Beverley Early Music Festival 2013

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22 – 26 May 2013 Early Music Festival

& East Riding

Welcome

Welcome to the 2013 Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival – a celebration of music fromthe medieval to the baroque presented by some of the world’s finest early music specialists, in a

variety of England’s most beautiful historic venues.

Guest artists include the acclaimed harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock; the award-winningeducational team from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment who will be workingwith over 100 students from Beverley Grammar and Beverley Girls’ High Schools;

and the fun-loving Carnival Band with Vivien Ellis who will be tempting us with a programmeintertwining music for chapel and tavern!

With workshops for singers, illustrated lectures and a chance to find out more about the new NCEMPatrons programme, we look forward to welcoming you.

Delma Tomlin MBE Director, National Centre for Early Music

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£100 (concessions £90.00) Wednesday 22 May

Event 1 7.30pm – c.8.30pm Venue Toll Gavel United Church, Toll Gavel, Beverley Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00, students £5.00)

Hetty Wayne violin Cherry Forbes oboe

Cecelia Bruggemeyer double bass Robert Howarth harpsichord

From Twig to BowJoin members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) to explore the evolution of string, wind and keyboard instruments. You’ll hear, see and discover how our instruments have changed over thecenturies and gain an insight into how composers used instruments in a variety of contexts.

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Thursday 23 May

Event 2 1.00pm – c.2.00pm Venue Beverley Guildhall Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00)

The Wool Merchant and The Harp Harpist Leah Stuttard tells the intriguing story ofGeorge Cely, a late fifteenth century Merchant of theStaple – an English Wool Merchant – whose remarkablenotebooks tell of his harp lessons designed to hone hissocial skills to better show off his merits by engaging inartistic pursuits like dancing, singing and playing amusical instrument – a sure fire way to impress theladies (or the men)!

Leah’s illustrated lecture recital tells of the gorgeoussongs, full of yearning and beauty that he learnt,alongside the lively dance tunes he played for thediscerning gentry.

“(Leah Stuttard) dazzling fingerwork”Early Music Today

www.leahstuttard.co.uk

Become A PATRON

The National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) runs theBeverley & East Riding Early Music Festival at therequest of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. We aredelighted that the Festival is one of the county’scultural jewels and welcomes some of the world’struly great early music specialists to this lovely town.

To support our work promoting early music andassociated educational activities for young people, wehave recently set up an NCEM Patron’s Scheme givingour audience the opportunity to help make adifference and also to enjoy some extra benefits.

By becoming an NCEM Patron, you will be invited tospecially organised rehearsals, given opportunities tomeet artists and also to join us for guided walksaround the historic venues used by the Festival eachyear. If you would be interested in learning more,please contact me at [email protected] or check outwww.ncem.co.uk/patrons I look forward to hearingfrom you.

Delma Tomlin MBE Director, National Centre for Early Music

As a Merchant of the Staple, Mr Cely was permitted to trade in raw wool and fells. This importantLivery Company, based in Calais at the end of the fifteenth century when still under English rule,is now centred in Yorkshire. This lecture is supported by the Medieval Song Network.


Thursday 23 May

Event 3 7.30pm – c.9.00pmVenue St Mary’s Church, North Bar Within, Beverley Tickets £10.00 (concessions for parents and students £5.00)

James Redwood animateur, composer Hetty Wayne violin Cherry Forbes oboeCecelia Bruggemeyer double bass Robert Howarth harpsichord

with University of York Baroque Ensemble, Chamber Choir and Music Education GroupBeverley Grammar School directed by Zoe Hughes

Beverley Girls’ High School directed by Sarah Ward

The Fairy Queen RevisitedThroughout the week of 20 May, members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, music students and membersof the Music Education Group from the University of York will be working with year 7 and 8 pupils from two Beverleysecondary schools on a collaborative opera project based on Purcell’s ‘The Fairy Queen’.

Led by composer James Redwood, the students will be encouraged to explore themes from the 17th century work andShakespeare’s play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ upon which the opera is based, in the composition of songs, dramaand movement as well as learning to sing some of the highlights of Mr Purcell’s great work.

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Friday 24 May

Event 4 1.00pm – c.2.00pm Venue The Quire, Beverley MinsterTickets £15.00 (concessions £13.00)

Le Jardin SecretElizabeth Dobbin soprano Sofie Vanden Eynde theorbo

In Splendid Disgrace: Music for Exiled KingsFrom 1688 until 1713, James II and his son James III lived in exile from Britain as the guests of Louis XIV at StGermain-en-Laye. The italocentric Stuart exiles enjoyed a rich musical life under the guidance of their Romanmusic master, Innocenzo Fede. In this programme we explore this prolific but neglected composer and othertransalpine works imported into France as well as some of the international and local music colours from beyondthe four walls of the chateau.

“Elizabeth Dobbin’s soprano is light and flexible, her approach both stylish and highly expressive .. theartistry of Sofie Vanden Eynde is to be savoured“ Goldberg

www.lejardinsecret.com


Friday 24 May

Event 5 7.30pm – c.9.30pm Venue St Mary’s Church, North Bar Within, Beverley Tickets Central nave: £25.00 (concessions £20.00)Side aisles £17.00 (concessions £15.00)CONCERT BY CANDLELIGHT

Gallicantus directed by Gabriel Crouch

Music of Penitence Masterpieces for the time of Lent by Lassus and Tallis

Miserere Nostri Thomas TallisSuscipe Quaeso, Domine TallisLamentations, part I TallisLoquebantur variis linguis TallisTe lucis ante terminum TallisLagrime di San Pietro Orlande de Lassus

Few composers have come close to capturing theintrospection and grief of Holy Week with the power,clarity and subtlety of Tallis. His Lamentations are oneof the landmark works in British music history,combining exquisite craft and discipline with a palpablysincere sense of loss - often most deeply felt in thesimplest of settings. What a contrast with the storm-tossed rhetoric of Lassus’ astounding swansong,Lagrime di San Pietro. Here Lassus pours every dramaticnuance and every piece of harmonic invention he couldpossibly muster into this cycle of 21 sacred madrigals,hurling the listener through the stages of Peter's rage,remorse and resignation, and concluding with a motetwhich presents Christ's response to the world.

“England is blessed with a multitude of fine earlymusic ensembles, but this one (Gallicantus)

immediately rises to the forefront.”Fanfare Magazine

www.gallicantus.com


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Saturday 25 May

Event 6 10.30am – 4.00pm Venue Beverley Guildhall Tickets £15.00 (students £10.00) including musicand light refreshments. Please book by 16 May.Check out www.ncem.co.uk/bemf-lassus for details.

Principe della Musica

A Choral Workshop led by Gabriel Crouch

Complementing their Friday evening concert, GabrielCrouch director of Gallicantus, will direct a workshopon the music of one of the greatest masters ofRenaissance polyphony, Orlande de Lassus.

This event is open to all voices, but participants willfind some sight singing ability helpful. Music will beprovided on the day (free of charge) and will includeexcerpts from Lassus’ Lagrime di San Pietro, plus aFrench Chanson and a motet.

The lunch break will allow sufficient time for those whowish to attend Trevor Pinnock’s recital.

Organised in association with the

Event 7 12.30pm – c.1.30pm Venue Toll Gavel United Church Tickets £15.00 (concessions £13.00, students £5.00)

Trevor Pinnock harpsichord

Journeys through Music

Cabezon Differencias sobre el canto del Caballero Byrd The Bells Tallis O Ye Tender Babes Bull The King's Hunt Frescobaldi Balletti 1 and 2 JS Bach Partita No.4 in D major, BWV 828

Trevor Pinnock is renowned worldwide as aharpsichordist and conductor who pioneeredperformance on historical instruments with his ownorchestra, The English Concert, and has been acclaimedas a musical magician for over 40 years.

This programme was inspired by the travels of AntonioCabezon, the great organist and composer, who in themid 1550's travelled across Europe in the company ofhis employer, Prince Felipe and his brother, Juan. Whilein England Cabezon would have met Thomas Tallis andperhaps even the very young but precocious WilliamByrd. Byrd's fellow composer, John Bull, spent much ofhis life in the Netherlands where he became a closefriend of Sweelinck, the father of the North Germanorgan school of which J.S. Bach would become thepinnacle. Bach himself copied music of the old mastersand owned a score of Frescobaldi's Fiori Musicali.

“Pinnock totally lives in his music andcommunicates an infectious delight inplaying”. Basellandschaftliche Zeitung

www.trevorpinnock.com


Saturday 25May

Events 9, 10 and 11

Our first concert with two venues – aChapel and a Tavern! To give everyonea chance to enjoy the event, we areoffering you three different choices –remember to choose just one!

Event 9 Early Bird at the Tavern:

Start at our tavern - The Angel, 15 Butcher Row,Beverley at 6.30pm before following the musicians onto the chapel - Toll Gavel United Church - just 200yards away at 7.45pm, finishing your evening ataround c.8.30pm

Tickets £20.00 (concessions £17.00)

OR Event 10 At the Chapel:

Join us at Toll Gavel United Church from 7.45pm – c.8.30pm (but remember you only get half the music!)


OR Event 11 Late Night at the Tavern:

Start your concert in the Chapel – Toll Gavel UnitedChurch – at 7.45pm then follow the musicians to theTavern, finishing c.9.45pm


SATURDAY 25 May

Event 8 3.00pm – c.4.00pmVenue The Quire, Beverley MinsterTickets £10.00 (concessions £8.00, students £5.00)

University of Hull Early Music Ensemble Žak Ozmo director

Flights of FancyThe early seventeenth century was a period in whichthere was a widespread belief in the magic of music, andin music’s power to control human passions - now harsh,now sweet, now cheerful, and now sad - in accordancewith the will of the performer. This programme featuresentertaining, imaginative, and uncommonly beautifulmusic composed with these goals in mind. Included willbe striking chamber works by Biagio Marini and TarquinioMerula, haunting vocal monodies by Claudio Monteverdi,sprightly dances by Gasparo Zanetti and Santino Garsi,inspired improvisations on seventeenth-century grounds,and much more.

Presented in association with

5.30pm Beverley Minsteradmission free of charge (no ticket required)

Beverley Minster Choir Robert Poyser director

Choral Evensong

Introit O Lord increase my faith - LoosemoreResponses Smith

Psalm 119 verses 73-88Canticles Short Service - GibbonsAnthem Hosanna to the Son of David - GibbonsVoluntary Fantasy - Tomkins


Chapel and Tavern: Choristers and Carousers in Early Modern BritainWhen the same musicians – and their listeners – are to be found carousing in the pub onSaturday night and hymning innocently in church on Sunday morning, something fascinatingis happening to the music and the way in which it is received. Chapel and Tavern is a musicallaboratory in which Vivien Ellis, The Carnival Band and, above all, the audience explore possiblythe richest period of British popular music from the death of Shakespeare to the accession ofQueen Victoria. Part of the concert takes place in the chapel, featuring the vigorous and

enthusiastic music of the church gallery bands and reflective songs for private devotion. Part of the concert moves us all – musicians and audience - to the tavern for rousingperformances of catches, ballads, theatre songs and dance tunes. Same people, even

sometimes the same tunes – only the context is different!

“The band is terrific.” Lancashire Evening Post

“Vivien Ellis’s singing is absolutely beguiling” Classic CD

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The Carnival Band withVivien Ellis voice

Steve Banks fiddle, drums, vocals Jub Davis double bass, vocals

Giles Lewin fiddle, bagpipes, vocals Steno Vitale guitar, mandolin, vocals

Andy Watts shawm, curtal, clarinet, vocals

SUNDAY 26 May

Event 12 10.30am – 3.30pm Venue Beverley Friary (YHA) Friar’s Lane, Beverley, HU17 ODF Tickets £15.00 (concessions £10.00) including music and light refreshmentsPlease book by 16 MayCheck out www.ncem.co.uk/bemf-ballads for details

‘Lift up your voice and with us sing’Songs of Revelry and Reflection from Yorkshire and beyond 1700-1900.

A part-song workshop for all voices with Vivien Ellis

Drawing on popular harmony-singing traditions from Chapel and Tavern, Parlour andTheatre, this workshop takes participants on a fascinating, enjoyable and uplifting musicaljourney. With unusual songs to raise your spirits, tickle your ribs, touch your heart and makeyour Granny blush, we’ll discover what our ancestors loved to sing, and rediscover the beautyof those stories and harmonies, and their power to move us today.

Material is drawn from folk ballads, theatre repertoire,songs and hymns published in Beverley, Hull, York andfurther afield (including repertoire from events 9, 10and 11), and popular books of catches, rounds anddrinking songs.

Whether you prefer to learn by ear, or from writtenmusic, songs in three, four and more parts will betaught by ear with reference to notation – soeveryone will be included in a light-hearted,focused and inspirational day of unusualharmony.

Vivien Ellis is an empowering, inclusive andexperienced teacher who performs early musicwith The Dufay Collective, internationalensemble Sinfonye, The Carnival Band, andher duo Alva with Giles Lewin.



Booking information

Gift VouchersThese can be purchased from the Box Office in amounts of £5 and £10.

Stay In TouchTo stay in touch email us [email protected] or sign up at www.ncem.co.uk

Tickets are available to buy online, by telephone, by postor in person at the National Centre for Early Music, StMargaret’s Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL untilmidday Wednesday 22 May.

After this time, tickets will be available to purchase onthe door from 45 minutes prior to the performance,subject of course to availability. All seats are unreserved.

Online: Book online at www.ncem.co.uk/bemf usingour secure ticketing service. You will need to registerwith a user name and password to book your tickets.

By telephone: Contact the Box Office on 01904658338. Open Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm

By Credit/Debit Card: Tickets can be booked by Visa,Mastercard, Delta, Access and Maestro. Please note thata surcharge of £1.00 applies per transaction.

By post: Send details of your ticket requirements to theBox Office, National Centre for Early Music, StMargaret’s Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL enclosingan SAE. Cheques should be made payable to theNational Centre for Early Music.

In person: A limited number of individual tickets areavailable to personal visitors from the Beverley TouristInformation Centre, 34 Butcher Row, Beverley HU17OAB. Open weekdays 9.30am - 5.15pm and Sat 10.00am– 4.45pm from 1 February.

Reservations: Tickets must be paid for within threeworking days of reservation and at least 24 hours priorto the start of the Festival. Any remaining tickets will besold at the venue 45 minutes prior to the performance.

Concessions: These apply to those aged 60 and over,registered disabled and their carers, the unemployedand children under the age of 18. Student tickets are asindicated.

Group Bookings: Buy 10 get one free! We welcomegroup bookings (subject to availability) but ask that alltickets are booked in one transaction to take advantageof this offer.

Refunds and Exchanges: We regret that tickets cannotbe exchanged or refunded except in the case of acancelled performance.

Access: The Festival offers a warm welcome toeveryone. If you need information on access to any ofthe venues, please contact the NCEM box office on01904 658338 or email [email protected]

Registered assistance dogs are welcome

General enquiries: To book accommodation please visit www.visithullandeastyorkshire.com ring Beverley tourist information on 01482 391672 email [email protected]

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The 2013 Festival focuses on Rome, with music created under the patronage ofmedieval Popes, the renaissance polyphony of Palestrina, and the exuberantbaroque of Handel in Italy. England is not forgotten with a day-long celebrationof the 450th anniversary of Dowland’s birth. The festival culminates with the2013 International Young Artists Competition on 13 July. Booking opens Monday 18 March www.ncem.co.uk/yemf

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Friday 5 – Saturday 13 July

The National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate York Y01 9TL


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Early Music Festival

22 – 26 May 2013

Wednesday 22 MayMembers of the Orchestra of the

Age of Enlightenment

Thursday 23 MayLeah Stuttard

OAE/The Fairy Queen Revisited

Friday 24 MayElizabeth Dobbin, Sofie Vanden Eynde

Gallicantus

Saturday 25 MayGabriel Crouch Workshop

Trevor PinnockUniversity of Hull Early Music Ensemble

Choral Evensong The Carnival Band with Vivien Ellis

Sunday 26 May Vivien Ellis Workshop

at a glance

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The Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival is directed by Delma Tomlin MBE and administered by the National Centre for Early Music through the York Early Music Foundation -registered charity number 1068331. All details are correct at the time of going to press but the Festival reserves the right to make alterations to the published programme – if necessary.

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Beverley Early Music Festival 2013