to planning and promoting the workshop. Join in a day of singing music from the Renaissance onwards, sacred and secular. The…
Rondo Viol Academy
These courses are for anyone who considers themselves to be of an intermediate or upper intermediate standard and would like to improve both their individual technique and consort playing experience. We will look at the set repertoire, covering choices of fingering and bowing which can then be applied in one-to-a-part consort sessions. Further music will…
Ensemble Hesperi
Be guided through the musical scenery of 18th century Scotland through timeless folk tunes and infectious dance rhythms. Ensemble Hesperi offer an engaging programme based on Scottish Baroque music from Scottish-born composers such as James Oswald and William McGibbon.
*CANCELLED* Lorna Tredget
This event has been cancelled Part of the Vespers @ 6 Recital Series Each recital takes place within the service of Compline, complete with the Medieval plainsong chants for all to sing. Followed by a cheese and wine reception. Retiring collection in aid of the St John Organ Fund.
BMEMF Workshop for Singers
Fresh Devices: Schütz in Venice The influence of Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi on the music of Heinrich Schütz.
NEEMF Lute Songs Workshop
A workshop run jointly by NEEMF and The Lute Society The workshop is for Lutes, orpharion; SATB singers; viols. Pitch is A=415.
Ypotryll
A marvellous mix of medieval music for voice and instruments. Soprano Karen Jones, and instrumentalists Rachel Tedd and Simon Pickard, present music from the 14th and 15th centuries, employing a range of reproduction period-instruments.
The Lachrimae Consort
A programme of music and words to celebrate William Shakespeare, with a joyful celebration in music and words, including excerpts and songs from the plays.
In Echo
A Musical Revolution The year 1501 changed music for ever. It saw the publication in Venice of the world’s first ever book of printed music. This revolutionary book was called Harmonice Musices Odhecaton – a collection of 96 exquisite pieces by the greatest composers of the age, such as Josquin, Japart, Compere, Isaac and Agricola….
Drake’s Viols & Janet Upton
This local viol consort will play music from the 16th and 17th centuries by the leading composers of the day, accompanying soprano Janet Upton. The performance will last 30-40 minutes.
Bygonz
Come and hear instruments, such as pipe and tabor, hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes, which have been part of the popular musical life of this country for centuries, played by musicians wearing the dress of the time. The performance will last 30-40 minutes.
Autumn Voices, Viols and Recorders
An ensemble course for experienced players of early instruments with Michael Sharman. Recorders, viols, baroque oboe, flute, violin, viola, ‘cello, and also cornett, cornamuse, sackbut and curtal all welcome.
The Amici Della Voce Octet with The Chelys Consort of Viols
The Amici Della Voce Octet are joined by the Chelys Consort of Viols for this wonderful programme of polychoral music. Featuring some of the most celebrated composers from the Renaissance including Guerrero, Schütz and others, and Victoria’s stunning 12-part Missa Laetatus Sum. The Amici Della Voce Octet, based in Oxford, are a mixed-voice a cappella…
MEMF Baroque Strings Workshop
A Workshop of Baroque Music for strings (A=415) Music to be studied: – JS Bach: Orchestral Suite no4 in D major (with wind parts played by strings)– John Stanley: Concerto Grosso op2 no3 – concertos for strings in 7 parts– Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico – Concerto in B minor for 4 violins
SEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
Workshop at A=415 for voices and instruments.
NWEMF Workshop for Voices and Instruments
Renaissance settings of Psalms of King David for voices and instruments (A=440).
The Sixteen
Our 2019 Choral Pilgrimage brings together music past and present, highlighting The Sixteen’s choral journey over the last 40 years. Our close relationship with Sir James MacMillan continues with a new commission O virgo prudentissima, contrasted with music by Fayrfax performed on our very first recording, alongside music by Wylkynson and Sheppard. These fine examples of English polyphony…
A Venetian Jubilee a 3
Celebrating Strozzi 400 with the gorgeous arias, duets and trios from her birthplace The 400th anniversary of Barbara Strozzi’s birth gives us another reason to indulge in some glorious music from Venice, this time exploiting the potential of 3 sopranos with continuo. The programme includes sacred and secular works by her, together with works by…
Gloucester Waites
A programme of music of the 1500s from the Low Countries played on historical instruments from the 16th and 17th centuries. The performance lasts about 40 minutes.
Cambridge Early Music Weekend Workshop
A Weekend for women singers to immerse themselves in the polyphonic choral music of convents in Italy in the 16th century, from the little-known music of Suor Leonora d’Este, Princess of Ferrara, to Josquin des Prez, Cipriano de Rore and GP Palestrina amongst others. Come and learn with the co-directors of Musica Secreta, Deborah Roberts…
An afternoon in the 1500s
Take part in pavan dances from the Mulliner Book and other Elizabethan favourites, fast and slow, led by Anne Daye, Director of Research with the Historical Dance Society [previously Dolmetsch HDS]. Includes special seminar by Dr Daye on researching the Mulliner and other dances. All abilities welcome; no partner needed nor previous experience. Flexible footwear…
Violin Making
The violin making workshops are extremely popular at Halsway Manor; some of the participants have been coming back year after year. The workshop gives maximum continuous time at the workbench supported by Neville Gardner, who has been teaching violin making for twenty years. He is joined by Corrie Schrijver to ensure that there is a…
A Venetian Jubilee a 3
Celebrating Strozzi 400 with the gorgeous arias, duets and trios from her birthplace The 400th anniversary of Barbara Strozzi’s birth give us another reason to indulge in some glorious music from Venice, this time exploiting the potential of 3 sopranos with continuo. The programme includes sacred and secular works by her, together with works by…
Ensemble Molière
Ensemble Molière are joined by the internationally acclaimed soprano Lauren Lodge-Campbell to present The Wind of Change. This programme presents both the most innovative music and the most popular themes of the baroque era; love, nature and mythology. Be blown away by a selection of Handel opera arias, whipped into a frenzy by Courbois’s stormy…
The Sixteen
Our 2019 Choral Pilgrimage brings together music past and present, highlighting The Sixteen’s choral journey over the last 40 years. Our close relationship with Sir James MacMillan continues with a new commission O virgo prudentissima, contrasted with music by Fayrfax performed on our very first recording, alongside music by Wylkynson and Sheppard. These fine examples of English polyphony…
Ensemble Molière
Ensemble Molière are joined by the internationally acclaimed soprano Lauren Lodge-Campbell to present The Wind of Change. This programme presents both the most innovative music and the most popular themes of the baroque era; love, nature and mythology. Be blown away by a selection of Handel opera arias, whipped into a frenzy by Courbois’s stormy…
The Sixteen
Our Oxford choral workshop is led by choral conductor and member of The Sixteen Robert Evans, and singer and practical scholar Sally Dunkley. Local singing enthusiasts are treated to a session of vocal coaching including advice on breathing technique, invigorating warm-ups, voice production and insights into the historical context of the Choral Pilgrimage music. The pieces that…
Ensemble Molière
Ensemble Molière are joined by the internationally acclaimed soprano Lauren Lodge-Campbell to present The Wind of Change. This programme presents both the most innovative music and the most popular themes of the baroque era; love, nature and mythology. Be blown away by a selection of Handel opera arias, whipped into a frenzy by Courbois’s stormy…
The Sixteen
Our 2019 Choral Pilgrimage brings together music past and present, highlighting The Sixteen’s choral journey over the last 40 years. Our close relationship with Sir James MacMillan continues with a new commission O virgo prudentissima, contrasted with music by Fayrfax performed on our very first recording, alongside music by Wylkynson and Sheppard. These fine examples of English polyphony…
Stylish Baroque
A baroque chamber music course at A415, predominantly for pre-formed groups although we welcome applications from individual players and will do our best to put together coherent ensembles. Theresa (violin) and Alastair (harpsichord), bring their wealth of knowledge to encourage and cajole you into stylish performances of repertoire from the early 17th to late 18th…
Oxford Bach Soloists
Cantatas for the 11th, 12th, and 13th Sundays after Trinity JS Bach A stirring Sanctus in C major, and three cantatas with big statements: BWV 179 preaches against hypocrisy with marvelous directness; BWV 77 illustrates the second of Jesus’ two commandments recounted in the gospel narratives – to ‘love thy neighbour as thyself’ – in a…
Musicke in the Ayre
Lute songs associated with being outside London Soprano Jane Hunt and lutenist Din Ghani discover songs about or by people who are away from the Capital for various reasons such as residence, retirement, rejection, exile, employment, or just an excursion such as a summer progress. Composers include Dowland, Pilkington, Danyel, Lawes, Morley, Ferrabosco and Jones.
Come and Sing Early Music
Robert Howarth, harpsichordist and director, specialising in early music (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Early Opera Company, English Touring Opera etc), will be joined by his singer wife Lisa Wilson for our Come and Sing Early Music workshop day this year. The repertoire will include madrigals by Monteverdi (La giovinetta pianta, Sfogava con le…
Oxford Bach Soloists
Handel – Bach – Scarlatti Handel Eternal Source of Light DivineHandel Water Music Suite No3Bach Coffee CantataScarlatti Salve ReginaHandel Messiah (excerpts)Handel Jeptha: Waft her Angels through the SkiesBach Easter Oratorio (excerpts)Bach Cantata no181 (Final chorus) Oxford Bach Soloists welcomed as guests of the Bath Recitals: ‘A Thousand Years of Baroque‘ in celebration of the opulence and grandeur…
The Life Chants of Hildegard of Bingen
The visionary music of Benedictine abbess, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) came to popular attention nearly 900 years after her life with the album, A Feather on the Breath of God, sung by Emma Kirkby with Gothic Voices in 1985. We are delighted to welcome Emma to guide us in singing and discovering the beauty of…
William Pert (Organ)
Praeludium und Fuge e-Moll (BWV 548) ‘The Wedge’Johann Sebastian Bach Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (BWV 676)Johann Sebastian Bach Vers l’espérance (Trois Poèmes/III)Thierry Escaich Nun ruhen alle WälderJacques van Oortmerssen Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’AlainMaurice Duruflé
*Postponed* A Venetian Jubilee a 3
This concert has been postponed Click here to see the rescheduled concert The same programme will also be performed at this concert in Bath Celebrating Strozzi 400 with the gorgeous arias, duets and trios from her birthplace The 400th anniversary of Barbara Strozzi’s birth give us another reason to indulge in some glorious music from…
Consort de Danse Baroque Summer School
Module 1: 16th – 18th August Module 2: 18th – 21st August Module 3: 22nd – 26th August This non-residential course is designed for all levels from the absolute beginner to the professional dancer and concentrates on the technique, presentation & notation of Baroque dance. It allows students to immerse themselves in a number of skills associated…
HISS 2019
The 9th international summer school will take place 12-16 August once again at Bishop Burton College, near Beverley, East Yorkshire. We will feature the same range of classes for winds, cornetts & sackbuts, baroque strings, lutes and other plucked strings, viol consort, chamber choir and natural voice singing – all of which made 2018 the…
Richard Lester
Richard Lester is universally acclaimed as a prominent interpreter of early music on period and modern keyboard instruments.
Passacaglia Duo
Annabel Knight RecordersRobin Bigwood Harpsichord As part of this year’s Woodhouse Advanced Recorder Course, Annabel and Robin will perform music from across the centuries for recorders and harpsichord, exploring the theme of change and transformation. The old and the new jostle together in this fascinating mix of works including early pieces by Josquin, Van Eyck and Blavet,…
Beauchamp Early Music Course
Directed by Philip Thorby With tutor David Hatcher and guest tutors Theresa Caudle, Adrian France and Richard Thomas The theme is ‘Gloria in Excelsis Deo’ and will include Glorias from the 24-part setting by Annibale Padovano and the 40-part setting by Alessandro Striggio. For further information visit www.gamusic.co.uk / Holiday Courses / Early Music (adults)…
Cambridge Early Music Summer School
Les Cris de Paris: The Sounds of Court & City in 16th-century France THE COURTIERS OF GRACE Gawain Glenton course director & cornetto, Clare Wilkinson voice, Uri Smilansky viols & recorders, Jacob Heringman lutes, Catherine Motuz improvisation & sackbut, William Lyons flutes, recorders, reeds & pipes We welcome applications from competent singers, and from players of Renaissance instruments at A=440 including…
Alison McGillivray
A welcome return for Alison McGillivray, following her concert for us in 2017, to play Bach’s cello suites 2, 3 and 5 together with some more Scots tunes. Alison is a cellist and viola da gamba player who is regularly heard playing with Concerto Caledonia, The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments, Rachel Podger’s Brecon…
Glevum Consort
The Glevum Consort look back to Llanthony Secunda Priory’s 13th-century heyday, when texts such as the Old English Edi Beo Thu, now commonly known as the Llanthony Carol, were housed within its walls. The concert traces the history of medieval Gloucester through music, arriving at Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices, which in this intimate setting…
Joel Munday and Julian Trevelyan
Joel Munday (Violin) and Julian Trevelyan (Piano) Sonata No.3 in E major, BWV 1016Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in D major, Op.12Ludwig van Beethoven Fantaisie Brillante sur des motifs de l’opéra Faust de Gounod, Op 20Henryk Wieniawski
Papagena
Stunning a cappella vocal quintet Papagena explore the full gamut of close harmony music from the 11th to the 21st century. From sacred hymns and ancient madrigals, to inventive arrangements of Guns N’ Roses, Imogen Heap and Joni Mitchell, this is sure to be a brilliant evening of entertainment.
Three Choirs Festival – Israel in Egypt
One of Handel’s most dramatic and exciting oratorios, Israel in Egypt tells the biblical story of the Israelites’ slavery in Egypt and their escape across the Red Sea. The ten plagues descending on the Egyptians are astoundingly descriptive: pelting hail and the buzzing flies and locusts are vividly conjured in sound. This arrangement by Mendelssohn, created for his own large chorus, has never been…
Exon Singers
Gorgeous Renaissance polyphony – Byrd’s 5-part Mass and motets by Sheppard, Tallis and Taverner.
La Calisto – Francesco Cavalli
After Monteverdi, Cavalli was Venice’s leading composer. His strikingly expressive La Calisto is based on the mythical story from Greek legend. This is a comic yet poignant tale of twisted relationships between gods, women and men, in which Juno, jealous of Jupiter’s desire, turns Calisto into a bear. La Calisto is our Young Artist production…
Carole Cerasi – Rivals
Playing contests are documented between Louis Marchand and JS Bach, and between Handel and Domenico Scarlatti. Scarlatti was judged possibly superior to Handel on the harpsichord, although inferior on the organ – and Marchand disappeared in the morning, perhaps having heard Bach and knowing he would lose! Carole’s programme will include Bach’s Italian Concerto, suites…
Cambridge Early Music Summer School
Paris versus Versailles: Marc-Antoine Charpentier & his Court Rivals THE PARLEY OF INSTRUMENTS Peter Holman course director & continuo, Judy Tarling upper strings, Mark Caudle lower strings, Gail Hennessy woodwind and Philip Thorby voices Applications are invited from proficient singers and confident players of gut-strung Baroque instruments (violin, viola and cello), with Baroque bows (some instruments and bows are available…
Rosafresca – A lute song recital
Rosafresca with Emma Winscom (soprano) and Jacob Garside (viol). A concert of lute songs featuring the music of Dowland, Johnson, Morley, Rosseter and Campion with instrumental interludes for recorder and lute.
Somerset Chamber Choir
With James Gilchrist (Evangelist)
NORVIS XLIX
NORVIS, founded in 1971 by Layton and Christine Ring Recorder tutors: Oonagh Lee, Chris Orton, Jane Rumney and Mary Tyers. Other tutors: Elizabeth Dodd, Alison Kinder, Susanna Pell and Jacqui Robertson-Wade (viols), Andrew Fowler (singing), Michael Williamson (baroque strings), Martin Eastwell and Richard MacKenzie (lutes), John Treherne (harpsichord). We welcome recorder players, other instrumentalists and…
Dartington Summer School
CoursesEach week of Summer School features more than 30 courses, encompassing a wide range of styles, disciplines and abilities. Courses run for 6 days (Sunday – Friday), most lasting for 1 session (90 mins) per day. There are 4 sessions in a day (9am, 11am, 2pm, 3.30pm), allowing each participant to build a timetable personalised…
The Tallis Scholars
Salve reginaChant: Salve ReginaPalestrina: Salve ReginaPadilla: Salve ReginaPoulenc: Salve ReginaLassus: Salve ReginaCornysh: Salve Regina Interval MiserereAllegri: MiserereTomkins: Have mercy upon me (4) O sacrum conviviumTallis: O sacrum conviviumMessiaen O sacrum convivium MagnificatByrd: Short MagnificatVictoria: Magnificat for double choir
Jed Hughes (Organ)
Inspired at the age of eight on hearing an organ, Jed began lessons with Henry Fairs at the Birmingham Conservatoire Junior Department. Between 2011 – 2015 Jed consecutively won the ‘Under 17 Repertoire’ in the Bristol Eisteddfod Organ Class gaining either a Distinction or Outstanding appraisal. He has performed in concerts at St. Chad’s Birmingham,…
Zalifenta
Part of the Vespers @ 6 Recital Series Each recital takes place within the service of Compline, complete with the Medieval plainsong chants for all to sing. Followed by a cheese and wine reception. Retiring collection in aid of the St John Organ Fund.
Workshop and AGM
Music at the Viennese Court of Emperor and Composer Leopold I. Workshop led by Peter Leech (Cardiff University) at pitch A = 440 for SATB voices, recorders (descant/treble/tenor & bass) and strings (viols/violins, violas, bass viols/cellos/violone). The SWEMF AGM will be held during the lunch break.
Bach and Beyond
This concert is in memory of poet Edward Storey, chairman of Friends of St Michael’s and neighbour of the church. Ruth Watson and David Ponsford gave many concerts in the early years in aid of the restoration of our beautiful church and return once again with David’s daughter-in-law, the soprano Alison Hill to give a…
Catherine King and Frances Kelly
Exquisite songs of love, passion and devotion from the visionary medieval abbess, Hildegard of Bingen, to Francesca Caccini at the 17th century court of the Medici in Italy. Catherine and Frances have enjoyed performing together for many years. Internationally renowned with a broad experience of performing and recording in all genres but particularly in the…
Ludlow Summer School
A course for singers and instrumentalistsled by Gabriel Crouch and David Hatcher The Ludlow Summer School is a combination of specialist coaching, informal festival and musical holiday. It is open to experienced choral singers and early instrumentalists of all ages and nationalities. This week of intensive training with leading tutors will end with a public…
Exeter Festival Chorus
Exeter Festival Chorus (Conductor: Nigel Perrin) with Southern Sinfonia. Featuring Vivaldi Gloria in D and Mozart Mass in C minor.
Jérôme Faucheur (Organ)
Jérôme Faucheur was born in LILLE (France) in 1953. He began his piano lessons at 8 and organ at 13. He specialised in the English organ fields, and has played in England for more than 50 recitals. Programme includes works by Sweelinck and JS Bach.
A Venetian Jubilee, with Musicke in the Ayre
Musicke in the Ayre return to the Silk Mill with a duet version of their programme celebrating the glories of music from 17th century Venice, where Barbara Strozzi was born 400 years ago. They mix a selection from her huge output with works by her teacher Cavalli and the towering genius Claudio Monteverdi. Local sopranos…
Chandos Singers
The Chandos Singers, conducted by Malcolm Hill, are one of Bath’s leading chamber choirs. This concert of European works focuses on Henry Purcell (1659-1695), covering his own works together with pieces by composers who influenced him or who were influenced by him. The Purcell works included are the Te Deum written for St Cecilia’s Day…
Ypotryll
Named after a mythical monster, Ypotryll consists of soprano Karen Jones & multi-instrumentalists Simon Pickard and Rachel Tedd. Ypotryll will be performing medieval music for visitors to the Morning Room, formerly the Chapel of St Mary. The program will include English and European music from the 13th and 14th centuries for voice and instruments –…
Workshop for Singers
This workshop day will explore Vespers repertoire in the Southern European tradition, from the rambunctious polyphony of Juan Gutierrez de Padilla (1590–1664) to Domenico Scarlatti’s expressive setting of Laudate pueri, and plainsong psalmody.
Cheltenham Music Festival
A varied programme including concerts by the a cappella vocal group ORA Singers, and Academy of Ancient Music.
Hamish Fraser (Organ)
Hamish Fraser is Organ Scholar at Exeter Cathedral. Programme includes works by JS Bach and Elgar.
Bristol Chamber Choir
Rounds, Canons, Glees, Catches, Part-songs and Madrigals from the 13th to the 20th century.
The Cappella Singers
Sacred and Secular Songs for Midsummer. The Cappella Singers with Philip Duffy (organ and piano).
Costanzi Consort directed by Peter Leech
Costanzi Consort directed by Peter Leech will be joined by Cappella Fede strings and Robert Court on Chamber organ to perform a programme of music to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Leopold Mozart. *** A celebration the 300th anniversary of the birth (in 1719) of one of the most famous musical fathers…
Exeter Cathedral Choir
A Midsummer Musical Celebration at the Cathedral with the Cathedral Choir and Devon Baroque: Zadok The PriestGeorge Frederic Handel Cantata 194Johann Sebastian Bach Organ concerto No. 13 in F Major HWV 295George Frederic Handel Gloria 589Antonio Vivaldi
Paragon Singers
Conductor: Sarah Latto Two of Britain’s most celebrated composers are contrasted in this summer concert which pairs the genius of Purcell with the contemporary master James MacMillan.
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Vivaldi – The Four SeasonsCorelli – Concerto Grosso in C minor Op 6 No 3Manfredini – Concerto Grosso in G Op 3 No 7Geminiani – Concerto in G minor Op 3 No 2Vivaldi – Concerto for Lute in D Not all orchestras are the same … and not all orchestras can match the exuberant and…
The York Waits
Music from the Age of Richard III and the early Tudors performed by The York Waits with Deborah Catterall, singer. The York Waits Website
Baroque String Workshop
Suitable for adult players. Intermediate onwards. Tutor: Alison Townley. Baroque Bows available to hire for the workshop and long term. 2019 workshop dates:27th January, 24th March, 12th May, 16th June
The York Waits
Free admission, retiring collection.
The York Waits
Late fifteenth and early sixteenth century music, with Deborah Catterall, singer. The York Waits Website
Zalifenta
Hazel Fenton, Richard Little recorders Frances Zagni viola da gamba John Talbot spinet Concert Programme
Zalifenta
Hazel Fenton, Richard Little recorders Frances Zagni viola da gamba John Talbot spinet Concert Programme
Blackdowns Early Music Projects
New for 2019, a Spring Festival comprising four contrasting concerts *** Next Concert Sunday 9th June at 6.45pmWellington School Chapel TA21 8NTGuest choir Bartholomew Consort of Oxford with Musical Director JanJoost van Elburg. ‘Komm, Heiliger Geist’ music by Johann Walter and the Bach family. *** Previous Concerts Sunday 19th May at 6.30pmChurch of St John…
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
The Erebus Ensemble, Figo and the Clifton Festival Chamber Choir, under the direction of Tom Williams, perform Monteverdi’s 1610 setting of the Office of Vespers. Expect musical fireworks as this vibrant line-up of young musicians uses the splendour of Clifton Cathedral to convey this cornerstone work in the Cori Spezzati style. Book via the Colston…
Solomon’s Knot
JS BachKomm Jesu, kommJesu, meine FreudeLobet den Herrn interspersed with movements from solo cello Suite No 5 in C minorFürchte dich nichtSinget dem Herrn interspersed with movements from solo cello Suite No 6 in D major This is a welcome return for Solomon’s Knot, who impressed so much with their performance of Bach’s Mass in…
Summer Ayres, with Musicke in the Ayre
Musicke in the Ayre have given over 115 concerts of 16/17th century music for voice(s) and lute across the UK and abroad since 2011; they bring their first programme involving a full SATB quartet of voices with lute to this delightful church on the edge of the Cotswolds. Local singers Clare Rangeley (soprano), Helen Hill…
Vivaldi: Four Seasons by Candlelight
Clifton International Festival of Music’s Ensemble-in-Residence, Figo, perform Vivaldi”s timeless masterpiece, The Four Seasons, in a candlelit Clifton Cathedral. Join this explosive young ensemble as they present Vivaldi”s magnum opus and enjoy a glass of wine on the terrace during the interval as the sun sets on Clifton in this late evening concert. Book via…
Let Trumpets Sound
Crispian Steele-Perkins and James Gough present an evening of music for Trumpet and Organ, complete with demonstrations of early forms of Trumpet by one of the world’s greatest exponents of the instrument. Music to include: Works by Jeremiah Clarke, Henry Purcell and J. S. Bach and a new commission by Bristol-based composer, David Bednall. Book…
Clifton Festival Generations Choral Workshop
Our third workshop marks the start of the Clifton Festival 2019 and focuses on Lassus’s tour de force, Missa Bell’ amfitrit altera. This sumptuous double-choir setting stands among the finest works in the Renaissance repertoire. This workshop also features Ave Regina Caelorum and The Souls of the Righteous by the Oxford University Press House Composer,…
Worcestershire Early Music Festival
Our 2019 Festival will run from Friday 31st May to Sunday 2nd June Tickets available from January, including a Festival ticket for all concerts
Halsway Manor – Voices, Viols and Recorders
An ensemble course for experienced singers and players of early instruments with Michael Sharman. Recorders, viols, baroque oboe, flute, violin, viola, ‘cello, and also cornett, cornamuse, sackbut and curtal all welcome.
Frantisek Brikcius
Part of the Vespers @ 6 Recital Series 6pm recital including Bach’s 5th suite for unaccompanied cello in C minor; followed by Compline with all the traditional chants, and a wine and cheese reception. Admission free, retiring collection in aid of the St.John’s organ fund. Recital Poster
Purbeck Arts Week
The Gabrieli Consort opens the Festival with a magnificent programme of choral music from the four 20th Century Coronations. English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble close the Festival with a programme of 16th and 17th century music written to surprise and delight audiences.
Southwest Viol Fest II
Residential Course in Culmstock on the Somerset/Devon borders. Tutors: Caroline Ritchie and Henrik Persson A residential course exclusive to viol players, to be tutored once again by Caroline Ritchie and Henrik Persson.
Pink Noise Recorder Quintet
A lively programme of Baroque music (and not!) for recorder ensemble.
Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir
Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir with Salisbury Baroque Handel • Alexander’s Feast Salisbury BaroqueLeader • Theresa Caudle In 1761 musicians from Salisbury travelled to join singers in Wimborne to perform Alexander’s Feast for the Friendly Society of Wimborne Minster. As part of a day of celebration of Wimborne’s heritage we are recreating this event, with the period instrument orchestra Salisbury Baroque.
Cambridge Renaissance Voices
In this concert, Cambridge Renaissance Voices bring together some of the great choral masterpieces from across the spectrum of the Italian Renaissance. Italy’s status as ‘cradle of the Renaissance’ was as vital to the history of music as for the visual arts.
Exeter Bach Society Cantata BWV 12
Join Exeter Bach Society and Bramdean School Chapel Choir for a liturgical performance of J S Bach’s beautiful cantata ‘Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen,’ (BWV 12) with orchestral accompaniment. Musical Directors: Jonathan Lucas Wood and Rachel BennettLeader: Anna CockroftAlto: Rachel BennettTenor: Jonathan Lucas Wood
Baroque String Workshop
Suitable for adult players. Intermediate onwards. Tutor: Alison Townley. Baroque Bows available to hire for the workshop and long term. 2019 workshop dates:27th January, 24th March, 12th May, 16th June
Una comida musical, with Musicke in the Ayre
400 years after the birth of Jose Marin – defrocked priest, convicted murderer, prolific composer of charming songs to the guitar – Musicke in the Ayre bring a programme of some of his songs together with pieces from other 17th century Spanish composers such as Hidalgo, Duron, Araniez and Escalada. To perform it, lutenist Din…
Workshop for Singers
Joint Event with BMEMF
Dorset Bach Cantata Club
Bach, J S Cantata BWV 79 Gott, der Herr, ist Sonnʼ und Schild 1995 Bach, J S Cantata BWV 205 Der Zufriedengestellte Äolus
Tudor Fest
Informal music events with Courtlye Musick and friends including Ars Nova from Cherbourg. Join us to hear music from Dufay to Dowland, from saxes to sackbuts, or take the opportunity for a chat in French.
The Anatomy of Genius
Part of Bristol Early Music Festival Music for voices & instruments based on the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci by composers he would have heard in Florence, Milan and Ferrara
Clifton Festival Generations Choral Workshop
Two devout Roman Catholics separated by 500 years and joined by an ability to write devotional works of unmatched emotional impact and compositional quality. We’ll look at Victoria’s Missa O quam gloriosum MacMillan’s O radiant dawn and A new song.
Cheltenham Coffee Concerts
We can’t wait to welcome back the Oriel Singers who will no doubt delight and entertain once more, this year with a programme entitled “The Byrd and the Bs”. For this last concert of the year there will be of course coffe and cake from 10:30am and free entry.
Bristol Early Music Festival
This Festival is a new venture, organised on a non-profit basis by a group of Bristol musicians, to present and encourage participation in early music.
I Fagiolini
Composers featured include Josquin, Victoria, Tallis, Monteverdi, Bach. Robert Hollingworth – DirectorMartin Kemp – Art Historian & Presenter This very day – 2 May 2019 – marks the 500th anniversary of the death of ‘Renaissance Man’, polymath Leonardo da Vinci. Known primarily for his art and inventions, Leonardo’s first job away from Florence was as…
Syrinx – Blast from the Past
This concert is part of the Totnes Early Music Society Season 2018/19. Music for shawms, dulcians, oboes and bassoons from this outstanding wind band, a guaranteed good night! From 14th-18th century, wind music could be heard everywhere from grand state occasions to the humblest village dance. Syrinx aim to recreate this impressive tradition playing shawms,…
Ensemble Hesperi
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, Ensemble Hesperi will present their expanded project ‘The Pheasant’s Eye’ at the Three Towers Festival in 2019, with Kathleen Gilbert, Highland dancer.
Bath Camerata
James MacMillan – Data est mihi omnis potestas, Lux aeterna, Benedicamus Deum caeliJS Bach – Der Geist hilft BWV 226JS Bach – Komm Jesu, Komm BWV 229Friedrich – Cerha Vier Hölderlin-FragmenteSchütz – Quid commisisti, o dulcissime puer SWV56-60MacMillan – Miserere Bath Camerata, under their musical director Benjamin Goodson, presents a powerful and reflective programme of…
The Musical & Amicable Society, with Hannah Grove
Kate Fawcett (violin), Henrik Persson (cello), Martin Perkins (keyboard) with Hannah Grove (soprano) On the Saturday of the Easter weekend, enjoy reflective music by Purcell, Humfrey, Handel and others including works from the Harmonia Sacra collections, with instrumental music from the period. Kate Fawcett and Martin Perkins revived the original Musical and Amicable Society, founded…
Mediaeval Garden of Earthly Blysse
A haunting collection of mediaeval and celtic folk songs featuring an array of exotic and period instruments. See Event on Facebook Tickets from Eventbrite.
Reflections for Good Friday
David Stancliffe, former Bishop of Salisbury, brings worshippers and music lovers together in experiencing the Passion of Christ through the theology and musical imagination of J S Bach. Reflections for Good Friday around a period-instrument performance of the Passion by the Bishops’ Consort, leader Alice Poppleton. With Charlotte La Thrope (soprano), Laura Baldwin (alto), Chris…
Cheltenham Coffee Concerts
Back by popular demand: an evening special hosted by Cheltenham Coffee Concerts!In a one-off Coffee Concert special we present the mesmerising Trois Leçons de Ténèbres by François Couperin, sung by Hannahs Davey and Grove and accompanied by Warwick Cole and David Hatcher. This mellifluous music promises a spellbinding evening of meditation this Maundy Thursday. Because…
Ex Cathedra
Ex Cathedra Consort & Baroque Orchestra:Jeffrey Skidmore – ConductorCharles Daniels – EvangelistMarcus Farnsworth – JesusLawrence White – Pilate Monumental and yet grippingly immediate, Bach’s St Matthew Passion tells the profound drama of Christ’s last days with music of aching beauty. Every musical possibility is used to express and sustain an extraordinary range of feelings: love,…
Rosafresca
Rosafresca presents Renaissance songs and instrumentals from the Spanish Court of Ferdinand and Isabella.
Marian Consort
Play by Clare NorburnDirected by Nicholas RentonLighting Design by Natalie Rowland and Pitch Black Lightingwith Gerald Kyd Actor BREAKING THE RULES is part concert/part one-man play, exploring the extraordinary life and music of Carlo Gesualdo. Gesualdo is today best known for his distinctive musical voice and idiosyncratic compositional style, and was admired by figures as…
Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir
A concert in association with Milton Abbey Heritage Trust Programme to include:Allegri • MiserereVictoria • Tenebrae ResponsesLamentations and other music for Holy Week Join us in a programme of music for the days leading up to Easter particularly suited to the acoustic and ambience of Milton Abbey. During the service of Tenebrae on Good Friday the candles…
Yat-Soon Yeo, Claire Horácek & Lucy Green
Music for Harpsichord, Spinet, Voice and Viola da Gamba, with songs and instrumental pieces by Handel, Purcell, Dowland, Byrd, Galuppi, Frescobaldi, Couperin and more. Yat-Soon Yeo – Harpsichord, SpinetClaire Horácek – Viola da GambaLucy Green – Mezzo-soprano
Glevum Consort
The Glevum Consort present a concert of music for Lent and Holy week, including Thomas Tallis’ Lamentations of Jeremiah. This time of the year in the church has produced some of the most thought-provoking and poignant music from many great composers. Enjoy wonderful music in the atmospheric surroundings of Gloucester Cathedral’s stunning 15th Century Lady…
Hay Music: Dancing with Bach
J.S. Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin are among the most exceptional pieces for unaccompanied violin and were modelled on some of the most populars dances of the baroque era. Find out about the dances Bach used, how he adapted them and the origins of his inimitable style. We will explore the history of the genre…
Bristol Bach Choir
Nicholas Mulroy – Evangelist TenorDingle Yandell – ChristusJames Newby – PilatusEmilia Morton – SopranoRebecca Afonwy-Jones – Mezzo SopranoKieran White – Tenor Canzona Baroque Ensemble:Theresa Caudle – LeaderChristopher Finch – Conductor One of the greatest choral works of all time, the St John Passion has been described as a deeply human, intensely dramatic telling of Christ’s…
City of Birmingham Choir
Bach’s magnificent St John Passion performed in the beautiful surroundings of Tewkesbury Abbey. Sung by the City of Birmingham Choir, accompanied by the Westminster Chamber Orchestra.
Cheltenham Coffee Concerts
This Easter, don’t miss the opportunity of hearing a rare performance of Bach’s St Luke Passion as performed by the man himself in 1730. It promises to be a real treat performed by familiar faces to coffee concerts goers and with Rob Waters once more as the evangelist. Coffee and cake served as usual and…
Cheltenham Coffee Concerts
This Easter, don’t miss the opportunity of hearing a rare performance of Bach’s St Luke Passion as performed by the man himself in 1730. It promises to be a real treat performed by familiar faces to coffee concerts goers and with Rob Waters once more as the evangelist. Coffee and cake served as usual and…
Maxim Calver (BBCYM 2018 Finalist)
Join Exeter Bach Society for a cello recital with BBC Young Musician 2018 Grand Finalist, Maxim Calver. This is likely to be a popular event so be ensure to book early to avoid missing out. Programme J.S. Bach – Suite for Solo Cello in G majori. Preludeii. Allemandeiii. Couranteiv. Sarabandev. Minuets I&IIvi. Gigue Rachmaninoff –…
Exeter Bach Society Cantata BWV 182
Join Exeter Bach Society for a liturgical performance of J S Bach’s beautiful cantata ‘Himmelskönig, sei willkommen’ (BWV 182) with orchestral accompaniment. Cantata BWV 182 was one of the earliest works written in Weimar and is thus one of Bach’s earliest cantatas. The title ‘Himmelskönig, sei willkommen’ is translated roughly as ‘King of Heaven, Welcome!’…
Bach Cantatas
Bach Cantatas:Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (BWV 230)Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4)Ich habe genug (BWV 82) Felicity Turner – mezzo-sopranoCheltenham Bach ChoirRobin Baggs – accompanistDavid Crown – conductor Part of the Cheltenham Bach Choir Spring Festival of the Baroque Join us for this afternoon programme of Bach cantatas sung by the Cheltenham Bach Choir…
Wellington Choral Society
Musical Director – Laurence Blyth Wellington Choral Society last performed the St Matthew Passion in 1951, so members are especially looking forward to preparing for this concert.
Exultate Singers
Conductor David Ogden Bristol’s Exultate Singers and the internationally renowned early music ensemble His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts join forces again for a celebration of European baroque choral and instrumental music. Opening with music from 16th century Venice, the performers take a musical tour around the cathedrals and musical powerhouses of Europe, exploring the evocative,…
VOCES8
The British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is now established as one of the most versatile and best loved singing groups.Touring extensively throughout Europe, North America and Asia, the ensemble perform a repertory from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary commissions and arrangements. Programme This will feature composers Byrd, Britten, Rachmaninov and composer-in residence Jonathan Dove. They will also…
Cheltenham Bach Choir
Conductor David Crown James Gilchrist (Evangelist)
Bach and Before – harpsichord recital
Part of the Cheltenham Bach Choir Spring Festival of the Baroque Satoko Doi-Luck was the Junior Fellow in Harpsichord/Continuo at the Royal College of Music, and also a participant of the Handel House Talent Scheme 2015-2016. She has performed with La Serenissima, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Birmingham Opera Company, English Chamber Orchestra, Tenebrae…
Rondo Viol Academy – Advanced Course
The annual Advanced Course enables players to work on more difficult and unusual repertoire: consorts by Purcell and Lawes, the fabulous repertoire for two trebles and two basses by people like Jenkins and Simpson, and the fantastic later repertoire for three basses by Forqueray, Nicolai and others.
Out of the Deep
Renaissance Music for Lentby Josquin, Isaac, Utendal, de Fevin, Obrecht, Clemens, Brumel & Victoria
Baroque String Workshop
Suitable for adult players. Intermediate onwards. Tutor: Alison Townley. Baroque Bows available to hire for the workshop and long term. 2019 workshop dates:27th January, 24th March, 12th May, 16th June
Vision
This exciting multimedia experience of light, song, music and storytelling is an atmospheric candlelit show with an imagined narrative by Hildegard of Bingen as she looks back at her life, alongside performance of her mesmeric chant.
Phoenix Recorder Orchestra
Our concert will explore the sound of the recorder world, with a programme including music from the 15th to the 20th century, from Wylkynson to Paul Clark. The orchestra is based in the Gloucester area, but players travel from as far afield as Cornwall and Rugby to meet and share their love of the recorder. …
Sherborne Chamber Choir
Journey with us to explore just a little of the vast treasury of music written in the two hundred years following the discovery of the Americas, which, surprisingly, still remains little explored in today’s global age. The establishment of Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church happened very quickly, and with it, the composition of much…
Renaissance Wind Band
See reports from previous years’ workshops: 2018 workshop 2017 workshop
Cheltenham College Chamber Choir
Stile Moderno – Music of the Italian Baroque.
Leominster Early Music Weekend
Postponed from 2018 because of the snow, the Leominster Early Music Weekend includes concerts by Simon and David Ponsford, Vivabiancaluna Biffi and David Hatcher, and a programme of words, music and dance from the Baroque period with Steven Player and Mary Collins. Further Details
Glevum Consort
Recently reformed, the Glevum Consort is Gloucestershire’s premiere professional vocal ensemble. Specialising in music from the Renaissance, their sound and repertoire are perfectly suited to the glorious College Chapel.
Duo Dorado – A Celebration of Bach
Sadly, this concert has had to be CANCELLED due to illness – we hope to reschedule it at a later date This concert is part of the Totnes Early Music Society Season 2018/19. Celebrate the wonderful music by J.S.Bach for violin and harpsichord with an outstanding pair of musicians! Some glorious music from the composer…
Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir
Tallis • Spem in AliumRoth • Earthrise An opportunity to hear Spem in Alium is always a special occasion. In this wonderful work for eight separate 5-part choirs, Tallis demonstrates that he is more than a match for any continental composer of the period. It is only in live performance that you appreciate Tallis’s skill, as each of the 40 voices…
The Polish Connection
A concert celebrating music from composers living in Warsaw and Krakow in the 16th and 17th centuries: Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, Luca Marenzio and Vincenzo Bertolusi, alongside modern works by Roxanna Panufnik.
Ten Ways to Sing the Psalms
An all-day workshop led by Christopher Martin Thomas, Rev. Stephen M’Caw, and the singers and musicians of St.John’s Keynsham, followed by a short service built around the Psalm settings learnt:• Participate in learning new and ancient ways to sing the Psalms• Learn about the theology, history and use of Psalmody in a multimedia presentation• Listen to…
Renaissance flute workshop with Clare Beesley
Applications are now open to join Clare Beesley’s Renaissance flute day – organised in conjunction with Worcestershire Early Music – on Saturday 2nd March 2019. All players of discant, tenor and bass instruments (or potential bassists – Clare has two instruments to loan) welcome. Pitch A=440Hz.
Empowered Women Trilogy Festival
Blurring the boundaries of what a concert is, The Telling bring you three intimate “concert-theatre” pieces to mark International Women’s Day 2019, transporting you back in time through plaintive ballads, lively dance music and dramatic narrative. The Empowered Women Trilogy celebrates the lives of three extraordinary women who defy the strictures of their time and…
The Songmen – A Capella Group
With ‘Faith, Folk and Frivolity’, The Songmen present a journey through the genres, taking you from some of the finest in renaissance polyphony including Byrd and Palestrina, through contemporary sacred music with settings by members of the group, vivid, humourous, and engaging madrigals featuring Clément Janequin’s epic ‘La Guerre’, original takes on familiar folks songs,…
Workshop for Singers and Instruments
*This event has been cancelled, and will be rescheduled for later in the year*
The Birth of Virtuosity
Join local violinist Alice Earll for an evening of fantastical music and lively discussion! Find out what happens when musicians are left to their own devices, why almost all the Cornetto players died (and what a Cornetto is, there’s more than just one…), and the weird and wonderful ways you can play a violin. Alice will be joined…
The Birth of Virtuosity
Join local violinist Alice Earll for an evening of fantastical music and lively discussion! Find out what happens when musicians are left to their own devices, why almost all the Cornetto players died (and what a Cornetto is, there’s more than just one…), and the weird and wonderful ways you can play a violin. Alice will be joined…
Piva – The Renaissance Collective
Formed in 2002 Piva have firmly established themselves as a leading early music ensemble. Playing throughout the UK and across Europe, the group has gained a reputation for their lively performances and entertaining shows. Bagpipes, hurdy gurdies, recorders, viol, curtals, rauschpfeifen, crumhorns, shawms, violin – members of Piva are multi-instrumentalists bringing together the sounds and…
Halsway Manor – Piva: Real Roots!
Discover the world of late 16th century popular traditional music as heard in both court and country. The focus of the course will be playing 4 or 5 part harmony in small groups but it doesn’t matter if you are new to this music or an experienced renaissance specialist; sessions will be adapted to suit…
Polish up your singing
Glastonbury Cantilena is delighted to have secured the services of Ben Sawyer: Ben is a countertenor, conductor and educator based in Gloucestershire, England. As a singer, he performs as a soloist around the country; he is a founder member of the award winning male voice a cappella group, “The Songmen”; and He is a lay…
Come & Sing Choruses from Handel’s Jephtha
Under the expert leadership of our Conductor Iain Cooper.
Dorset Bach Cantata Club
Bach, J S Cantata BWV 78 Jesu, der du meine Seele 1991 Bach, J S Cantata BWV 67 Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ 1994
Baroque String Workshop
Suitable for adult players. Intermediate onwards. Tutor: Alison Townley. Baroque Bows available to hire for the workshop and long term. 2019 workshop dates:27th January, 24th March, 12th May, 16th June
Workshop for Singers
Singers in all voice ranges are invited to a day centred on the church music of Peter Philips (1560/61-1628). Though Philips was documented as a choirboy at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London in the 1570s, within a decade his Roman Catholicism had led him abroad, never to return. He reached Italy, settling in Rome, but the Low…
Come and sing Victoria Requiem
Come and indulge yourself in the glorious Requiem by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611). Victoria was a Spanish composer in 16th century Spain and part of the counter-reformation. His Requiem, written for six parts, is full of refined but passionate conviction: just wonderful Renaissance music to wrap yourself in.
Awake Thou Wintry Earth
This concert is part of the Totnes Early Music Society Season 2018/19. This exciting recorder duo play music from Monteverdi to Handel, with theorbo player Toby Carr. A programme to inspire thoughts of spring from deep in the winter! Tabea Debus and Olwen Foulkes are joined by theorbo player Toby Carr in a programme which…
Tallis Voices
Regina coeli; a capella renaissance music and readings celebrating the Virgin Mary. Proceeds in aid of the Cathedral Chorister Trust. Tickets £10, available from the cathedral shop or by post from Dr CR Lovell, Green Farm Cottage, The Green, Farmborough, Bath BA2 0BA (please enclose s.a.e.).
Mr Gainsborough the music enthusiast of Bath
Galliarda – Sara Stowe (harpsichord, forte piano, soprano), Ibi Aziz (baroque cello, viola da gamba), Matthew Spring (early guitars, lute), Kate Alsop (baroque violin, recorder). This concert explores the music world that Thomas Gainsborough experienced during his Bath years (1759-74). Gainsborough was fascinated not only by musicians but also by their instruments – often acquiring…