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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/6731/">Stile Antico</a></h2><p class="desc" >Guerrero, Plainchant and Victoria</p><p class="location" >Online via Wigmore Hall Website</p><p class="start" > 7.30pm</p><p>Part of the live streamed concert series from Wigmore Hall.</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/watch-listen/forthcoming-live-streams">Wigmore Hall Website</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/6718/">Fretwork Viol Consort</a></h2><p class="desc" >Sebastiani - St Matthew Passion</p><p class="location" >Online via Wigmore Hall Website</p><p class="start" > 7.30pm</p><p>Part of the live streamed concert series from Wigmore Hall.</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/watch-listen/forthcoming-live-streams">Wigmore Hall Website</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/6654/">SWEMF April Zoom Meeting</a></h2><p class="desc" >Chorales from the St Matthew Passion</p><p class="location" >Online via Zoom</p><p class="start" > 11am</p><p>Sing and play chorales from the St Matthew Passion – a short practical session led by Clare Griffel.</p>
<p>All Welcome - pitch A=440.</p>
<p>All 12 chorales are available in a convenient format (with German text) at<br /><a href="https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/b/b1/Ws-bachmatt.pdf">https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/b/b1/Ws-bachmatt.pdf</a>.<br />If you have a score of the work, the chorales are numbers 3, 10, 15, 17, 25, 32, 37, 40, 44, 46, 54, 62.</p>
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<p>Meeting ID: 942 6411 4741<br />Passcode: 855290</p>
</blockquote><p class="organisation" >Organiser: Clare Griffel / chair@swemf.org.uk</p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/6736/">The Sixteen</a></h2><p class="desc" >Reflection and Hope</p><p class="location" >Online via Wigmore Hall Website</p><p class="start" > 7.30pm</p><p>Part of the live streamed concert series from Wigmore Hall.</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/watch-listen/forthcoming-live-streams">Wigmore Hall Website</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/7073/">Messiah: Reimagined</a></h2><p class="desc" >London Handel Festival</p><p class="location" >Online</p><p class="start" > 7pm</p><p>A unique and ground-breaking performance of Handel’s masterpiece, blending ‘live’ and ‘virtual’. Acclaimed baroque conductor, Laurence Cummings will lead our star soloists, all alumni of our international Handel Singing Competition, and the London Handel Orchestra in a live performance from St George’s, Hanover Square in London’s Mayfair – Handel’s own church.</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://www.london-handel-festival.com/show/messiah-reimagined/">Further Details</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/7185/">Sing with Paragon Singers</a></h2><p class="desc" >Led by musical director Sarah Latto</p><p class="location" >Online via Zoom</p><p class="start" > 8pm - 9pm</p><p>Sing with Paragon is a chance to sing some of the repertoire that Paragon has become best known for, focusing on some of their favourite concert programmes over the past four years. You’ll get an insight into the way that Paragon rehearses and delves inside the music, and get a chance to sing with the group through recordings and videos.</p>
<p>The sessions are taking place on Monday evenings in April, from 8-9pm via Zoom. Sessions are completely free to join, and you can join whichever takes your fancy - or all three!</p>
<p><strong>Monday 12th April, 8pm</strong> <em>Super Flumina<br /></em>Music about rivers, including pieces by John Barber, Michael Tippett and Victoria</p>
<p><strong>Monday 19th April, 8pm</strong> <em>The Polish Connection<br /></em>Including Music by Grzegorz Gorczycki and Roxanna Panufnik</p>
<p><strong>Monday 26th April, 8pm</strong> <em>Music and Monarchy<br /></em>Including music by John Sheppard, Thomas Tallis and Kerry Andrew</p><p class="organisation" >Organiser: Paragon Singers / paragonsingers@gmail.com</p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/6778/">SEMF Talk by Laurie Stras</a></h2><p class="desc" >Dare to declare who you are</p><p class="location" >Online via Zoom</p><p class="start" > 7.30pm</p><p><strong>Convent music of the medieval and Renaissance periods</strong></p>
<p>Laurie will talk about her ground-breaking research into the music sung by – and often composed by – nuns, discuss some of the challenges of performing this “music for equal voices”, and illustrate her talk with musical examples. Scores and instrumental parts will be provided for participants to play or sing along (muted). Lower voices (tenors and basses) can of course join in at their own pitch…</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://www.semf.org.uk/events">Further Details</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/7180/">Baroque Violin Masterclass</a></h2><p class="desc" >Baroque repertoire for solo violin, with Rachel Harris</p><p class="location" >Online via Zoom</p><p class="start" > 2.30pm</p><p>The Brook Street Band is delighted to continue its series of online masterclasses, this time exploring music for solo violin by composers including JS Bach and Telemann, as well as violin sonatas by Handel and others.</p>
<p>3 participants (approximate minimum standard Grade 7+) will work with Rachel Harris on their choice of repertoire from the baroque period, plus we have room for up to 100 observers. The masterclass ends with a live Q&A session where you’ll be able to ask Rachel specific questions about repertoire or technical issues.</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/851020778794271">Further Details (Facebook)</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/6624/">Josquin at 500: A Remarkable Tribute Motet</a></h2><p class="desc" >Benslow Music Online Courses</p><p class="location" >Online via Zoom</p><p class="start" > 3pm</p><p>This year marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Josquin, a seminal figure of the early Renaissance, and a huge influence on composers such as Morales, Palestrina, Gombert and Victoria. Andrew Griffiths’ workshop explores some of his finest motets, through the lens of a very unusual tribute work by the composer Jacquet de Mantua.</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://benslowmusic.org/index.asp?PageID=3082">Further Details</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/6635/">Topics in Medieval music</a></h2><p class="desc" >City Lit Online Courses</p><p class="location" >Online</p><p>Study Western music written during the middle ages. Beginning with the fall of the western Roman Empire in the 5th century and ending in the early 15th century, we’ll explore music for church, banquet and dance. </p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/topics-in-medieval-music">City Lit Website</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/7226/">Mahan Esfahani - Harpsichord</a></h2><p class="desc" >JS Bach</p><p class="location" >Online via Wigmore Hall Website</p><p class="start" > 7.30pm</p><p>Part of the live streamed concert series from Wigmore Hall.</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/watch-listen/forthcoming-live-streams">Wigmore Hall Website</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/6262/">Handel London operas 2</a></h2><p class="desc" >City Lit Online Courses</p><p class="location" >Online</p><p>Study the cultural history, plots and structure of Handel’s Italian operas written for London audiences between 1729 and 1741.</p>
<p>Learn about recitative, aria-types and discover the stories behind these great works.</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/handel-london-operas-2">City Lit Website</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/6628/">Exploring classical music: module 1</a></h2><p class="desc" >City Lit Online Courses</p><p class="location" >Online</p><p>Enrich your understanding of music history. This module explores selected topics in Medieval to (early) Baroque music.</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/exploring-classical-music-module-1">City Lit Website</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/7230/">Tabea Debus, Elizabeth Kenny & Jonathan Rees</a></h2><p class="desc" >Tabea Debus - recorder; Elizabeth Kenny - lute; Jonathan Rees - viola da gamba</p><p class="location" >Online via Wigmore Hall Website</p><p class="start" > 7.30pm</p><p>Part of the live streamed concert series from Wigmore Hall.</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/watch-listen/forthcoming-live-streams">Wigmore Hall Website</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.swemf.org.uk/event/6881/">Jenkins Unravelled with Alison Crum</a></h2><p class="desc" >Benslow Music Online Courses</p><p class="location" >Online via Zoom</p><p class="start" > 2pm</p><p>Most viol players consider the fantasias written by Jenkins to be amongst the very best of English viol consort music; but they rarely have the opportunity for detailed work on these pieces with a professional viol player who has devoted most of her life to consort playing. This workshop, for viol players of all sizes, will look in depth at just one of his fantasias.</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://benslowmusic.org/index.asp?PageID=3093">Further Details</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}