Thu, 27 Feb 2020
1.10 pm, Due corde - Northern influences - Anne Marie Christensen (baroque violin), Amélie Addison (baroque cello). A programme inspired by 18th-century composer William Shield's early musical life in the North East, including traditional Tyneside dance tunes and the works of visiting Italian virtuosi. King’s Hall, Newcastle University, free entry. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/live-music/nemf/
Fri, 28 Feb 2020
Fri - Sun, 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2020, Rondo Viol Academy, Pre-formed Consort Course, The Beeches, Birmingham. http://www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk/
Fri, 28 Feb 2020
Fri - Sun, 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2020, Rondo Viol Academy, Elementary and Lower Intermediate Course, The Beeches, Birmingham. http://www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk/
Sun, 1 Mar 2020
10 am - 4 pm, Try for a Day: Early Dance, a new course. Higham Hall College, Bassenthwaite Lake
Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9SH, 017687 76276. admin@highamhall.com
Have a go at some simple Court Dances (e.g. Slow, stately Pavan, lively Galliard) from Elizabethan England and Renaissance Italy and an C18th Minuet. Easy for beginners upwards. Aspects of music, dance, costume and etiquette will be discussed. Not just for dancers, but also anyone interested in getting closer to music, drama and history. Elizabeth Dodd (Cumbria www.highamhall.com/elizabeth-dodd) £66 (inc. lunch and refreshments). Ends with Tea.
Wed, 4 Mar 2020
7.00 pm, Programme to include music by the French master Jean Richafort. Newcastle University’s New Vocal Ensemble, Kris Thomsett (director) & Ensemble Pro Victoria, Toby Ward (director). Part of the Newcastle Early Music Festival. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/live-music/nemf/
Fri, 6 Mar 2020
7.30 pm, The Herschel Trio with Molly Marsh (oboe) and Huw Daniel (violin): Concerti da Camera - Chamber works by Vivaldi and his contemporaries, St Thomas the Apostle Church, Stanhope. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 7 Mar 2020
2.00 pm, Organ masterclass on early organ music with Magnus Williamson in conjunction with the Newcastle and District Society of Organists on the new Aubertin organ at Newcastle University. Part of the Newcastle Early Music Festival. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/live-music/nemf/
Sat, 7 Mar 2020
11.00 am (coffee concert), The Herschel Trio with Molly Marsh (oboe) and Huw Daniel (violin): Concerti da Camera - Chamber works by Vivaldi and his contemporaries, St Andrew’s Church, Corbridge. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 7 Mar 2020
7.30 pm, Dresden Fashions: Italianate Music at the Ducal Court.Choral and instrumental concert by Cappella Novocastriensis, Jesmond United Reformed Church, Burdon Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 3AE.
Against the backdrop of his conversion to Catholicism, Frederick Augustus I was responsible for patronising many artists. Known as the Imperial Vicar, he invited the notable Italian composer Antonio Lotti to travel to his beautiful palace in Dresden for a residence of two years. As well as a consort of Italian musicians, Lotti bought the Venetian sunshine to Dresden, and other composers were quick to adopt this style which was so in vogue. Cappella Novocastriensis returns to Jesmond United Reformed Church with an ensemble of instrumentalists to perform a selection of music which would have been heard in the Ducal court. Alongside Lotti, other composers imitating the Italianate style included in the programme are Johann Adolph Hasse, Johann David Heinichen, Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Dismas Zelenka. We hope that you will join us for what promises to be a vibrant and exciting programme featuring young vocal soloists.
Tickets: £15 full, £13 (65 or over), £5 (student or unwaged), Free (18 or under) from:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cappella-novocastriensis/dresden-fashions-italianate-music-at-the-ducal-court/e-drxxlg, choir members or the door
Sat, 7 Mar 2020
7.30 pm, The Herschel Trio with Molly Marsh (oboe) and Huw Daniel (violin): Concerti da Camera - Chamber works by Vivaldi and his contemporaries, All Saints' Church, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sun, 8 Mar 2020
3.00 pm, Leeds Baroque, Purcell and Handel: Music for Great Occasions, Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, the University of Leeds LS2 9JT. Leeds Baroque soloists, Choir and Orchestra, directed by Peter Holman with Crispian Steele-Perkins (natural trumpet) and Daniel Auchincloss (tenor). Pre-concert talk 2.00 pm, Dr Alan Howard (Selwyn College, Cambridge).
Three superb works by Henry Purcell and Handel written for great occasions in Restoration London. Handel’s ‘Eternal source of light divine’ was written for Queen Anne in 1713. Purcell’s Te Deum and Jubilate was first heard on St Cecilia’s day in 1694, and his Yorkshire Feast Song was written to entertain Yorkshire emigres at a dinner celebrating the county in London in 1690; it is the greatest musical tribute to all things Yorkshire. https://concerts.leeds.ac.uk/
Sun, 8 Mar 2020
7.00 pm, The Herschel Trio with Molly Marsh (oboe) and Huw Daniel (violin): Concerti da Camera - Chamber works by Vivaldi and his contemporaries, St Olave’s Church, York . The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Mon, 9 Mar 2020
7:30 pm, St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield: Musica Secreta, From Darkness into Light.
From Darkness Into Light presents the complete Lamentations of Jeremiah for Good Friday by Antoine Brumel, discovered by co-director Laurie Stras in a modest manuscript preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence. This huge work, composed in the form of a Renaissance tragedy, provides the first half of the programme. Its scribe, an obscure friar, also left another manuscript, copied for a Florentine convent. The second half brings into focus the anonymous beauty of works that decorated the nuns’ worship throughout the year. Musica Secreta will present these startling new discoveries combining music, visuals and commentary in a live ‘documentary-concert’.
Directors Deborah Roberts and Laurie Stras
Sally Dunkley, Yvonne Eddy, Hannah Ely, Deborah Roberts (sopranos)
Victoria Couper, Katherine Hawnt (mezzo-sopranos)
Bethany Horak-Hallett, Kim Porter, Laurie Stras (altos)
Claire Williams (organ)
Alison Kinder (viol) hud.ac.uk/live
Wed, 11 Mar 2020
6.30 pm, University of York: Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building, Campus West.
A lecture recital by Peter Bull, “From Charles the Martyr to The Merry Monarch”: Popular music from 17th century England.
To include wheel fiddle (hurdy gurdy), hammered, dulcimer, recorders, flute, bagpipes, lute & voice.
Admission free, but tickets should be booked in advance from:
https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/public-lectures/spring-2020/charles-martyr/
Wed, 11 Mar 2020
4.00 pm, Armstrong Building G.17, Newcastle University. Seminar led by trombonist Catherine Motuz of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis on improvised counterpoint in the Renaissance. Part of the Newcastle Early Music Festival. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/live-music/nemf/
Thu, 12 Mar 2020
2.15 pm, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, workshop with trombonist Catherine Motuz of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Part of the Newcastle Early Music Festival. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/live-music/nemf/
Fri, 13 Mar 2020
7.30 pm, Ode on an earworm - Tabea Debus (recorder) & Alex McCartney (theorbo). Music by Dowland, Purcell, Handel, Corelli, Carroubel, Falconieri, Soler and pieces written specifically for Tabea by Gareth Moorcroft and Freya Waley-Cohen. Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire Concert Society. https://scunthorpe-concert-society.co.uk/2019-2020-programme/
Fri, 13 Mar 2020
7.30 pm, Lizzie Gutteridge: Consort of 1 – LOOPING THROUGH TIME - Ilkley Manor House. Looping Through Time explores historically informed interpretations of pieces from historical manuscripts, ranging from 13th century dance tunes through 15th century chansons and 16th century consorts to Divisions on a ground from the 17th century. The music is given the lightest of modern make-overs with the aid of live looping equipment which records and plays back what happens on stage. Much of this material lends itself well to the layers and cycles that can be produced using the loop station, and most of the musical arrangements are based on the premise of “what might a person from the period when this tune was written have done with this technology, had they had the chance?” There are no special effects, nothing louder than the natural acoustic sounds produced by the historical instruments and every note of every show played live on the day. https://www.ilkleymanorhouse.org/
Sat, 14 Mar 2020
Sat, 14 Mar 2020
7.30 pm, Handel: Saul - A rare opportunity to hear one of Handel’s finest oratorios live in the North East. Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir with Newcastle Baroque. Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson (soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (alto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Andri Björn Róbertsson (baritone), Eric Cross (conductor). Tickets: £16, £14 (senior citizens), £8 (students and unwaged), under 18s free. Part of the Newcastle Early Music Festival. More details at www.newcastlebachchoir.org.uk
Sat, 14 Mar 2020
NEEMF workshop, with Elizabeth Gutteridge, Machaut for instrumentalists and singers, Burley in Wharfedale. Details on the NEEMF workshop page of this website.
Fri, 20 Mar 2020
Fri - Sun, 20 - 22 Mar, Viol Consort Weekend at Higham Hall College, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9SH, led by Elizabeth Dodd. Now in its fifth year at Higham, this friendly course (all levels except beginner) will focus on music by Orlando Gibbons and William Lawes with perhaps a look at some lesser known composers. For those who wish, there can be some interaction with the Recorder course running alongside. Elizabeth Dodd (Cumbria www.highamhall.com/elizabeth-dodd) Residential: £238 Non-residential: £169
Fri, 20 Mar 2020
Fri - Sun, 20 - 22 Mar 2020, Recorder Consort Weekend, Higham Hall College, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9SH, led by Philip Gruar. Enjoy a weekend of mostly one-to-a-part Consort playing, in anything from three to eight parts and discover some possibly unfamiliar music. Mainly Renaissance, but may extend into some Baroque and the C20th. (Coincides with the VIOL WEEKEND, so some interaction may be possible.) Philip Gruar (Cumbria www.highamhall.com/philip-gruar) Residential: £238 Non-residential: £169.
Sat, 21 Mar 2020
SWEMF Workshop for Voices & Instruments with Frances Eustace. https://swemf.org.uk/
Sat, 21 Mar 2020
MEMF workshop for voices and baroque instruments with Will Carslake. http://memf.org.uk/
Sat, 21 Mar 2020
BMEMF for singers - music from 15th century France with Andrew Kirkman. http://www.bmemf.org.uk
Tue, 24 Mar 2020
7.30 pm, Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Purcell: Dido and Aeneas. A fully staged performance of Purcell’s masterpiece in historically-informed baroque style given by students of Newcastle University under the direction of international countertenor Lawrence Zazzo. Tickets from the Tyne Theatre & Opera House. Part of the Newcastle Early Music Festival. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/live-music/nemf/
Thu, 26 Mar 2020
7.30 pm, St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield, Sing we and chant it: music from renaissance England ‘apt for voices and viols’. The Rose Consort of Viols and University of Huddersfield Chamber Choir Director: John Bryan When the Italian madrigal arrived to be ‘Englished’ by composers like Morley around 1600, it joined a wealth of music designed for voices and viols, including consort songs from choirboy plays and verse anthems. We explore something of this varied repertory, from home-grown madrigals by Weelkes and sacred music by Byrd and Gibbons to Latin motets by Peter Phillips, whose career took him to work in Brussels. hud.ac.uk/live
Thu, 26 Mar 2020
1.15pm, St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield: Flights of Fancy, The Rose Consort of Viols - Ibrahim Aziz, John Bryan, Alison Crum, Andrew Kerr, Roy Marks. For English musicians from Tallis to Purcell the fantasia or ‘fancy’ was the highpoint of a composer’s craft, ranging from ‘songs without words’ to pieces of great contrapuntal ingenuity. We explore these riches, together with more recent pieces composed for the Rose Consort by Ivan Moody and Pavol Šimai. hud.ac.uk/live
Thu, 26 Mar 2020
Thu - Thu, 26 Mar - 2 Apr 2020, Easter Recorder Course at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Alfreton, Derbyshire. www.recordersforall.org.uk
Fri, 27 Mar 2020
Fri - Sun, 27 - 29 Mar 2020, Rondo Viol Academy, Advanced Course, Hothorpe Hall. http://www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk/
Thu, 2 Apr 2020
2 pm, The Orangery, Sewerby Hall, Bridlington. A solo concert by Peter Bull, “From Charles the Martyr to The Merry Monarch”: Popular music from 17th century England. To include wheel fiddle (hurdy gurdy), hammered, dulcimer, recorders, flute, bagpipes, lute & voice. Admission free, retiring collection
Fri, 3 Apr 2020
Fri - Thu, 3 - 9 Apr 2020, The Easter Early Music Course in Monmouth (formerly held in Ascot). www.easterearlymusiccourse.org.uk
Sat, 18 Apr 2020
2.00 pm, Open Day with Magnus Williamson and the Edinburgh Society of Organists on the new Aubertin organ at Newcastle University. Part of the Newcastle Early Music Festival https://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/live-music/nemf/
Sat, 18 Apr 2020
An Elizabethan Revel, a unique event for historical dancers to celebrate 50 years of (D)HDS. Lord Leycester’s Hospital, High Street, Warwick CV34 4BH. a dance workshop led by Anne Daye with music led by Tamsin Lewis and Passamezzo. Tickets £60. www.historicaldance.org.uk
Sat, 18 Apr 2020
NWEMF, Usper et al. for voices and instruments with Roger Wilkes. https://nwemf.org/
Fri, 24 Apr 2020
Fri - Sun, 24 - 26 Apr 2020, Rondo Viol Academy, Upper Intermediate Course, The Beeches, Birmingham. http://www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk/
Fri, 24 Apr 2020
Fri - Sun, 24 - 26 Apr 2020, Rondo Viol Academy, Intermediate Course, The Beeches, Birmingham. http://www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk/
Sun, 26 Apr 2020
NEEMF performing day at Temple Newsam - an opportunity to hear music performed by NEEMF members and their friends throughout the day in this historic setting.
Wed, 29 Apr 2020
4.00 pm, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University - Talk by Dr Barbara Gentili of the Newcastle University Humanities Research Institute. In the decades around 1900 the Italian operatic tradition of singing underwent one of its most spectacular transformations: it became ‘modern’. This talk will explore the main elements of this transition by comparing early recordings (1902-1920) and late 19th-century vocal treatises from an autoethnographic perspective. Part of the Newcastle Early Music Festival. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/live-music/nemf/
Fri, 1 May 2020
Fri - Sun, 1 - 3 May 2020, Bristol Early Music Festival, sponsored by SWEMF. https://swemf.org.uk/
Sat, 2 May 2020
Fri, 8 May 2020
Fri - Sun, 8 - 10 May 2020, Recorders at Rydal, Upper Intermediate and Advanced. A stunning location, beautiful music and expert tuition have established themselves as hallmarks of Recorders at Rydal courses. Your tutor, Mary Tyers, is a highly respected and popular teacher who delights in enabling enthusiastic adult amateurs develop both their technical and interpretive skills. A variety of genres and styles will be explored within a relaxed, friendly and supportive environment. During the course the tutti sessions usually focus on a small number of substantial works for recorder ensemble; the small group sessions are ‘free choice’ with regard to repertoire but efforts will be made to match players of a similar ability. Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX, groupbooking@rydalhall.org or tel: 015394 32050. More details:www.marytyers.co.uk, queries:mary.tyers1@btinternet.com or tel: 07762 374638
Sat, 9 May 2020
MEMF, Hail Queen of Heaven - a Workshop for Voices with Will Dawes. http://memf.org.uk/
Sat, 9 May 2020
NWEMF, H. Praetorius/Schutz/Bianci for voices and instruments with Stephanie Muncey-Dyer. https://nwemf.org/
Sat, 16 May 2020
EEMF, Renaissance Polyphony for voices with David Allinson. http://www.eemf.org.uk/events.html
Sat, 23 May 2020
NEEMF Baroque Instrumental Groups Day - a workshop for groups led by Rachel Brown and Adrian Butterfield at Whitley Bay. Pitch A=415/440. Details on the NEEMF workshop page of this website.
Fri, 5 Jun 2020
7.30 pm, The Herschel Trio: Faithful Music-Masters - Music of J.S.Bach and Telemann, St Thomas the Apostle Church, Stanhope. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 6 Jun 2020
7.30 pm, The Herschel Trio: Faithful Music-Masters - Music of J.S.Bach and Telemann, St Andrew’s Church, Corbridge . The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 6 Jun 2020
11.00 am, The Herschel Trio: Faithful Music-Masters - Music of J.S.Bach and Telemann, All Saints’ Church, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 6 Jun 2020
7.30 pm, Leeds Baroque, Schütz and Carissimi, National Centre for Early Music, York YO1 9TL. Leeds Baroque soloists, Choir and Ensemble, directed by Clive McClelland with Peter Holman (chamber organ) and Stuart O’Hara (bass). An engaging double portrait of two of the greatest and most influential Baroque composers in Germany and Italy, Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) and Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674). We contrast grand double-choir works by both composers (including Schütz’s ‘Saul, Saul’ and a Dixit Dominus by Carissimi) with intimate solos with instruments, ending with Carissimi’s superb oratorio Jephte, famous all over Europe in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. https://tickets.ncem.co.uk/
Sun, 7 Jun 2020
7.00 pm, The Herschel Trio: Faithful Music-Masters - Music of J.S.Bach and Telemann, St Olave’s Church, York. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 13 Jun 2020
NEEMF workshop for singers, with Rory McCleery: Infelix Ego - Recusant masterpieces by Byrd, Tallis & De Monte, Clements Hall York. Details on the NEEMF workshop page of this site.
Sun, 14 Jun 2020
NEEMF performing day at Burton Constable Hall, Burton Constable, Skirlaugh, Hull HU11 4LN
Sat, 20 Jun 2020
Sun, 28 Jun 2020
3.00 pm, Leeds Baroque, The Garden Rooms at Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 5SG. “… most fam’d Italian Masters “ - Corelli, Stradella, Scarlatti and Vivaldi. Leeds Baroque Orchestra, directed by Peter Holman with Philippa Hyde (soprano), Stuart O’Hara (bass) and Asuka Sumi (violin). A programme of dazzling summer music by four great Italian Baroque composers. Alessandro Stradella is mainly known for his lurid life, but his music is equally adventurous and colourful. His extended dramatic cantata ‘Qual prodigio’ was written for an outdoor performance during a Roman summer evening; it caught the attention of Handel, who used it as a quarry for Israel in Egypt. We include two superb early vocal works by Handel, written in Rome in 1708, as well as concertos by Corelli and Alessandro Scarlatti. Asuka Sumi, our very own violin virtuoso, completes the programme with Vivaldi’s evergreen Summer Concerto from The Four Seasons. http://tennantsgardenrooms.com/events/ https://www.leedsbaroque.org/
Sun, 5 Jul 2020
BMEMF workshop for singers and instrumentalists with Justin Doyle. http://www.bmemf.org.uk/
Sat, 18 Jul 2020
’T’Arty Tunes’ an instrumental workshop with Mary Tyers. More information on the NEEMF workshop page of this website.
Sun, 26 Jul 2020
Sun - Sun, 26 Jul - 2 Aug 2020, Cambridge Baroque Summer School. https://www.cambridgeearlymusic.org/
Fri, 31 Jul 2020
Fri - Fri, 31 Jul - 7 Aug 2020, The 52nd Historical Dance and Music Annual Summer School, Regency Dancing, (Dances from Britain and the rest of Europe, c. 1800). Bromsgrove School, Worcester Road, Bromsgrove (satnav address) B61 7HP. www.historicaldance.org.uk
Sat, 1 Aug 2020
Sat - Sat, 1 - 8 Aug 2020, Recorder Summer School at Bishop Burton. http://recordersummerschool.org.uk/
Sat, 1 Aug 2020
Sat - Sat, 1 - 8 Aug 2020 NORVIS 50, A week-long early music course in County Durham. Come and help us celebrate 50 years of this wonderful event in our new, more accessible and comfortable home in Barnard Castle. We welcome players of recorders, viols, lutes, baroque strings, harpsichord and voices. There is a wide range of activities with repertoire from early renaissance to late baroque. We are lavishly staffed with inspirational tutors who also feature strongly in our evening concerts. Generous bursaries available. See www.norvis.org.uk or email enquiries@norvis.org.uk.
Sun, 2 Aug 2020
Sun - Sat, 2 - 8 Aug 2020, Beauchamp Early Music Course, directed by David Hatcher with tutors David Allinson and Sue Addison at Rendcomb College in the heart of the Cotswolds. . The theme is O quam gloriosam – music inspired by the saints and sainthood. Accommodation available on site; all meals provided; 4 tutor-led sessions each full day.
For further information visit www.glosacadmusic.org or email anne@glosacadmusic.org Quote from 2019 participant: I’ve had a brilliant week; lovely people and very warm atmosphere – a great experience and highly recommended.
Sun, 2 Aug 2020
Sun - Sun, 2 - 9 Aug 2020, Cambridge Renaissance Summer School. https://www.cambridgeearlymusic.org/
Sat, 15 Aug 2020
Sat - Sat, 15 - 22 Aug 2020, Irish Recorder and Viol Course, Termonfechin, Co. Louth. https://www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org/
Sun, 16 Aug 2020
Sun - Sat, 16 - 22 Aug 2020, Higham Hall Early Music Summer School, Cumbria. http://highamhall.com/emss/
Sat, 29 Aug 2020
Sat - Sat, 29 Aug - 5 Sep 2020, Tudor Polyphony and Beyond… A choral course for 16-18 experienced singers. Tutors: Eamonn Dougan and Francis Steele
Imagine a vast oil canvas… The five Tudor monarchs – all depicted – have courteously requested the presence of all the musicians who served during their reigns. John Browne is chatting with the Mundys, Sheppard laughing with Cornysh and Tye; Byrd and Tallis are deep in conversation with Elizabeth, whilst Taverner has recruited the 4 Roberts – White, Wylkynson, Parsons and Fayrfax– to play In nomines upon the dais. Anon skulks in a recess. A breath-taking array of talent there assembled.
Eamonn and Francis want to restore this canvas, not in oils, but in sound. They will select some of the greatest works of the Tudor period – antiphons, mass movements, motets – in order to discover the manifold beauties of this complex and challenging repertoire. They rely on you to be the artists.
We are seeking experienced singers and sight-readers to take part in this week of musical and culinary excess in the South of France. The venue is La Maison Verte in Roujan, Languedoc. All food, tuition and music are included, and the accommodation is onsite, comfortable and spacious. The course fee is 795 euros and non-singing guests are welcome.
Contact Anne at anneroberts23456@gmail.com for further information.
Sat, 5 Sep 2020
SEMF Workshop for voices & instruments with Patrick Craig https://sites.google.com/site/southernearlymusicforum/home
Thu, 10 Sep 2020
Thu - Sun, 10 - 13 Sep 2020, Medieval Music in the Dales, England's festival of Medieval Music, Bolton Castle & Redmire. https://www.medievalmusicinthedales.co.uk/
Fri, 18 Sep 2020
Fri - Sun, 18 - 20 Sep 2020, Recorders at Rydal, Foundation and Lower Intermediate. A stunning location, beautiful music and expert tuition have established themselves as hallmarks of Recorders at Rydal courses. Your tutor, Mary Tyers, is a highly respected and popular teacher who delights in enabling enthusiastic adult amateurs develop both their technical and interpretive skills. A variety of genres and styles will be explored within a relaxed, friendly and supportive environment. During the course the tutti sessions usually focus on a small number of substantial works for recorder ensemble; the small group sessions are ‘free choice’ with regard to repertoire but efforts will be made to match players of a similar ability. Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX, groupbooking@rydalhall.org or tel: 015394 32050. More details:www.marytyers.co.uk, queries:mary.tyers1@btinternet.com or tel: 07762 374638
Fri, 18 Sep 2020
7.30 pm, The Herschel Trio with Julia Doyle (soprano) and Huw Daniel (violin): Le Charme de la Voix - French cantatas and instrumental music by Rameau, Couperin and Clérambault, St Thomas the Apostle Church, Stanhope. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 19 Sep 2020
11.00 am, The Herschel Trio with Julia Doyle (soprano) and Huw Daniel (violin): Le Charme de la Voix - French cantatas and instrumental music by Rameau, Couperin and Clérambault, St Andrew’s Church, Corbridge. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 19 Sep 2020
7.30 pm, The Herschel Trio with Julia Doyle (soprano) and Huw Daniel (violin): Le Charme de la Voix - French cantatas and instrumental music by Rameau, Couperin and Clérambault, All Saints’ Church, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 19 Sep 2020
NEEMF workshop, 'Sisters of Ferrara' workshop (female voice polyphony) led by Prof. Laurie Stras at Clements Hall, York. Details later.
Sun, 20 Sep 2020
7.00 pm, The Herschel Trio with Julia Doyle (soprano) and Huw Daniel (violin): Le Charme de la Voix - French cantatas and instrumental music by Rameau, Couperin and Clérambault, St Olave’s Church, York. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Fri, 2 Oct 2020
Fri - Sun, 2 - 4 Oct 2020, Rondo Viol Academy, Upper Intermediate Course, Hothorpe Hall. http://www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk/
Fri, 2 Oct 2020
Fri - Sun, 2 - 4 Oct 2020, Rondo Viol Academy, Intermediate Course, Hothorpe Hall. http://www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk/
Sat, 24 Oct 2020
NEEMF AGM workshop conducted by Alison Kinder, Clements Hall, York. Details later.
Sun, 25 Oct 2020
3.00 pm, Leeds Baroque, Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall, the University of Leeds LS2 9JT. Handel: Messiah, Leeds Baroque soloists, Choir and Orchestra, directed by Peter Holman. Pre-concert talk 2:00pm: Dr David Vickers. Messiah, the first work performed by Leeds Baroque, is a fitting conclusion to our 20th anniversary season. For this very special performance we welcome back some of our colleagues who have gone on from Leeds to make exciting professional careers. Peter Holman has chosen the fast-moving and dramatic version of the oratorio that Handel settled on in the 1750s, when he gave it annually to support the Foundling Hospital in London; it includes the rarely heard and dramatic soprano version of ‘But who may abide’, used at the Foundling Hospital in 1754. https://www.leedsbaroque.org/
Fri, 6 Nov 2020
Fri - Sun, 6 - 8 Nov 2020, Rondo Viol Academy, Elementary and Lower Intermediate Course, The Hayes, Derbyshire. http://www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk/
Fri, 6 Nov 2020
Fri - Sun, 6 - 8 Nov 2020, Rondo Viol Academy, Pre-formed Consort Course, The Hayes, Derbyshire. http://www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk/
Sun, 15 Nov 2020
Sun - Tue, 15 - 17 Nov 2020, Recorders at Rydal, Upper Intermediate and Advanced. A stunning location, beautiful music and expert tuition have established themselves as hallmarks of Recorders at Rydal courses. Your tutor, Mary Tyers, is a highly respected and popular teacher who delights in enabling enthusiastic adult amateurs develop both their technical and interpretive skills. A variety of genres and styles will be explored within a relaxed, friendly and supportive environment. During the course the tutti sessions usually focus on a small number of substantial works for recorder ensemble; the small group sessions are ‘free choice’ with regard to repertoire but efforts will be made to match players of a similar ability. New for November 2020: an optional third day of tuition for upper intermediate and advanced players, which will focus on ornamenting Telemann sonatas. Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX, groupbooking@rydalhall.org or tel: 015394 32050. More details:www.marytyers.co.uk, queries:mary.tyers1@btinternet.com or tel: 07762 374638
Fri, 18 Dec 2020
7.30 pm, The Herschel Trio with Charlotte Barbour-Condini (recorders) Musicians of London - music by Purcell, Handel and their contemporaries, St Thomas the Apostle Church, Stanhope. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 19 Dec 2020
11.00 am, The Herschel Trio with Charlotte Barbour-Condini (recorders) Musicians of London - music by Purcell, Handel and their contemporaries, St Andrew’s Church, Corbridge. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 19 Dec 2020
17.30 pm, The Herschel Trio with Charlotte Barbour-Condini (recorders) Musicians of London - music by Purcell, Handel and their contemporaries, All Saints’ Church, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sun, 20 Dec 2020
7.00 pm, The Herschel Trio with Charlotte Barbour-Condini (recorders) Musicians of London - music by Purcell, Handel and their contemporaries, St Olave’s Church, York. The Herschel Trio: Graham O'Sullivan (flute/recorder), Susanna Pell (viola da gamba), Mie Hayashi (harpsichord). http://www.ncem.co.uk/ http://www.herscheltrio.co.uk/
Sat, 9 Jan 2021
NEEMF workshop for Singers with David Allinson, Music for Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord. Newcastle upon Tyne. Details later.