Early music courses in and around East Anglia
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Benslow Music Trust, Little Benslow Hills, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts SG4 9RB Tel: 01462 459 446 ( |
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Beauchamp House Early Music Week 25 – Lassus and the
Gabrielis Directed by
Philip Thorby and Alan Lumsden CANTO/CONCERTI/DI ANDREA / ET DI GIO/GABRIELI / ET DI GIO /GABRIELI / ORGANISTI / DELLA
SERENISS.SIG.DI voci, & stromenti Musicali; DI CHIESA, Madrigali, / & altro, per voci, & stromenti Musicali; à 6.7.8.10.12. & 16. / Nouamente con ogni diligentia dati in luce. / LIBRO PRIMO EWT SECONDO.
/ CON PRIVILEGIO. / IN This collection, painstakingly put together by Giovanni the year after his uncle’s death, contains a splendid mixture of sacred and secular works. Just as Andrea is sometimes overshadowed by his nephew, his secular music is less often performed than his sacred works and we hope to redress the balance on both counts. (The likelihood is that 2015 will be devoted to Giovanni on the 400th anniversary of the publication of his Sacrae Sinfoniae.) As Andrea was so strongly influenced by his friend Lassus it will be interesting to compare works from Lassus’ Sacrae Cantiones of 1562 with Andrea’s Sacrae Cantiones of 1565 which were obviously modelled on the Lassus set and marked a significant change in style. Andrea was in great demand as a composer of ceremonial music. Felice d’Adria, a madrigal in the style of Lassus, was written for the visit of the Archduke Karl of Corinthia in 1565. For the visit to Venice in 1574 of the new French king, Henry III, Andrea wrote two madrigals, probably sung on the floating stage in front of Cà Foscari: Hor che nel suo bel seno, an 8 part piece, and a splendid 12 part piece Ecco Vinegia bella in which the King is celebrated as Hercules who is returning to his sister Vinegia (Venice). One of the 1587 madrigals has the Prima parte by Andrea and the Seconda parte by Giovanni and a number are marked per cantar et sonar or aria da sonar etc. so we will have flexibility with scoring and, with about 80 motets by Giovanni in the Beauchamp Press catalogue, we will be unable to resist comparing Andrea and Giovanni where both have set eg. Psalm 34. Course leaflet (PDF, 139KB) with
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I am delighted to tell you that
the information on our 2010 summer schools is available on the CEM website: www.CambridgeEarlyMusic.org. We
will be revelling in the work of Bach and his contemporaries, 1-8 August, and
then in the music of Renaissance Spain, 8-14 August. We would be very
happy to welcome you back to If you are able to help us
publicise the courses by putting leaflets into your local library / music
school / concert hall, please tell me how many copies you would like to
receive. Selene Mills, Administrator, info@CambridgeEarlyMusic.org www.CambridgeEarlyMusic.org Tel: +44 (0) 1223 847330 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 701914 |
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31 July – 7 August 2010 Recorders, viols, singing,
harpsichord, lute, Baroque strings, etc.
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14 – An Grianán, Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Marion Doherty, Pamela Flanagan, Emma Murphy, Marion Scott,
Eileen Silcocks, A course designed for players of recorders,
viols and other early instruments, covering a wide repertoire from the 15th
to the 21st centuries. Sessions
include one-to-a-part groups, lectures, technique classes, consort songs,
trio sonatas, choir, large and small ensembles. Further information
from: Mrs. Patricia
Flanagan, Tel: 00 353 (0) 1
8337869 info@irishrecorderandviolcourse.org www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org |
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MUSIC - Ralph Woodward (Historical Music Director),
William Summers (Director), Ben Sansom (leader) learning the style of dance fashionable at the Royal
Courts in Musicians will be tutored in dance music of each style, becoming an instrumental consort to accompany the dancers for evenings of historical social
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Please email Chris Goodwin at Lutesoc
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