Early Music Concerts in East Anglia

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A Treasury of Organ Music
From the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Introduced and played by Gerald Gifford
on the magnificent 17th century organ of
St Michael’s Church, Framlingham, Suffolk
Sunday 9 June, 3pm

Tickets £10 on the door

The Bach Players
An Italian in Paris

Private music with an Italian flavour, for Louis XIV: by Lully, Charpentier, Couperin, Rebel,
Jacquet de la Guerre, and others. At the centre of this exciting programme is Charpentier’s rarely performed 
sonata for 8 instruments.

Marion Moonen & Rachel Beckett flute, Nicolette Moonen & Oliver Webber violin, Reiko Ichise viola da gamba, Kinga Gáborjáni 5-string bass de violon, Lynda Sayce theorbo & guitar, Silas Wollston organ

The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Thursday 18 July, 7.30 pm
tickets: Prelude Records, 25B St Giles Street, Norwich NR2 1JN (telephone: 01603-628319)
online from Ticket Source and on the door

Cambridge Early Music concert series – this series runs throughout the year, supplementing the summer schools. Details of the programme for 2013 are available on the website.

Easter at King’s – a popular series of Easter concerts and services with a substantial Early Music element

Suffolk Villages Festival Next concert: Handel’s Susanna
Details of the 2013 Summer Festival

Norwich Baroque – specializing in original and lively interpretations of music by popular and less well known Baroque composers

Musick Rediscover’d – Kathleen Berg and Alan Morris perform music from about 1550 to 1800, in costume.

Workshops and concerts by Shared Voices Cecilia Music Bach Cantatas Website

The King of Hearts, Norwich NR3 1LJ – this has now closed down, but the building remains available for hire and concerts.
Details of the future of the building which will be known as “Wood’s House”.

The East Anglian Academy – for those interested in the organ and early keyboard music
A series of concerts is presented each year in Framlingham and the surrounding area.

Early Opera in Cambridge

Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera is a venture at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, founded with the aim of presenting a biennial fully staged production.
In 2007 the initial opera was Handel’s Xerxes (review).
In 2009 Monteverdi's Orfeo was performed over five nights plus a matinée at the ADC Theatre in Cambridge.
In 2012 Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas was performed in an all-student production.

Cambridge Handel Opera was founded with the intention of presenting fully-staged productions of Handel’s operas,
in English, every two years in the West Road Concert Hall. The 2009 production was Ariodante and in 2011 it was Agrippina.
The 2013 production will be Atalanta.

Early Music Performers in East Anglia

Philip Thorby, of Beccles, Suffolk		Peter Holman and the Parley of Instruments - some music samples - academic career
Capella Antiqua This Beccles-based group led by Philip Thorby has vacancies for more singers. Click on the name for details.
Jennie Cassidy	Minstrels Gallery		Laura Cannell and Horses Brawl
Ralph Woodward	Eyehall Musick		Ravenscroft Consort	Cambridge Taverner Choir
Hurstingstone Singers	Cecilia Music		Divers Voyces
Early Dance groups Norwich Early Dance Group West Gallery Quires, Waits and the like
Wyldes Noyse	Norfolk Gallery Quire		Bedford Gallery Quire	Chiltern West Gallery Quire
Colchester Waits	Kings Lynn Waites		City of Lincoln Waites

Concert Listings

Suffolk Music – a web diary of classical music concerts and events in Suffolk and the surrounding area

Kulcha – a listing of early-ish music and other events in Cambridge, and several useful links

oclassical – an interactive web site for advertising classical music performances

gerontius – searchable directories of UK choirs and choral concerts, including Early Music events

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Updated 10/05/2013. Please contact the EEMF committee with comments