Early Music events organised by other groups
Friday 13th May: EEMF invite everyone to a Zoom talk by Patrick Craig: 'Music for all the Saints'. 8pm. Click here for more information.
Friday 20 May: 7.30 pm, Marden Church. New ensemble Suoni Chiari will give a spectacular concert of arias and duets from the operas and oratorios of Handel. Click here for more info and tickets.
Saturday 21st May: Worcestershire Early Music Festival's Pride and Prejudice Ball at the Worcester Guildhall. Light supper included, and there will be a bar. Tickets £20: click here to book
or email barbara.wem@gmail.com
Saturday 21st May: MEMF workshop for singers and instruments, A=415. Music by Johann Rosenmuller. St Philip's Church Centre, Dorridge, Solihull B93 8DX. Tutor: William Carslake. Click here to book.
Saturday 18th June: St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5EB 3.30 to 4.30 pm. Hay Madrigals Chamber Choir and Orchestra perform Mozart Missa Brevis in B-flat, K.275; Handel's beautiful soprano and tenor duet 'As steals the dawn'; Marcello's 'O Dio Perche' for soprano and alto soloists with spinet accompaniment; and Josef Aumann's joyful 'Regina Coeli', performed by the full consort of voices and instruments. The organist of St Mary's, Barrie Magill, will open the concert with a rousing piece by Elgar. Afterwards refreshments will be for sale.
26th June: Online Zoom meeting - Articulation for Recorder and Flute Players presented by Polyphonica Recorder Trio. 3pm. £10 payable in advance from the event webpage: https://www.polyphonicarecordertrio.com/event_detail/7/
Have you ever wondered how to approach a piece of early music that has no articulation markings? Should we slur or tongue and in which context? What information can we take from the score that can help us decide? This workshop aims to give you the means to make these decisions yourself through an examination of historical sources with simple, practical and fun exercises you can apply to any piece of music. Participants will be emailed the details for joining the workshop upon payment. A worksheet will be emailed two weeks prior to the event.
Saturday 2 July: 7.30 pm Bodenham Church.A cappella vocal ensemble 'The Ethelbert Consort' presents a wonderful evening of choral music. Their programme features sacred and secular music from the renaissance to the present day. The Ethelbert Consort will entertain and entrance in equal measure. Click here for tickets and more information.
Sunday 10th July: 3.30pm Old Chapel Court Concert at the Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury. Sirinu, a consort of early instruments and voices, perform music for Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy. Visit johnmooremuseum.org/events for more information, or to buy tickets click here.
20th July - 6th August: NORVIS summer school at Barnard Castle School, Co. Durham. Recorders, viols, lutes, voices, harpsichords and baroque strings. More information at www.norvis.org.uk
Saturday 6th August: 3pm Old Chapel Court Concert at the Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury. Recital by harpsichordist Nathaniel Mander. Visit johnmooremuseum.org/events for more information, or to buy tickets click here.
Mon 22nd – Fri 26th Aug: HISS (Historically Informed Summer School) exploring the common grounds between Early Music and Folk Music. Join recorder tutors Rebecca Austen- Brown and Mary Tyers, plus the Askew Sisters and many other leading tutors on this dynamic residential course. Bishop Burton College, East Yorkshire. Click here to visit the website.
20–27 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://irishrecorderandviolcourse.org
Sunday 4th September: 6.30pm Old Chapel Court Concert at the Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury. Pellingman's Sarabande perform music for viol and lute. Visit johnmooremuseum.org/events for more information, or to buy tickets click here.
21 - 25 October: Brecon Baroque Festival. Programme to be announced, but will include an opening concert in Brecon Cathedral with two Lutheran masses by J S Bach performed by I Fagiolini.
Friday 20 May: 7.30 pm, Marden Church. New ensemble Suoni Chiari will give a spectacular concert of arias and duets from the operas and oratorios of Handel. Click here for more info and tickets.
Saturday 21st May: Worcestershire Early Music Festival's Pride and Prejudice Ball at the Worcester Guildhall. Light supper included, and there will be a bar. Tickets £20: click here to book
or email barbara.wem@gmail.com
Saturday 21st May: MEMF workshop for singers and instruments, A=415. Music by Johann Rosenmuller. St Philip's Church Centre, Dorridge, Solihull B93 8DX. Tutor: William Carslake. Click here to book.
Saturday 18th June: St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5EB 3.30 to 4.30 pm. Hay Madrigals Chamber Choir and Orchestra perform Mozart Missa Brevis in B-flat, K.275; Handel's beautiful soprano and tenor duet 'As steals the dawn'; Marcello's 'O Dio Perche' for soprano and alto soloists with spinet accompaniment; and Josef Aumann's joyful 'Regina Coeli', performed by the full consort of voices and instruments. The organist of St Mary's, Barrie Magill, will open the concert with a rousing piece by Elgar. Afterwards refreshments will be for sale.
26th June: Online Zoom meeting - Articulation for Recorder and Flute Players presented by Polyphonica Recorder Trio. 3pm. £10 payable in advance from the event webpage: https://www.polyphonicarecordertrio.com/event_detail/7/
Have you ever wondered how to approach a piece of early music that has no articulation markings? Should we slur or tongue and in which context? What information can we take from the score that can help us decide? This workshop aims to give you the means to make these decisions yourself through an examination of historical sources with simple, practical and fun exercises you can apply to any piece of music. Participants will be emailed the details for joining the workshop upon payment. A worksheet will be emailed two weeks prior to the event.
Saturday 2 July: 7.30 pm Bodenham Church.A cappella vocal ensemble 'The Ethelbert Consort' presents a wonderful evening of choral music. Their programme features sacred and secular music from the renaissance to the present day. The Ethelbert Consort will entertain and entrance in equal measure. Click here for tickets and more information.
Sunday 10th July: 3.30pm Old Chapel Court Concert at the Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury. Sirinu, a consort of early instruments and voices, perform music for Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy. Visit johnmooremuseum.org/events for more information, or to buy tickets click here.
20th July - 6th August: NORVIS summer school at Barnard Castle School, Co. Durham. Recorders, viols, lutes, voices, harpsichords and baroque strings. More information at www.norvis.org.uk
Saturday 6th August: 3pm Old Chapel Court Concert at the Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury. Recital by harpsichordist Nathaniel Mander. Visit johnmooremuseum.org/events for more information, or to buy tickets click here.
Mon 22nd – Fri 26th Aug: HISS (Historically Informed Summer School) exploring the common grounds between Early Music and Folk Music. Join recorder tutors Rebecca Austen- Brown and Mary Tyers, plus the Askew Sisters and many other leading tutors on this dynamic residential course. Bishop Burton College, East Yorkshire. Click here to visit the website.
20–27 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://irishrecorderandviolcourse.org
Sunday 4th September: 6.30pm Old Chapel Court Concert at the Old Baptist Chapel, Tewkesbury. Pellingman's Sarabande perform music for viol and lute. Visit johnmooremuseum.org/events for more information, or to buy tickets click here.
21 - 25 October: Brecon Baroque Festival. Programme to be announced, but will include an opening concert in Brecon Cathedral with two Lutheran masses by J S Bach performed by I Fagiolini.