Forthcoming EEMF events

 





2nd October

 


John Blow: God spake some time in visions
Purcell: Praise the Lord, o Jerusalem

 
A workshop for singers and instruments. A=415
Tutor: Peter Holman

The Old Baptist Chapel, Elsworth, Cambs. CB3 8JQ





Organiser: Selene Mills




30th October


Medieval Music
A workshop for singers and instruments. A=440

Tutor: Jon Banks

Unitarian Church Hall, Cambridge




Organiser:
Robert Johnson




27th November

 

Polyphony workshop: the music of Palestrina
A day for singers

Tutor: David Allinson

Unitarian Meeting House, Churchgate Street,
Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RH
Please note change of venue




Organiser:
Robert Johnson



January 2011


Epiphany Party
The traditional feast of music and food
With Philip Thorby
Beccles

Also the AGM




Organiser: Jennie Cassidy

 



30th April


Striggio 40-part Mass
Waltham Abbey

A workshop for singers with Philip Thorby

A joint event with Thames Valley Early Music Forum



Organised by TVEMF

Some previous EEMF events
Click on the event to read a report (where available)

In 2010



Caccini’s Ruggiero: An opera study weekend, tutored by Philip Thorby, at Westleton Parish Church, Suffolk


Epiphany Party – Noe! noe!
French motets and carols from the Annunciation to Epiphany
The traditional feast of music and food at Beccles – music directed by Philip Thorby, food prepared by Jennie Cassidy and members

Philip Thorby’s talk on Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. Lecture, discussion and workshop at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Tallis: Gaude gloriosa. An a cappella singing day at Waltham Abbey with Philip Thorby. A joint workshop with TVEMF

Henry Du Mont – Grands Motets. A workshop for singers and Baroque strings and continuo, tutored by Graham Sadler, at Stow-cum-Quy

In 2009

Epiphany PartyRoman Christmas music: Benevoli Dixit Dominus and Palestrina polychoral music including Hodie.

Verse Anthems by Gibbons and Tomkins, with William Hunt, at Elsworth


Interfora/NEMA Weekend Workshop at Nottingham University
To commemorate Handel’s 250th anniversary, a weekend course & informal performance of Saul

 

Loquebantur variis linguis – choral hymns and responds by Tallis, Taverner, White and Sheppard
A workshop with David Allinson at the Centre at St. Paul’s, Cambridge

Handel’s Dixit Dominus. A workshop with Peter Holman in the Old Baptist Chapel, Elsworth

 

A workshop on medieval music, for voices and instruments, with Jon Banks, at the Unitarian Church, Cambridge

Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit: a workshop led by Peter Holman, for soloists, chorus and small Baroque orchestra, at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
This event was combined with the NEMA AGM and Margot Milner lecture by Annette Landgraf on ‘Editing Handel’.


In 2008

Epiphany Party – featuring a four-choir Te Deum by Hieronymus Praetorius, with Philip Thorby

Josquin – a workshop for singers at Sidney Sussex College with David Skinner

A Schütz workshop at Waltham Abbey with Philip Thorby (joint event with TVEMF)

A vocal polyphony workshop with David Allinson on Masterworks of the Portuguese Golden Age at The Centre at St Paul’s, Cambridge

 

Venus and Adonis, by John Blow. A workshop with Peter Holman in the Old Baptist Chapel, Elsworth

 

Music for Voices and Instruments by Tomás Luis de Victoria, suitable for All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.

A workshop with Roger Wilkes (President of NWEMF) in St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds

In 2007

Epiphany Party – O Great Mystery: seasonal and sumptuous 16th century settings, with Philip Thorby

Byrd and Tallis: Cantiones 1575, with David Skinner at Sidney Sussex, Cambridge

Charpentier's Messe pour les Trépassés: a workshop with Peter Leech in Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich

Monteverdi Vespers weekend with Philip Thorby (King's Music edition).
In St Stephen's Church, Norwich, including a performance at 4.30pm on the Sunday

Giovanni Gabrieli Magnificat a33 with Philip Thorby, in two reconstructions. A joint event at Waltham Abbey with TVEMF

My Heart is Inditing – a day of Purcell anthems at Elsworth with Peter Holman

In 2006

Epiphany Party – a selection of 16th and 17th century pieces, with Philip Thorby

Festal Mass weekend in Trinity College, Cambridge, with Michael Procter

Bach cantata choruses workshop, tutor Peter Leech

Striggio: forty-part Ecce Beatam Lucem, with Philip Thorby, a joint event with TVEMF

Restoration choral workshop at Swaffham Prior with Peter Leech (a private event publicised by EEMF)

Dido and Aeneas – a day's workshop with Peter Holman

In 2005

Epiphany Party – 'Praetorius and travel' with Philip Thorby

The Singing Body: Voice workshop and seminar, tutor Ashley Stafford

Lalande: choral workshop with Jeffrey Skidmore

Tallis: Spem in Alium day with Philip Thorby, in conjunction with TVEMF

Scenes from Purcell's Fairy Queen tutored by Peter Holman

Viol masterclass and workshop with Amit Tiefenbrunn

In 2004

Epiphany Party – polychoral music by Schuetz with Philip Thorby

A day with Dufay (and Philip Thorby)

Festal Mass Salve Regina in Trinity College, Cambridge, directed by Michael Procter

Scenes from King Arthur (Purcell) tutored by Peter Holman

Polyphonic and popular medieval songs – a workshop tutored by Andrew Lawrence-King

In 2003

Epiphany Party – Palestrina 12-part motets with Philip Thorby

Byrd and his Chester contemporaries – a workshop with Roger Wilkes

Singing weekend coached by Richard Wistreich

Draghi: Song for St Cecilia's Day with Peter Holman

Klezmer Day with Ilana Cravitz and friends

In 2002

Epiphany Party – Praetorius, Polyhymnia Caduceatrix et Panegyrica with Philip Thorby

Monteverdi Madrigals and Arias – Singing Masterclass with John Potter

Handel and others – choral and baroque orchestra workshop, tutor Peter Holman

Choral weekend in Cambridge with Michael Procter

In earlier years

Epiphany Party – every year in January

Instrumental music and dance workshop with Steve Player

NEMA workshop: Biber Requiem with Philip Thorby

Mexican music by Gaspar Fernandez, with Andrew Lawrence-King

'Historically-informed performance': a UEA seminar with Clifford Bartlett

Medieval and Traditional Song, tutor Belinda Sykes

Service at Framlingham, tutor Alistair Dixon

An Italian Entertainment for the Wedding of Lucrezia Borgia, tutor Nancy Hadden

Purcell Ode – Hail Bright Cecilia – photos, tutor Peter Holman

Singing Masterclasses for soloists and ensembles, tutor John Potter
Sponsored by the Music Faculty of the University of Cambridge

Choral and baroque orchestral workshop with Catherine Mackintosh

Philippe Rogier's magnificent Mass in 12 parts (1596), tutor Alan Lumsden

Purcell choral and baroque orchestra workshop Come Ye Sons of Art, tutor Peter Holman

Music for the 800th anniversary of Ipswich's Charter, tutor Belinda Sykes

La Dafne, tutor Philip Thorby – two weekends of workshops and an informal performance

Recorders and Viols, tutor Margaret Westlake

Music of Lassus, Gabrieli, and Croce, tutor Alan Lumsden

Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, tutor Philip Thorby

Spanish music and dance, tutors Andrew Lawrence-King and Steve Player



Updated 15/07/2010. Please contact the  EEMF committee with comment