Early Music events organised by other groups
14 – 22 March: Worcester Early Music Festival. All details: www.earlymusica.org/wem
Sunday 16 March: Florilegium. Rebel, Marais, Bach and others. 15.00. Bridge House Theatre, Myton Road, Warwick, CV34 6PP. Tel: 01926 776 438.
Saturday 22nd March: Ruffs, Camera, Action! – you are invited to take part in the filming of dances for the DHDS (Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society) teaching pack (Tudors and Stewarts – with its companion CD Dances of Court and Country) with a view to the footage being subsequently available in an edited format on the DHDS website. The aim is to provide teachers and the wider public with good examples of the standard Renaissance dance repertoires. This filming event will be held on two days (16 November 2013 and 22 March 2014). For more information, visit http://www.dhds.org.uk
Tuesday 25 March: Stile Antico. “The Phoenix Rising”, Tallis, Byrd, Morley and others. 19.30. St.Mary’s Church, Warwick, CV34 4RA. Tel: 01926 776438
Wednesday 26 March: The English Concert. Telemann and Bach. 19.30 Barber Institute, Birmingham. www.barber.org.uk
Friday 28 March: Poeticall Musicke. Music for Tenebrae – French Baroque music for the Sun King’s court and the season of Lent. (In association with The Churches Conservation Trust.) 19.30. St Leonard’s Church, Bridgnorth. www.tenebraetour.co.uk
Saturday 29th March: MEMF workshop for singers and instrumentalists, jointly with NWEMF. Rosenmuller Vespers. Tutor: James Weeks.Venue: St Andrews Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 3RE. For details, please go to www.memf.org.uk
April 6th 7.30pm St Mary's Ross On Wye: Out of the Deep - Stunning Cantatas by Bach and Buxtehude for Passiontide performed by the Unicorn Singers [with baroque ensemble].Works include Bach: Cantata131 ‘Aus der Teifer and 82 ‘Himmelskonig’.Tickets: £10 from Abergavenny Music 01873 853394 and on the door
Friday 11 April: CBSO Baroque Ensemble. The Royal Society of Musicians – music by founder members, Boyce, Arne, Hayes and Handel. 13.10. CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham. www.cbso.co.uk
12 – 13 April: Town Hall and Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Bach: A Beautiful Mind 2014. Series of concerts. All details: www.thsh.co.uk
Saturday 12 April: Workshop at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester run by the Voices and Books 1500-1800 Network, in association with NEMA. This is the first in a series of three workshops. Click here for more information.
Sunday 13 April: Armonico Consort. With Nathan Vale and Sir Willard White. St. Matthew Passion. 15.00. Malvern Theatres. www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
Friday 18 April: Ex Cathedra Choir, Baroque Orchestra & Academy of Ancient Music. Good Friday Bach St John Passion. 14.00. Symphony Hall, Birmingham. THSH Box Office 0121 345 0603
Friday 25 April : The Bach Duo (Nella Hunkins, cello; Micaela Schmitz, harpsichord) perform 'Bach for Reflection' -including Bach's G Minor Gamba sonata, and sonatas by Vivaldi and others. 7.30pm, St Michael & All Angels Church, Guiting Power. 01451 850232
Sunday 27th April: Workshop on West Gallery Music, led by Dave Townsend. Organised by the Shropshire Harmony Quire - please contact Dave Bissett for more information on bosky@btinternet.com
Saturday 3rd May: Workshop for strings. Tutor: Julia Bishop. Venue: St Michael's Church, Discoed, Presteigne, LD8 2NW.
Annie Nethercott is organising a workshop for strings as part of her Discoed Early Music series of events. The tutor is period violinist, Julia Bishop. With the other members of ‘Red Priest’, the well-known baroque ensemble noted for their vibrant performances (from memory!) and scholarly arrangements, Julia has explored the baroque repertoire in great depth and, as a tutor, Julia has a knack of sharing technique and musical detail with a warmth and vigour that brings out the best in everybody. She will work in detail on Corelli’s Concerto Grosso, Opus 6 no. 3, Bach’s Orchestral Suite no. 3, and, if time permits, J-F Rebel’s ‘Caractères de la Danse’ – a joyous piece with plenty of interesting tempo changes to get your teeth into!
BMEMF is supporting this workshop so that Annie can offer members a considerable discount. Cost for non-members is £25 (concessions £10), but existing BMEMF members can attend for just £15. This is a great opportunity, and not to be missed! Please download an application form here, or contact Annie on 07989 091949.
Thursday 8 May: Robin Blaze and Elizabeth Kenny. Clear or Cloudy - the essence of English Ayre. Dowland, Lawes, Purcell and others. 19.30. The Courtyard Centre, Hereford. Box Office 01432 340 555.
Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May: Florentine Intermedii 1589. Workshop for singers and players. Tutor: Philip Thorby. Venue: Solihull School. For details, please go to www.memf.org.uk
6 – 8 June: Farncombe weekend course. Viol Consorts, tutor Alison Crum. www.farncombecourses.co.uk
Wednesday 25 June: Ex Cathedra Choir and Baroque Ensemble. Summer Vespers by Candlelight. 21.00. The Oratory, Birmingham. Box Office 0121 345 0603. www.excathedra.co.uk
Saturday 5th July: 'Try a Viol' day, organised by the Viola de Gamba Society. Tutor: Alison Kinder. £50. The Bate Collection, Faculty of Music, University of Oxford. For more information please click here.
Saturday 5th July: MEMF workshop for singers. Renaissance Vocal Music with tutor David Allinson. St Faith & St Laurence Church, Birmingham. For more details, please go to www.memf.org.uk
27th July – 2nd August: Beauchamp Early Music Week. Vespers of the Five Laudate. Director: Philip Thorby. Tutor: David Hatcher. Venue: Dene Magna School, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire GL17 0DU.
Tel: 01452 385162 Email: earlymusic@gamusic.co.uk
27th July - 3rd August: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Summer School. It will focus on Renaissance Dance and Music and the Plays of Shakespeare and is aimed at instrumentalists as well as dancers. The directors will be Anne Daye and Jorgen Schou-Pederson for the dancers and Keith McGowan for the instrumentalists. It is being held at the Bishop Otter Campus of Chichester University. Flyers/booking forms are available on the DHDS website http://www.dhds.org.uk.
9th - 16th August: Baroque week for instrumentalists and singers, 'Music at the Court of Frederic the Great'. Click here for more information.
18th - 22nd August: Historically Informed Summer School (HISS) in Scarborough. Week-long residential course exploring the common ground between Early Music and Folk Music. For more information, visit the website www.hiss.org.uk
26 – 28 September: Farncombe weekend course. Recorders, Voices and Viols, tutor Andrew Collis. www.farncombecourses.co.uk
Saturday 27th September: MEMF workshop with tutor Bill Hunt - verse anthems. Details tba. For more information, visit www.memf.org.uk
Saturday 27 September: The Sixteen. The Choral Pilgrimage – The Voice of the Turtle Dove. Sheppard, Davy, Mundy. 19.30. Tewkesbury Abbey. www.thesixteen.com
Saturday 27 September: Mid Wales Opera and Brecon Baroque. Handel, Acis and Galatea. 19.30. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow. Tickets: 01584 878 141. www.midwalesopera.co.uk
September 28: 6pm Abbey Dore ,Herefordshire. ‘Venetian Splendour’ - music by Monteverdi and Gabrieli performed by the Unicorn Singers. Further details to come
Saturday 15th November: MEMF workshop for singers and players. Purcell, with tutor Steve Devine. Details tba. For more information, visit www.memf.org.uk
Sunday 16 March: Florilegium. Rebel, Marais, Bach and others. 15.00. Bridge House Theatre, Myton Road, Warwick, CV34 6PP. Tel: 01926 776 438.
Saturday 22nd March: Ruffs, Camera, Action! – you are invited to take part in the filming of dances for the DHDS (Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society) teaching pack (Tudors and Stewarts – with its companion CD Dances of Court and Country) with a view to the footage being subsequently available in an edited format on the DHDS website. The aim is to provide teachers and the wider public with good examples of the standard Renaissance dance repertoires. This filming event will be held on two days (16 November 2013 and 22 March 2014). For more information, visit http://www.dhds.org.uk
Tuesday 25 March: Stile Antico. “The Phoenix Rising”, Tallis, Byrd, Morley and others. 19.30. St.Mary’s Church, Warwick, CV34 4RA. Tel: 01926 776438
Wednesday 26 March: The English Concert. Telemann and Bach. 19.30 Barber Institute, Birmingham. www.barber.org.uk
Friday 28 March: Poeticall Musicke. Music for Tenebrae – French Baroque music for the Sun King’s court and the season of Lent. (In association with The Churches Conservation Trust.) 19.30. St Leonard’s Church, Bridgnorth. www.tenebraetour.co.uk
Saturday 29th March: MEMF workshop for singers and instrumentalists, jointly with NWEMF. Rosenmuller Vespers. Tutor: James Weeks.Venue: St Andrews Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 3RE. For details, please go to www.memf.org.uk
April 6th 7.30pm St Mary's Ross On Wye: Out of the Deep - Stunning Cantatas by Bach and Buxtehude for Passiontide performed by the Unicorn Singers [with baroque ensemble].Works include Bach: Cantata131 ‘Aus der Teifer and 82 ‘Himmelskonig’.Tickets: £10 from Abergavenny Music 01873 853394 and on the door
Friday 11 April: CBSO Baroque Ensemble. The Royal Society of Musicians – music by founder members, Boyce, Arne, Hayes and Handel. 13.10. CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham. www.cbso.co.uk
12 – 13 April: Town Hall and Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Bach: A Beautiful Mind 2014. Series of concerts. All details: www.thsh.co.uk
Saturday 12 April: Workshop at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester run by the Voices and Books 1500-1800 Network, in association with NEMA. This is the first in a series of three workshops. Click here for more information.
Sunday 13 April: Armonico Consort. With Nathan Vale and Sir Willard White. St. Matthew Passion. 15.00. Malvern Theatres. www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
Friday 18 April: Ex Cathedra Choir, Baroque Orchestra & Academy of Ancient Music. Good Friday Bach St John Passion. 14.00. Symphony Hall, Birmingham. THSH Box Office 0121 345 0603
Friday 25 April : The Bach Duo (Nella Hunkins, cello; Micaela Schmitz, harpsichord) perform 'Bach for Reflection' -including Bach's G Minor Gamba sonata, and sonatas by Vivaldi and others. 7.30pm, St Michael & All Angels Church, Guiting Power. 01451 850232
Sunday 27th April: Workshop on West Gallery Music, led by Dave Townsend. Organised by the Shropshire Harmony Quire - please contact Dave Bissett for more information on bosky@btinternet.com
Saturday 3rd May: Workshop for strings. Tutor: Julia Bishop. Venue: St Michael's Church, Discoed, Presteigne, LD8 2NW.
Annie Nethercott is organising a workshop for strings as part of her Discoed Early Music series of events. The tutor is period violinist, Julia Bishop. With the other members of ‘Red Priest’, the well-known baroque ensemble noted for their vibrant performances (from memory!) and scholarly arrangements, Julia has explored the baroque repertoire in great depth and, as a tutor, Julia has a knack of sharing technique and musical detail with a warmth and vigour that brings out the best in everybody. She will work in detail on Corelli’s Concerto Grosso, Opus 6 no. 3, Bach’s Orchestral Suite no. 3, and, if time permits, J-F Rebel’s ‘Caractères de la Danse’ – a joyous piece with plenty of interesting tempo changes to get your teeth into!
BMEMF is supporting this workshop so that Annie can offer members a considerable discount. Cost for non-members is £25 (concessions £10), but existing BMEMF members can attend for just £15. This is a great opportunity, and not to be missed! Please download an application form here, or contact Annie on 07989 091949.
Thursday 8 May: Robin Blaze and Elizabeth Kenny. Clear or Cloudy - the essence of English Ayre. Dowland, Lawes, Purcell and others. 19.30. The Courtyard Centre, Hereford. Box Office 01432 340 555.
Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May: Florentine Intermedii 1589. Workshop for singers and players. Tutor: Philip Thorby. Venue: Solihull School. For details, please go to www.memf.org.uk
6 – 8 June: Farncombe weekend course. Viol Consorts, tutor Alison Crum. www.farncombecourses.co.uk
Wednesday 25 June: Ex Cathedra Choir and Baroque Ensemble. Summer Vespers by Candlelight. 21.00. The Oratory, Birmingham. Box Office 0121 345 0603. www.excathedra.co.uk
Saturday 5th July: 'Try a Viol' day, organised by the Viola de Gamba Society. Tutor: Alison Kinder. £50. The Bate Collection, Faculty of Music, University of Oxford. For more information please click here.
Saturday 5th July: MEMF workshop for singers. Renaissance Vocal Music with tutor David Allinson. St Faith & St Laurence Church, Birmingham. For more details, please go to www.memf.org.uk
27th July – 2nd August: Beauchamp Early Music Week. Vespers of the Five Laudate. Director: Philip Thorby. Tutor: David Hatcher. Venue: Dene Magna School, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire GL17 0DU.
Tel: 01452 385162 Email: earlymusic@gamusic.co.uk
27th July - 3rd August: Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society Summer School. It will focus on Renaissance Dance and Music and the Plays of Shakespeare and is aimed at instrumentalists as well as dancers. The directors will be Anne Daye and Jorgen Schou-Pederson for the dancers and Keith McGowan for the instrumentalists. It is being held at the Bishop Otter Campus of Chichester University. Flyers/booking forms are available on the DHDS website http://www.dhds.org.uk.
9th - 16th August: Baroque week for instrumentalists and singers, 'Music at the Court of Frederic the Great'. Click here for more information.
18th - 22nd August: Historically Informed Summer School (HISS) in Scarborough. Week-long residential course exploring the common ground between Early Music and Folk Music. For more information, visit the website www.hiss.org.uk
26 – 28 September: Farncombe weekend course. Recorders, Voices and Viols, tutor Andrew Collis. www.farncombecourses.co.uk
Saturday 27th September: MEMF workshop with tutor Bill Hunt - verse anthems. Details tba. For more information, visit www.memf.org.uk
Saturday 27 September: The Sixteen. The Choral Pilgrimage – The Voice of the Turtle Dove. Sheppard, Davy, Mundy. 19.30. Tewkesbury Abbey. www.thesixteen.com
Saturday 27 September: Mid Wales Opera and Brecon Baroque. Handel, Acis and Galatea. 19.30. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow. Tickets: 01584 878 141. www.midwalesopera.co.uk
September 28: 6pm Abbey Dore ,Herefordshire. ‘Venetian Splendour’ - music by Monteverdi and Gabrieli performed by the Unicorn Singers. Further details to come
Saturday 15th November: MEMF workshop for singers and players. Purcell, with tutor Steve Devine. Details tba. For more information, visit www.memf.org.uk
