Early Music events organised by other groups
2018
27th May - 1st June: Renaissance flute course at Moulin de Cajarc, in Cordes, Southern France. Renaissance consort playing (at pitch A=440Hz) forms the focus of the course. For more information, including booking details, please click here.
10th - 17th June: VENICE. Residential course “Das Hohelied Salomonis” by Leohard Lechner 1606 and other works. Conductors: Martin Schmidt and Frank Leenen. Further details from Eberhard Dehne-Niemann. Email: dehneniemanne@web.de
Saturday 16th June: Society of Recorder Players Wales Group playing day. Tutor Delyth Holland. For more information visit www.srp-wales.co.uk/
Saturday 16th June: Workshop for singers, in association with Welsh Camerata, followed by performance. Spem in Alium and Striggio's 40-part motet Ecce Beatam Lucem. 2 singers to a part, conducted by Andrew Wilson-Dickson. St German's Church, Cardiff. £10 (£5 unwaged).Contact Chris Holmquist.
Tuesday 3rd July: Gregorian Chant Open Choral Workshop. Tutor, John Rowlands-Pritchard. Chant works by Latin poet Venantius Fortunatus, 530 - 609. including ‘Vexilla Regis prodeunt’, ‘Pange lingua gloriosi’ and ‘Salve festa dies’. Part of Ledbury Poetry Festival. St Michael and All Angels Church HR8 1DL. 10 am - 5 pm Tickets £35.
To book: https://www.poetry-festival.co.uk/events/gregorian-chant-choralworkshop/
15 July: Old Chapel Court Concert, Old Baptist Chapel, Church Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5RZ.
Duo Trobairitz, voice and vielle - Romance and Revelry – courtly songs Click here for more information.
22-28 July: Beauchamp Early Music Course “Angels and Ministers of Grace”, directed by Philip Thorby and David Hatcher. The course is open to singers and instrumentalists and is unique in that, with its strong brass and loud wind sections, it is possible to play large scale pieces. Visit www.gamusic.co.uk and follow the link to holiday music courses or email earlymusic@gamusic.co.uk.
4 August: Old Chapel Court Concert, Old Baptist Chapel, Church Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5RZ.
Robin Bigwood plays the Goldberg Variations on harpsichord. Click here for more information.
13-17 August: Historically Informed Summer School (HISS) at Bishop Burton College near Beverley. For more information visit www.hiss.org.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, Marion Scott, Philip Thorby. Venue: An Grianán, Termonfechin, Co. Louth, Ireland. Website: www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org . Further information available from Pat Flanagan at info@irishrecorderandviolcourse.org
27th August - 2nd September: VENICE. Residential course “Venice-connected composers (Willaert, de Rore, the Gabrielis, Cavalli, Legrenzi etc). Conductor: Edzaed Burcahrds with Kai-Schulze Forster. Further details: schufo@gmx.de
Saturday 8 September: The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage. Sacred and Profane - music by Cornysh and Britten. Tewkesbury Abbey. 19.30. See www.thesixteen.com. Tickets from tickets.ncem.co.uk
23rd September: Old Chapel Court Concert, Old Baptist Chapel, Church Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5RZ. Elizabeth Kenny - Extending from the Inside: music for theorbo from the 17th to the 21st centuries. Click here for more information.
Saturday 6 October: Wales Early Music Forum Cymru holds its first workshop. David Hatcher will be leading a day on Tudor Music for singers and instrumentalists at Maescar Community Hall, Sennybridge, LD3 8RR. Click here for a paper application form, or click here for an online form. To contact the organiser please click here.
27th May - 1st June: Renaissance flute course at Moulin de Cajarc, in Cordes, Southern France. Renaissance consort playing (at pitch A=440Hz) forms the focus of the course. For more information, including booking details, please click here.
10th - 17th June: VENICE. Residential course “Das Hohelied Salomonis” by Leohard Lechner 1606 and other works. Conductors: Martin Schmidt and Frank Leenen. Further details from Eberhard Dehne-Niemann. Email: dehneniemanne@web.de
Saturday 16th June: Society of Recorder Players Wales Group playing day. Tutor Delyth Holland. For more information visit www.srp-wales.co.uk/
Saturday 16th June: Workshop for singers, in association with Welsh Camerata, followed by performance. Spem in Alium and Striggio's 40-part motet Ecce Beatam Lucem. 2 singers to a part, conducted by Andrew Wilson-Dickson. St German's Church, Cardiff. £10 (£5 unwaged).Contact Chris Holmquist.
Tuesday 3rd July: Gregorian Chant Open Choral Workshop. Tutor, John Rowlands-Pritchard. Chant works by Latin poet Venantius Fortunatus, 530 - 609. including ‘Vexilla Regis prodeunt’, ‘Pange lingua gloriosi’ and ‘Salve festa dies’. Part of Ledbury Poetry Festival. St Michael and All Angels Church HR8 1DL. 10 am - 5 pm Tickets £35.
To book: https://www.poetry-festival.co.uk/events/gregorian-chant-choralworkshop/
15 July: Old Chapel Court Concert, Old Baptist Chapel, Church Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5RZ.
Duo Trobairitz, voice and vielle - Romance and Revelry – courtly songs Click here for more information.
22-28 July: Beauchamp Early Music Course “Angels and Ministers of Grace”, directed by Philip Thorby and David Hatcher. The course is open to singers and instrumentalists and is unique in that, with its strong brass and loud wind sections, it is possible to play large scale pieces. Visit www.gamusic.co.uk and follow the link to holiday music courses or email earlymusic@gamusic.co.uk.
4 August: Old Chapel Court Concert, Old Baptist Chapel, Church Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5RZ.
Robin Bigwood plays the Goldberg Variations on harpsichord. Click here for more information.
13-17 August: Historically Informed Summer School (HISS) at Bishop Burton College near Beverley. For more information visit www.hiss.org.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, Marion Scott, Philip Thorby. Venue: An Grianán, Termonfechin, Co. Louth, Ireland. Website: www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org . Further information available from Pat Flanagan at info@irishrecorderandviolcourse.org
27th August - 2nd September: VENICE. Residential course “Venice-connected composers (Willaert, de Rore, the Gabrielis, Cavalli, Legrenzi etc). Conductor: Edzaed Burcahrds with Kai-Schulze Forster. Further details: schufo@gmx.de
Saturday 8 September: The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage. Sacred and Profane - music by Cornysh and Britten. Tewkesbury Abbey. 19.30. See www.thesixteen.com. Tickets from tickets.ncem.co.uk
23rd September: Old Chapel Court Concert, Old Baptist Chapel, Church Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5RZ. Elizabeth Kenny - Extending from the Inside: music for theorbo from the 17th to the 21st centuries. Click here for more information.
Saturday 6 October: Wales Early Music Forum Cymru holds its first workshop. David Hatcher will be leading a day on Tudor Music for singers and instrumentalists at Maescar Community Hall, Sennybridge, LD3 8RR. Click here for a paper application form, or click here for an online form. To contact the organiser please click here.