Early Music events organised by other groups
Saturday 23rd February: Rachel Podger performs Bach cello suites, transposed for violin, at Moor Park school, Ludlow. 7.30pm. For more information visit www.ludlow-arts-classical.org.uk or phone 01584 878141.
Friday 15 - Sunday 17 March: Leominster Early Music Festival.
Fri 15, 7.30pm: Simon Ponsford (countertenor) and David Ponsford (Virginals) perform Elizabethan and Jacobean songs and keyboard music. Lion Ballroom. £12/£6
Sat 16, 11.00am: Mary Collins (Baroque dancer) and Steven Player (Baroque dancer and gittar) present in words, music and dance the story of John Ogilby's route from London to Aberystwyth. Lion Ballroom. £12/£6
Sat 16, 3.00pm: Alan Crumpler presents a talk on the making and playing of mediaeval instruments. Lion Ballroom. £6 all tickets.
Sat 16, 7.30pm: Vivabiancaluna Biffi (soprano and viol) and David Hatcher (viols) present stories of life in 14th century Florence, through the work of musician and poet Francesco Landini. £12/£6.
Sun 17, 7.30pm: Border Voices (conducted by David Hatcher), soprano Evelyn Tubb and the Linarol Consort of Viols perform music for the dukes of Ferrara. Leominster Priory. Entry free, retiring collection in aid of the Priory Restoration.
All tickets can be purchased from the Leominster Tourist Information Centre, 11 Corn Square, Leominster HR6 8YP. Telephone 01568 616460.
Friday 5th April 19.30 Lion Ballroom, Leominster. 'A Handefull of Pleasant Delites'
15th century music and dance from the Courts of Europe, with Passamezzo Early Dance and the musicians of Fleurs de Lys. Tickets: £12.00 ( Students £6.00) from Leominster Tourist Information Centre. 01568 616460 or on the door. Seating is limited so book early!
Saturday 13 April 19.30. St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye. A Concert of Baroque and Renaissance Music for Harpsichord, Spinet, Voice and Viola Da Gamba. Mezzo-soprano (and BMEMF member) Lucy Green, with Yat-Soon Yeo and Claire Horácek.
www.eventbrite.com/e/renaissance-and-baroque-music-tickets-54029267995
Wednesday 17 April: 19.30 Malvern Theatres. “A Guardian Angel”. Rachel Podger and Voces 8. Solo violin and choral music by Bach, Biber, Tallis, Monteverdi and more.
Tickets: www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
12th-14th May: Recorders course (Upper Intermediate & Advanced, grades 5-8) at Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria. Tutor: Mary Tyers. Click here for a leaflet, or visit www.marytyers.co.uk
Friday 31 May - Sunday 2 June 2019. Worcestershire Early Music Festival. Concerts by the Musical and Amicable Society, Fontanella and Emma Kirkby. More to be announced. Check https://www.earlymusicworcs.org/events/2019-worcestershire-early-music-festival/ for further information. (BMEMF is supporting a free concert by Fontanella for families with young children.)
12-16 August: Historically Informed Summer School (HISS) at Bishop Burton College, near Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 8QG, for singers and instrumentalists. Visit www.hiss.org.uk for more information.
August: The Beauchamp Early Music Course for August 2019 is already fully booked! There is a waiting list, however, so if you are interested see www.gamusic.co.uk and follow the links to Holiday Courses / Early Music (adults) or email earlymusic@gamusic.co.uk
18–25 August: Irish Recorder and Viol Course for players of recorders, viols and other early instruments, covering a wide repertoire from ancient to modern. Sessions include one-to-a-part groups, lectures, choir, large and small ensembles. Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Marion Doherty-Hayden, Pamela Flanagan, Emma Murphy, Philip Thorby. Venue: An Grianán, Termonfechin, Co. Louth, Ireland. Website: https://www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org.
20-22nd September: Recorders course (Foundation & Lower Intermediate, grades 3-5) at Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria. Tutor: Mary Tyers. Click here for a leaflet, or visit www.marytyers.co.uk
29 November - 1 December: Recorders course (Upper Intermediate & Advanced, grades 5-8) at Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria. Tutor: Mary Tyers. Click here for a leaflet, or visit www.marytyers.co.uk
Friday 15 - Sunday 17 March: Leominster Early Music Festival.
Fri 15, 7.30pm: Simon Ponsford (countertenor) and David Ponsford (Virginals) perform Elizabethan and Jacobean songs and keyboard music. Lion Ballroom. £12/£6
Sat 16, 11.00am: Mary Collins (Baroque dancer) and Steven Player (Baroque dancer and gittar) present in words, music and dance the story of John Ogilby's route from London to Aberystwyth. Lion Ballroom. £12/£6
Sat 16, 3.00pm: Alan Crumpler presents a talk on the making and playing of mediaeval instruments. Lion Ballroom. £6 all tickets.
Sat 16, 7.30pm: Vivabiancaluna Biffi (soprano and viol) and David Hatcher (viols) present stories of life in 14th century Florence, through the work of musician and poet Francesco Landini. £12/£6.
Sun 17, 7.30pm: Border Voices (conducted by David Hatcher), soprano Evelyn Tubb and the Linarol Consort of Viols perform music for the dukes of Ferrara. Leominster Priory. Entry free, retiring collection in aid of the Priory Restoration.
All tickets can be purchased from the Leominster Tourist Information Centre, 11 Corn Square, Leominster HR6 8YP. Telephone 01568 616460.
Friday 5th April 19.30 Lion Ballroom, Leominster. 'A Handefull of Pleasant Delites'
15th century music and dance from the Courts of Europe, with Passamezzo Early Dance and the musicians of Fleurs de Lys. Tickets: £12.00 ( Students £6.00) from Leominster Tourist Information Centre. 01568 616460 or on the door. Seating is limited so book early!
Saturday 13 April 19.30. St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye. A Concert of Baroque and Renaissance Music for Harpsichord, Spinet, Voice and Viola Da Gamba. Mezzo-soprano (and BMEMF member) Lucy Green, with Yat-Soon Yeo and Claire Horácek.
www.eventbrite.com/e/renaissance-and-baroque-music-tickets-54029267995
Wednesday 17 April: 19.30 Malvern Theatres. “A Guardian Angel”. Rachel Podger and Voces 8. Solo violin and choral music by Bach, Biber, Tallis, Monteverdi and more.
Tickets: www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
12th-14th May: Recorders course (Upper Intermediate & Advanced, grades 5-8) at Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria. Tutor: Mary Tyers. Click here for a leaflet, or visit www.marytyers.co.uk
Friday 31 May - Sunday 2 June 2019. Worcestershire Early Music Festival. Concerts by the Musical and Amicable Society, Fontanella and Emma Kirkby. More to be announced. Check https://www.earlymusicworcs.org/events/2019-worcestershire-early-music-festival/ for further information. (BMEMF is supporting a free concert by Fontanella for families with young children.)
12-16 August: Historically Informed Summer School (HISS) at Bishop Burton College, near Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 8QG, for singers and instrumentalists. Visit www.hiss.org.uk for more information.
August: The Beauchamp Early Music Course for August 2019 is already fully booked! There is a waiting list, however, so if you are interested see www.gamusic.co.uk and follow the links to Holiday Courses / Early Music (adults) or email earlymusic@gamusic.co.uk
18–25 August: Irish Recorder and Viol Course for players of recorders, viols and other early instruments, covering a wide repertoire from ancient to modern. Sessions include one-to-a-part groups, lectures, choir, large and small ensembles. Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Marion Doherty-Hayden, Pamela Flanagan, Emma Murphy, Philip Thorby. Venue: An Grianán, Termonfechin, Co. Louth, Ireland. Website: https://www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org.
20-22nd September: Recorders course (Foundation & Lower Intermediate, grades 3-5) at Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria. Tutor: Mary Tyers. Click here for a leaflet, or visit www.marytyers.co.uk
29 November - 1 December: Recorders course (Upper Intermediate & Advanced, grades 5-8) at Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria. Tutor: Mary Tyers. Click here for a leaflet, or visit www.marytyers.co.uk
