Early Music events organised by other groups
Dec. 1st 6pm Llanbedr Church, Crickhowell - Advent service: Bach's uplifting Cantata Wachet Auf! [Sleepers wake!] with baroque band. Performed by the Unicorn Singers.
Friday 6th/Saturday 7th December: concert and singing workshop at St Gladwys, Bargoed. On Friday night the Carnival Band will be performing a Carnival of Carols, and on Saturday Andy Watts, principal bassoonist with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, will lead the workshop. Click here for more information.
Saturday 7 December: Hereford Choral Society and Marches Baroque. Handel, Messiah. 19.30. Hereford Cathedral. www.herefordchoralsociety.org
Sunday 8 December: Ex Cathedra Consort & Fretwork, “An Elizabethan Christmas”. Byrd, Gibbons, Tallis. 16.00. Town Hall, Birmingham.
Tel: Box Office, 0121 345 0603
Dec. 11th 7.30pm Catholic Church, Abergavenny A Christmas Choral Pageant from the Unicorn Singers. The seasonal message is retold in vibrant settings contrasting 16th-century polyphony with modern carols.Tickets: £8 from Abergavenny Music: 01873 853394 or on the door. Composers include Byrd, Tallis, John Sheppard, Arvo Part, and Herbert Howells.
Wednesday 11 December: The Musical and Amicable Society. Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach and Mudge. 19.30. Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire. www.amicables.co.uk
Sunday 15th December: 7.30, Worcester Cathedral. The Glory of a Venetian Christmas: Sixteenth-Century polychoral music by Monteverdi, Priuli and the Gabrieli family.. Worcester Cathedral Choir, QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble. Directed by Dr Peter Nardone. Organists: Christopher Allsop and James Luxton.
Tickets £8 - £15 available from Worcester Live Box Office 01905 611427. www.worcestercathedral.co.uk/Music.php
Wednesday to Saturday, 18 to 21 December: Ex Cathedra, “Christmas Music by Candlelight”. 19.30. St Paul’s Church, Birmingham.
Tel: Box Office, 0121 345 0603
Sunday 22 December: The Musicke Companye, “A Yuletide Tale”. Monteverdi, Grandi and others; music, poetry and prose. 15.00. The Lion Ballroom, Leominster.
Tel: Espressivo Concerts 01568 611 588
Monday December 23rd 7.30pm Llangattock Church, Crickhowell: Wolcome Yule! A Christmas concert from the Unicorn Singers with a difference! Carols from across the centuries and in a variety of styles reveal the Yuletide message. Hearty audience participation much encouraged! Tickets: £10 [to include refreshments] from Abergavenny Music: 01873 853394 or on the door
Saturday 28 December: Mozart Festival Orchestra, Crispian Steele-Perkins, Keri Fuge. Monteverdi, Grandi, Purcell & others. 14.30. Symphony Hall, Birmingham. www.thsh.co.uk
2014
Saturday 11th January 2014: MEMF workshop for singers on Mediaeval music. Tutor: Donald Grieg. Venue: St Nicholas Parochial Hall, Kenilworth CV8 1LZ. For more information, please visit www.memf.org.uk
Friday - Sunday 24 – 26 January Dance workshop with Barbara Segal in Hoddesdon, Herts. Come and learn the dramatic country dances of Thomas Bray, (late 17th century). Organised by the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society (DHDS). For more information, visit http://www.dhds.org.uk
Tuesday 28 January: Emma Kirkby and Hannah Medlam with London Baroque. “A London Entertainmnet”, Purcell, Greene and others. 19.30. St.Mary’s Church, Warwick, CV34 4RA. Tel: 01926 776438
Wednesday 29 January: Academy of Ancient Music, Andreas Scholl. Vivaldi, Wassanaer, Pergolesi. 19.30. Birmingham Town Hall. www.thsh.co.uk
Saturday 1 February: Armonico Consort with English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Supersize Polyphony – Spemalot. Striggio and Tallis. 19.30. Malvern Theatres. www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
Thursday 6 February: English Concert. Handel’s “Theodora”. 18.30. Town Hall, Birmingham. www.englishconcert.co.uk
Friday 7 February: Craig Ogden. Giuliani, Dowland, Bach and 20th-century composers. 20.00. Artrix, School Drive, Bromsgrove, Worcs. www.bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk
Saturday 8 February: Music in New Radnor. The Denner Ensemble. “The Hautboy in England”. The oboe and bassoon between 1700 and 1760. 19.30. Community Hall, New Radnor. Tel: 01544 231732
Saturday 22 February: Mark Baigent and Julian Perkins. “Charme Du Hautbois”, Bach, Telemann and others. 15.00. Methodist Church, Worcester Road, Droitwich. Tel: 01905 779736
Saturday 22nd February 2014: MEMF workshop for singers and instrumentalists working on music by Charpentier. Tutor: Graham O'Reilly. Venue: Dale St Methodist Church, Leamington Spa, CV32 5HL. For details, please go to www.memf.org.uk
Saturday 1 March: Ex Cathedra Choir and Baroque Orchestra. “Brazilian Baroque”. A Musical Eldorado. 19.30. Birmingham Town Hall. www.excathedra.co.uk
Sunday March 2nd: 4.30pm Llangenny Church, Crickhowell - Service of Compline with the Unicorn Singers. Reflective music by Tallis to close the ‘pilgrmage day’ of the Crickhowell Walking Festival.
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
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
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
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
9th - 16th August: Baroque week for instrumentalists and singers, 'Music at the Court of Frederic the Great'. Click here for more information.
September 28: 6pm Abbey Dore ,Herefordshire. ‘Venetian Splendour’ - music by Monteverdi and Gabrieli performed by the Unicorn Singers. Further details to come
Friday 6th/Saturday 7th December: concert and singing workshop at St Gladwys, Bargoed. On Friday night the Carnival Band will be performing a Carnival of Carols, and on Saturday Andy Watts, principal bassoonist with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, will lead the workshop. Click here for more information.
Saturday 7 December: Hereford Choral Society and Marches Baroque. Handel, Messiah. 19.30. Hereford Cathedral. www.herefordchoralsociety.org
Sunday 8 December: Ex Cathedra Consort & Fretwork, “An Elizabethan Christmas”. Byrd, Gibbons, Tallis. 16.00. Town Hall, Birmingham.
Tel: Box Office, 0121 345 0603
Dec. 11th 7.30pm Catholic Church, Abergavenny A Christmas Choral Pageant from the Unicorn Singers. The seasonal message is retold in vibrant settings contrasting 16th-century polyphony with modern carols.Tickets: £8 from Abergavenny Music: 01873 853394 or on the door. Composers include Byrd, Tallis, John Sheppard, Arvo Part, and Herbert Howells.
Wednesday 11 December: The Musical and Amicable Society. Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach and Mudge. 19.30. Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire. www.amicables.co.uk
Sunday 15th December: 7.30, Worcester Cathedral. The Glory of a Venetian Christmas: Sixteenth-Century polychoral music by Monteverdi, Priuli and the Gabrieli family.. Worcester Cathedral Choir, QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble. Directed by Dr Peter Nardone. Organists: Christopher Allsop and James Luxton.
Tickets £8 - £15 available from Worcester Live Box Office 01905 611427. www.worcestercathedral.co.uk/Music.php
Wednesday to Saturday, 18 to 21 December: Ex Cathedra, “Christmas Music by Candlelight”. 19.30. St Paul’s Church, Birmingham.
Tel: Box Office, 0121 345 0603
Sunday 22 December: The Musicke Companye, “A Yuletide Tale”. Monteverdi, Grandi and others; music, poetry and prose. 15.00. The Lion Ballroom, Leominster.
Tel: Espressivo Concerts 01568 611 588
Monday December 23rd 7.30pm Llangattock Church, Crickhowell: Wolcome Yule! A Christmas concert from the Unicorn Singers with a difference! Carols from across the centuries and in a variety of styles reveal the Yuletide message. Hearty audience participation much encouraged! Tickets: £10 [to include refreshments] from Abergavenny Music: 01873 853394 or on the door
Saturday 28 December: Mozart Festival Orchestra, Crispian Steele-Perkins, Keri Fuge. Monteverdi, Grandi, Purcell & others. 14.30. Symphony Hall, Birmingham. www.thsh.co.uk
2014
Saturday 11th January 2014: MEMF workshop for singers on Mediaeval music. Tutor: Donald Grieg. Venue: St Nicholas Parochial Hall, Kenilworth CV8 1LZ. For more information, please visit www.memf.org.uk
Friday - Sunday 24 – 26 January Dance workshop with Barbara Segal in Hoddesdon, Herts. Come and learn the dramatic country dances of Thomas Bray, (late 17th century). Organised by the Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society (DHDS). For more information, visit http://www.dhds.org.uk
Tuesday 28 January: Emma Kirkby and Hannah Medlam with London Baroque. “A London Entertainmnet”, Purcell, Greene and others. 19.30. St.Mary’s Church, Warwick, CV34 4RA. Tel: 01926 776438
Wednesday 29 January: Academy of Ancient Music, Andreas Scholl. Vivaldi, Wassanaer, Pergolesi. 19.30. Birmingham Town Hall. www.thsh.co.uk
Saturday 1 February: Armonico Consort with English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Supersize Polyphony – Spemalot. Striggio and Tallis. 19.30. Malvern Theatres. www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
Thursday 6 February: English Concert. Handel’s “Theodora”. 18.30. Town Hall, Birmingham. www.englishconcert.co.uk
Friday 7 February: Craig Ogden. Giuliani, Dowland, Bach and 20th-century composers. 20.00. Artrix, School Drive, Bromsgrove, Worcs. www.bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk
Saturday 8 February: Music in New Radnor. The Denner Ensemble. “The Hautboy in England”. The oboe and bassoon between 1700 and 1760. 19.30. Community Hall, New Radnor. Tel: 01544 231732
Saturday 22 February: Mark Baigent and Julian Perkins. “Charme Du Hautbois”, Bach, Telemann and others. 15.00. Methodist Church, Worcester Road, Droitwich. Tel: 01905 779736
Saturday 22nd February 2014: MEMF workshop for singers and instrumentalists working on music by Charpentier. Tutor: Graham O'Reilly. Venue: Dale St Methodist Church, Leamington Spa, CV32 5HL. For details, please go to www.memf.org.uk
Saturday 1 March: Ex Cathedra Choir and Baroque Orchestra. “Brazilian Baroque”. A Musical Eldorado. 19.30. Birmingham Town Hall. www.excathedra.co.uk
Sunday March 2nd: 4.30pm Llangenny Church, Crickhowell - Service of Compline with the Unicorn Singers. Reflective music by Tallis to close the ‘pilgrmage day’ of the Crickhowell Walking Festival.
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
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
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
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
9th - 16th August: Baroque week for instrumentalists and singers, 'Music at the Court of Frederic the Great'. Click here for more information.
September 28: 6pm Abbey Dore ,Herefordshire. ‘Venetian Splendour’ - music by Monteverdi and Gabrieli performed by the Unicorn Singers. Further details to come
