BREMF 2010 brochure

RITUAL 22nd October to 7th November www.bremf.org.uk

“ More than the usual classical fare...”

The Argus

Brighton Early Music Festival gratefully acknowledges financial support from the following organisations, who have made possible the 2010 festival and our education and community work throughout 2010: PRS for Music Foundation, The Fidelio Charitable Trust, The Leche Trust, Brighton & Hove Council, D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Mazars Charitable Trust, The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation, The Ernest Cook Trust, The Lynn Foundation and The Stanley Picker Charitable Trust. The Early Music Live! scheme for young ensembles is supported by a 3 year grant from lead funder The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (2010 – 2012). Sing Brighton!

– a 3 year project to promote singing all over the city – is supported by The Arts Council England.

Welcome to the Brighton Early Music Festival 2010 Courtship and marriage, religion and belief, living and dying, festivals and rites of the seasons – celebrated in music from antiquity to the present. This year’s festival theme has given us a wonderful opportunity to explore exciting new ways to present concerts – public ‘rituals’ in themselves, in which audiences play a vital part. There’s also a chance for you to help us design a concert format for the 2011 festival.

Enduringly popular artists such as our patron Emma Kirkby, The Sixteen, Red Priest and Joglaresa will be joined by dynamic new faces, many of whom have come through our BREMF Live! scheme. This year even the animals get a look in!

Our theme also provides a fitting climax to our three year Sing Brighton! project. In the final Festival weekend, choirs from across the region will have the opportunity to help fill Brighton with song – that should help compete with the starlings!

Clare Norburn and Deborah Roberts

“ nothing if not inventive.”

BBC Radio 3

Funders and partners:

Pre-festival events Event 1: Sunday 12th September, 11am, 3pm The Regency Town House, 13 Brunswick Square, Hove BN3 1EH

Open Door Weekend www.visitbrighton.com

Brighton Early Music will be taking part in Brighton and Hove Open Door, part of the national Heritage Open Days. Come and hear free performances in the elegant setting of the Regency Town House, given by up and coming young musicians. More information about Open Door events can be found at www.rth.org.uk Evening reception for Friends of the Festival (see page 19 to join).

Event 2: Saturday 25th September St George’s Church and other venues

Thomas Kemp: a day of celebration The Kemp Town Society in association with Brighton Early Music presents a day to celebrate the life of Thomas Reed Kemp (1783 – 1844), the founder of Kemp Town. A morning tour of the estate and an afternoon lecture/symposium is followed by:

7.45pm – 9pm Thomas Kemp’s Musical Soiree April Fredrick soprano Camilla Scarlett violin Amy de Sybel fortepiano Thomas Kemp invites you to his salon at St George’s Church for a concert by candlelight of music from the Regency period, including Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven & Thomas Arne.

Tickets: £15 including a glass of Regency punch or cordial.

9pm – 10.30pm Thomas Kemp’s Supper Party Tickets: £10 (excluding drinks).

Full details of the whole day’s events can be found at www.bremf.org.uk, where you can also book tickets or telephone The Dome: 01273 709709.

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Event 3: Saturday 9th October, 10am – 5pm Saint Michael and All Angels Church

The City Sings: FREE choral workshop Led by John Hancorn and Deborah Roberts For choral directors and singers from choirs; a day of preparation for The City Sings on 6th November. Full details on the web and page 15.

Free event, but numbers limited and registration essential. Visit www.bremf.org.uk (open now!) for full details and registration (see Event 21). www.bremf.org.uk

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Friday 22nd october “...a tiny soundbite of heaven.”

The Times

Event 4: St Bartholomew’s Church, 8pm

The sixteen: The Choral Pilgrimage Ceremony and Devotion – Music for the Tudors

The Sixteen Harry Christophers Director The Sixteen make a second appearance at BREMF with their monumental Choral Pilgrimage – this year fitting gloriously with our ‘Ritual’ theme, and a truly ceremonial opening to the main 2010 festival.

Music by William Byrd, Thomas Tallis and John Sheppard, including his monumental work Media vita.

Tickets: Premium £22 (£20 conc); A £17 (£15 conc); B £12 (£10 conc); C £6 Brighton Early Music Festival 2010

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saturday 23rd october Event 5: Sallis Benney Theatre, 1pm

BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show With Brighton Early Music Live! ensembles: Ensemble Amaranthos, i Flautisti and The Artisans Festival news and interviews with performers, including Eamonn Dougan and Sally Dunkley talking about this year’s choral pilgrimage with The Sixteen.

Tickets: Free event, see page 22 for booking details.

Event 6: St George’s Church, 7.30pm

four weddings and a Funeral Musica Secreta Deborah Roberts and Katharine Hawnt sopranos; Clare Wilkinson mezzo soprano; Mark Dobell tenor; Donald Greig baritone Nicholas Parle harpsichord; Linda Sayce, lute, guitar and chitarrone; Kinga Gáborjáni viola da gamba The BREMF Consort of Voices and Celestial Sirens Deborah Roberts and Laurie Stras directors Italian ceremonial madrigals celebrate 3 great Italian weddings within the Gonzaga, Medici and D’Este families, including music from the great Florentine Intermedii of 1589. In the fourth wedding, the ‘bride’ is married to Christ and becomes a nun; a fate far more common for young noblewomen at the time.

Monteverdi’s moving Sestina, or ‘tears of the lover at the tomb of the beloved’ were written in memory of his pupil, the 18-year-old singer Caterina Martinelli, who died in 1608. Her ‘ghost’ will perform the moving Lamento d’Arianna from the opera she never lived to sing.

Love and Death; sacred and secular were not far apart in the 16th century.

“ Irresistible... Strongly recommended.”

Classic FM Magazine Help us design a new concert format for 2011. Join us after tonight’s concert for a free glass of wine and an open forum discussion.

Tickets: Premium £20 (£18 conc); A £15 (£13 conc); B £12 (£10 conc); C (restricted view) £6.

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sunday 24th october Event 7: St Andrew’s, Waterloo Street, pre-lunch concert, 12 noon

Young artist showcase: Rituals of the Seasons i Flautisti Danielle Jalowiecka, Kerstin Picker-Kubitschek, Jitka Smutná, Ilona Veselovská recorders, with Alexander Cadden voice Devised especially for BREMF as a costumed ritual to bring peace and harmony to the festival, the vibrant players of i Flautisti will represent each of the four seasons, and offer their music as a sacrifice to maintain balance.

Tickets: £10 (£8 conc)

Event 8: St Bartholomew’s Church, 7.30pm

The Harvest Queen Horses Brawl

“It’s great stuff.”

Verity Sharp, BBC Radio 3 Late Junction

Laura Cannell fiddle, recorders, crumhorn; Adrian Lever guitar With guest artists Rebecca Austen-Brown medieval fiddle and recorders and Arngeir Hauksson historical plucked strings Driving folk rhythms collide with the high and low musical cultures of ancient Europe and beyond, invoking the images and customs of people moving with the seasons and embracing the harvest. From spring weddings to winter plough processions, Horses Brawl gather traditional folk tunes that intertwine the rites and rituals of lovers, ploughboys and the seasons and weave them into spellbinding new pieces.

Tickets: A £15 (£13 conc); B £12 (£10 conc); C £6.

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monday 25th – wednesday 27th october

Event 9: Monday 25th October, The Unitarian Church, 9.30am – 4.30pm

Event 10: Tuesday 26th October, The Brunswick Pub, 7pm

recorder workshop & concert:

The Animal ‘Voice’ in the Mating Game

Creating, playing and dancing rituals i Flautisti

An illustrated talk by David Reby, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sussex.

Young recorder players up to the age of 15, and of all levels of playing, are welcome to enjoy a day of musical games, movement and playing on the subject of the seasons. ‘Hands on’ experience is key to learning about different musical styles and traditions.

We humans have sung more about love and desire than anything else. We also colour our voices in special ways when communicating with those we want to attract. But is this unique to humans? Dr David Reby is part of a team researching into animal communication and cognition. He will speak about the use of ‘voice’ colours in the courtship rituals of mammals, and play some fascinating recordings of animal ‘love songs’!

All take part in a final concert. Numbers limited – early registration advised. See page 22 for booking details

This talk will be followed by an open discussion and a possible performance.

Registration: £18 (£12 conc).

Tickets: £6.

Danielle Jalowiecka, Kerstin Picker-Kubitschek, Jitka Smutná, Ilona Veselovská recorders

Event 11: Wednesday 27th October, The Brunswick Pub, 7pm

Music and Ritual in Remote Antiquity Dirk Campbell A fully illustrated talk with slide presentation, showing the earliest musical instruments to be discovered, dating back 36,000 years, and featuring comprehensive iconographic material particularly from ancient Egypt. Strong similarities are noted between these depictions and traditions of performance that still exist in North Africa, along the Tickets: £6.

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friday 29th october

Event 12: St George’s Church, 8pm

Divine Rites Joglaresa

“ Thrilling and haunting.”

The Times

Belinda Sykes voice, bagpipes Ruth Fraser voice, harp Catia Gianessi voice, tamborello Renzo Murrone voice Jim O’Toole vielle, voice Jean Kelly harp, vielle Tim Garside percussion Belinda Sykes director Medieval religious songs that would have been performed outside the formality of the church by brotherhoods of laymen. As they could use instruments (such as medieval fidels, lutes and percussion) and sing in a language that everyone would have understood, these musicians could enjoy ecstatic celebration!

Tickets: Premium £20 (£18 conc); A £15 (£13 conc); B £12 (£10 conc); C (restricted view) £6.

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saturday 30th october

Event 13: The Unitarian Church, 1pm

Event 14: St Bartholomew’s Church, 7.30pm

Young artist showcase: rites of pleasure Ensemble Amaranthos

Monteverdi, the 1610 Vespers

Marta Gonçalves flute Sara Deborah Struntz violin Claire Bracher viola da gamba Elektra Miliadou cello Erik Dippenaar harpsichord with Erica Eloff soprano

The BREMF Singers

Food and wine, tobacco and coffee, music and courting – our everyday rituals seen from a baroque perspective. Ensemble Amaranthos, together with 2008 Handel Singing Competition Winner, Erica Eloff, explore music that praised, accompanied or described rituals happening in a social, rather than sacred setting. Works by Telemann, Handel, Bach, Hume, Fischer and Cannabich.

2010 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of Monteverdi’s great and revolutionary work. Vespers was always one of the principal services within the Monastic Office, with many hundreds of settings of the main psalms.

Monteverdi’s settings of psalms for Feasts of the Virgin Mary were published together with smaller scale concertos, and an extraordinary instrumental sonata. This highly ritualistic work will be heard in the magnificent and sublime setting of St Bartholomew’s Church: a perfect start to White Night.

Tickets: £10 (£8 conc)

Tickets: Premium £22 (£20 conc); A £17 (£15 conc); B £12 (£10 conc); C £6.

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Faye Newton and Katharine Hawnt sopranos Charles Daniels and Julian Podger tenors Greg Skidmore and Stephen Charlesworth baritones The BREMF Players with Alison Bury leader The BREMF Community Choir His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts Deborah Roberts director

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white night

Event 15: St Bartholomew’s Church, 11pm – 2am

BREMF at White Night: The Brighton Intermedii Ritual and Illumination In BREMF’s own version of the nights of revelry that followed many great Italian renaissance weddings, over 20 young artists from our Brighton Early Music Live! scheme present a musical spectacular in collaboration with the city’s all-night cultural festival.

Combining the BREMF theme of ‘Ritual’ with White Night’s ‘Illumination’, and using fully the gorgeous spaces of St Bartholomew’s church, the best young professional performers on the scene will serenade you until the small hours with a dazzling array of vocal and instrumental music from across the centuries.

2am: The Celestial Sirens return with ethereal Matins chants to draw the revels to a close.

Free events: come and go as you please

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sunday 31st october

Event 16: St George’s Church, 4pm

Event 17: St Bartholomew’s Church, 7.30pm

Delights from the Pleasure Gardens Passacaglia

Sacred Chants & Songs of Ukraine Boyan Ensemble of Kiev

Annabel Knight flute and recorder Oliver Webber baroque violin Christopher Suckling cello Robin Bigwood harpsichord with Julia Gooding soprano

Yuriy Kuratch music director and principal conductor

Reviving the informal mood of the earliest public concerts, St George’s will be decked out to represent the famous Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in the 18th century. Enjoy music by Handel, Oswald, Geminiani and Thomas Arne (including an 18th-century arrangement of ‘Rule Britannia!), in appropriate style with tea, cakes and fizz.

This concert is being recorded for later broadcast on BBC Radio 3

Soloists: Valentina Ivanenko soprano Vadym Mitryayev counter-tenor Viktor Shuliak tenor Vasyl Pudchenko and Ivan Gembach basses A truly magnificent male choir bringing the splendour and ritual of the Eastern Orthodox tradition, “Spiritual Drama”; and in the second half, an exciting kaleidoscope of Ukrainian folk songs.

Members are drawn from Ukraine’s top professional male choirs; a single female voice soaring above the resonant male tones adds a unique element.

“ One of the best choirs on the planet” Oliver Webber, Robin Bigwood, Annabel Knight, Christopher Suckling and Julia Gooding

Tickets: A £15 (£13 conc); B £8 (£6 conc).

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Tickets: Premium £20 (£18 conc); A £15 (£13 conc); B £12 (£10 conc); C £6. www.bremf.org.uk

wednesday 3rd November

Event 18: The Unitarian Church, 6pm

Commuter Concert: O Camino de Santiago – a medieval rite of passage The Artisans Emily Askew vielle, recorders, bagpipes Hazel Askew harp, voice Nicolas Mendoza rebec, hurdy gurdy, voice Matthew Robinson oud, voice Sarah Stuart percussion

Event 19: St Bartholomew’s Church, 8pm

The Victoria Requiem Brighton Consort Deborah Roberts director One of the greatest and most luminous masses for the dead performed alongside other works by Tomás Luis de Victoria and Cristóbal de Morales.

An exciting new medieval band emerging from London leads a musical pilgrimage from the monastery of Montserrat to Santiago de Compostela. Both places have left behind a legacy of wonderful medieval music, and the band will also play songs and dances that would have been heard in Iberia along the route.

The players have all come through the Early Music Live! scheme and bring together a broad experience from both the early music and folk worlds.

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Thursday 4th November “ one of the treasures of the music world.”

Toronto Globe and Mail

Event 20: St George’s Church, 8pm

Rites of Remembrance Dedicated to the memory of Vivienne Carter Emma Kirkby soprano The International Baroque Players Johannes Pramsohler leader The BREMF Consort of Voices directed by Deborah Roberts Early Music’s ever popular soprano is joined by The International Baroque Players (“the hottest young band around”), and the newly formed elite BREMF Consort of Voices.

Remembering the dead, mourning their loss and celebrating their lives represent some of the earliest rituals to evolve in human societies. Thus famous laments survive from Old Testament and Classical times. Tonight’s programme includes the famous Dido’s lament from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, the closing lament and chorus from Carissimi’s Jephte, Pergolesi’s cantata Orfeo and works by Josquin, Weelkes, Wert and D’India.

This concert is being recorded for later broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Tickets: Premium £22 (£20 conc); A £17 (£15 conc); B £12 (£10 conc); C (restricted view) £6.

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Supported by The Fidelio Charitable Trust www.bremf.org.uk

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saturday 6th November

Event 21: venues across Brighton & Hove including the Unitarian Church

the city sings 2010 marks the climax of our three year Arts Council funded project - Sing Brighton!

Over the weekend of November 6th and 7th, Brighton Early Music will be organising a singing weekend in collaboration with Making Music South East.

There will be a number of choral events all over the city, culminating in a massed singing event in the centre of Brighton.

Showcase your choir Choirs who give regular public performances can apply to give a 15 – 20 minute public recital in The Unitarian Church in the centre of Brighton. We will be running these performances between 10am and 2.30pm.

These choirs will need to include at least one piece of music written before the 19th century and are warmly encouraged to attend the FREE workshop (Event 3, Saturday, 9th October).

This will be a great opportunity to get your choir heard, publicise future events and recruit new members.

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City Wide singing Choirs of every type are invited to organise their own singing events City Wide, making use of churches or other public buildings or public ‘busking’ spaces.

We will also publish a list of participating venues nearer the time. Make your own arrangements with them, but let us know so that we can publish a list of events and keep an anti-clash diary!

Participation in all events is free but you must register online at www.bremf.org.uk/citysings to take part.

Sunday 7th November 10.30am - 3pm Brighton Dome Pavilion Theatre

Making Music South East presents: Sing around the World Scott Stroman, acclaimed vocal director, teacher and jazz artist, will be leading a singing workshop celebrating a range of vocal styles including jazz, gospel, world and classical Tickets £10 from Dome Box Office: 01273 709709.

This event cannot be booked through Brighton Early Music Festival

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saturday 6th November

Event 22: St George’s Church, 4pm

Event 23: St Andrew’s, Waterloo Street, 8pm

Revels, Pageants & Fireworks The BREMF Players

Unsung Heroine

Alison Bury leader and violin The festival’s own brilliant period orchestra, combining the best young players on the scene with leading principals, made a powerful impression in last year’s festival. This year they return with a highly popular programme of ceremonial music to include Handel’s Fireworks Music, Autumn and Winter from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto and music from Purcell’s King Arthur.

The imagined history of troubadour Countess Beatriz de Dia

The Telling Clare Norburn soprano Layil Barr recorders Joy Smith harp Emily Askew fiddle, bagpipes with Patience Tomlinson actress Blurring the usual boundaries of a concert, this intimate piece of “concert-theatre” sets out to take you back to the heady atmosphere of Provence in the 12th century.

The evening combines the plaintive music and poetry of the troubadours, foot-stomping medieval dances and a powerful story. The story imagines how Beatriz came to write her impassioned song A Chantar, the only complete surviving troubadour song by a woman. Grounded in the rules of courtly love, Beatriz lives in a world where emotions are sacrificed to the strait-jacket of ritual: her only recourse is to channel her pain, love and desire for revenge into this passionate song.

“ a serenely satisfying evening” The Argus Tickets: Premium £22 (£20 conc); A £17 (£15 conc); B £12 (£10 conc); C (restricted view) £6.

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sunday 7th November Events 24 & 25: Hove Town Hall, 5pm and 8pm

double bill: Better Red & Dead!

Two concerts on the theme of Life and Death

5pm: Red Head Red Priest Piers Adams recorders Julia Bishop violin Angela East cello Howard Beach harpsichord The mercurial fire of Vivaldi and the cerebral genius of Bach come vividly to life in Red Priest’s inimitable take on the great baroque masters. The programme features some of the group’s perennial favourites – selections from the Four Seasons, and the ‘Nightmare Concerto’ (La Notte), this time with an extra gothic twist – alongside the fruits of their latest all-Bach project, including Brandenburg Concerto no.3 and the Prelude and Fugue in C minor.

Red Priest’s arrangements break all the rules, yet carry on the spirit of enterprise which was a key feature of the vibrant musical life of the baroque. The energy and virtuosity of their performances, alongside the themes of life, love, dance and the cycle of the seasons make this concert a true celebration of the living!

Supported by The Leche Trust

8pm: Dead Head by Orlando Gough World premiere performance commissioned

by Brighton Early Music Festival Orlando Gough and John Agard MCs Members of The Shout The BREMF Singers The BREMF Community Choir Children from: Brighton & Hove Junior Choir, Westdene Primary School & Whitehawk Primary School Celestial Sirens Emily Askew violin Hazel Askew melodeon Nicolas Mendoza harpsichord Oli Hayhurst double bass Brighton and Hove Youth Brass Ensemble John Hancorn director Involving massed forces and a rich diversity of styles, the piece takes a wry look at contemporary attitudes to death, dying and eternity. Life is short – death is chaotic – let’s SING!

Tickets: For each single event: A £15 (£13 conc); B £12 (£10 conc).

Combined ticket for both events: A £22 (£20 conc) B £17 (£15 conc) Brighton Early Music Festival 2010

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Volunteer at BREMF Be part of a friendly team – the BREMF ‘family’ Attend concerts free • Meet festival artists BREMF relies on its voluntary helpers for many aspects of its activities – not just at concerts during the festival but throughout the year.

If you are a student or young person looking for some work experience in the arts we can provide the opportunity for you to develop useful skills. In return we will happily provide references for potential employers.

We are looking for reliable people who can commit themselves to helping with one or more of a wide range of activities.

Here’s what some of our present team have to say:

“ It has been a huge pleasure and privilege to be involved with the Festival once again. I really feel part of it now, it has changed my life, given me something big and valuable to care about, and a new circle of smashing friends.” “ I totally enjoyed my first time as a BREMF volunteer and I’m already missing it. I definitely hope to be back in future. Thanks very much for letting me be a part of this wonderful festival”

We would particularly like to recruit people who “ It has been a privilege and an inspiration to have been involved with the Festival. It has been fantastic and can help with any of the following: Brighton is the richer for it!”

• Helping with admin (by email and telephone) • Helping with our education projects during the day (January) • Assisting with publicity – at home or around the region • Driving performers (in your own car) • Driving the BREMF van during the festival • Helping with sound and lighting set-ups • Help with setups: chairs, staging, harpsichords etc. before and after concerts • Helping at outdoor and daytime events such as The City Sings (6th November) and the late night events on White Night (30th October) Email: volunteer@bremf.org.uk or use the form below.

If you would like to volunteer please complete the details below and send this form to: Mike Clemens (BREMF Chairman), Ham Cottage, Albourne Road, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex BN6 9ES Name..............................................................................................................................................................

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how to become a friend of BREMF We receive vital support from several funders, but fundraising in the current climate is tougher than ever and we simply could not survive without your support. If you haven’t yet done so, please join our Friends Scheme or make a more substantial donation to ensure our future. Thank you!

How to help Join our Friends or Event Donor Schemes Membership is valid for one year from the date of joining or renewal. You can join online at www.bremf.org.uk or by completing the form below.

Friends receive: • 2 weeks of priority booking; • an allocation of free concert programmes; • a reserved seat for the BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show Live lunchtime concert (23 October); • an invitation to a Friends’ reception.

Supporters: receive Friends’ benefits PLUS • an option to buy 1 half price ticket (2 for a couple) for one of our Young Artist Showcase concerts: either event 7 (Rituals of the Seasons, Oct 24) or event 13 (Rites of Pleasure, Oct 30); • an invitation to an open rehearsal (from a choice of events); • an option to make seat reservations to all concerts;

Contributors and Premium Contributors receive Friends’ benefits PLUS • FREE tickets to either of the Young Artist Showcase concerts above; • invitations to up to 3 open rehearsals; • named acknowledgment in concert programmes; • an option to make seat reservations to all concerts.

Our Event Donor schemes make it possible for us to programme top quality artists, to support young musicians and take work into schools. There are three levels: basic (up to £499), mid (£500-£999) and Premium (£1000 and above). Please tick the box below to request a pack about the schemes or download from www.bremf.org.uk

Please complete as appropriate or enrol online at www.bremf.org.uk

I would like to join the mailing list. Please enrol me as: A Friend of the Festival (£25 single, £40 couple) A Festival Supporter (£60 single, £85 couple) A Festival Contributor (£100 or more – single or couple) A Premium Contributor (£200 or more – single or couple) Please send me an Event Donor pack

Please make cheques payable to: Brighton Early Music Festival and send to: BREMF, Ham Cottage, Albourne Road, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex BN6 9ES Name.................................................................................................................

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If you are a UK taxpayer please complete the Gift Aid declaration below to make your Friends membership worth 25% more: If you are a UK taxpayer, you can make your Friends membership or donation worth more. By completing the Gift Aid option, for every £1 you give, Brighton Early Music Festival gets an extra 25p from HM Revenue and Customs. This makes a big difference to the Festival and it doesn’t cost you anything.

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Buses: 1/1A, 5/5A, 6, 20, 49

Please note that the London Road Shoppers Car Park (behind the Church, entrance from Providence Place) now requires payment throughout the 24 hours.

City Council multi-storey pay and display car park opposite in Norton Road.

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St George’s Church

St George’s Road (junction Abbey Road), Brighton BN2 1ED

5-10 min walk from Hove Railway Station

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Sallis Benney Theatre

University of Brighton, 58-64 Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 2JY

Buses 37; also 1 1A 7/N7 to Royal Sussex County Hospital; 12/12A 14 27/27A along Marine Parade.

Buses to Old Steine: 1/1A 2/2A 5/5A 7 12/12A 14 22 24 25 26 27 28/29 (not Su) 37 46 46A 47 (daytime, not Su) 49 50 81

Please allow plenty of time if coming to this venue by car, as street parking around the church can sometimes be hard to find. An alternative is to park in the free multi-storey car park at Brighton Marina (BN2 5WA) and from there take the number 7 bus to the Royal Sussex County Hospital.

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St Michael & All Angels Church

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Victoria Road, Brighton BN1 3BD Buses: 52; buses serving Dyke Road (50, 56) or buses running along Western Road (1/1A 2/2A 5/5A 6 25/25A 46 49 81)

15 min walk from Brighton Station.

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The Unitarian Church

Buses: Any bus serving Old Steine or North Street including 1/1A 2/2A 5/5A 7 12/12A 14 22 24 25 26 27 28/29 (not Su) 37 46 46A 47 (daytime, not Su) 49 50 81 8

St Andrew’s Church

Waterloo St, Hove BN3 1AQ

Buses: 1/1A 2/2A 5/5A 6 25/25A 46 49 81 Brighton Early Music Festival 2010

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Booking information Booking for most events other than workshops opens to members of the Friends of the Festival Scheme (see page 18) on 18th August and to the general public on 1st September. For information on registration for workshops and The City Sings (events 3, 9, 21) please see below. For Umbrella event 2, booking is already open.

There are 4 ways to buy tickets in advance for concerts promoted by Brighton Early Music Festival, including the free BBC Radio 3 broadcast (event 5): 1. E-tickets: you purchase these from www.bremf.org.uk, print them on your own printer and bring them to the concert together with the credit card with which you made the purchase. There is no booking fee for e-tickets.

2. On line Box Office tickets: you purchase these online but have the tickets issued to you either by mail or on the door. These are a practical solution if you are buying for people who may arrive at the concert separately from you (and your credit card – see above) or if you cannot easily print your own tickets. There is a handling charge of £1 per transaction for online Box Office tickets.

3. By post using the form on page 23 (no booking fee). This option is not available for Umbrella event 2 4. By phone (transaction fee £2.25) or in person (no fee) from the Brighton Dome Box Office, New Road, Brighton BN1 1UE (01273 709709), open Mon-Sat 10am to 6 pm.

Brighton Early Music Festival has held prices for 2010 at 2009 levels, and there are some excellent money-saving deals listed below!

Please note that tickets, once paid for, cannot be refunded except in the event that the concert is cancelled.

CONCESSIONARY TICKETS These are available to young people (age 12-25 inclusive), those aged 60 or more and those in receipt of state benefits. Children under 12 are admitted to concerts free of charge if accompanied by a paying adult. However, a Child Ticket must be obtained. Unaccompanied children under 16 cannot be the responsibility of the festival.

FESTIVAL TICKET SPECIAL OFFERS Save 40% with our Season Tickets. A Season Ticket giving you a top price ticket to all paying events except Events 2 and 9) is £165 (£146 concessions).

Season Tickets can ONLY be obtained from www.bremf.org.uk or by using the postal booking form in this brochure. These deals are subject to tickets in the appropriate price groups remaining available at the time of purchase.

Save 10% by buying tickets for 4 or more different concerts in one transaction. The following do not apply and cannot count towards this total: tickets costing £7 or less, tickets for Event 2, Season Tickets and registration for workshops. Note that a combined ticket for Events 24 & 25 (see page 17) counts as ONE concert for the purposes of this offer.

Bring a party! Save up to 20% with our group rate savings for multiple tickets for a single concert - reductions start at 10% for a group of ten. Please phone 01273 833746 for further information.

BOOKING FOR WORKSHOPS AND CITY SINGS Pre-registration at www.bremf.org.uk is essential for the BREMF-promoted workshops and participatory events (Events 3, 9, 21). Deadlines will be posted on the website, but in all cases booking may be closed earlier if all places have been allocated.

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Brochure design and production by: Kate Benjamin www.katebenjamin.com Additional photography courtesy of: Rob Orchard, Alan Mynett, Kate Benjamin and www.istockphoto.com www.bremf.org.uk

For online booking, visit www.bremf.org.uk

No of seats

Seat Type (P, A, B or C)

State Full or Conc

Under 12 (free)

Valid from:

Expiry date:

Issue No (Switch only)

OR please debit my VISA, MASTERCARD, AMEX, SWITCH card (delete as applicable) for £........................................

My card number is:

Subtotal

Seat Price

Signature:

TOTAL

Less 10% for 4+ different concerts (not valid for Season Tickets, tickets less than £7 ,workshops or Event 2)

Date/Time

For Season Tickets enter ST under Event Number.

Total

Season Tickets: Season tickets provide top price tickets to all paying concerts except Event 2. Prices: Full £165, Concession £146.

Please give details of tickets required. Please note that Events 2, 3 and 9 cannot be booked on this form. All seats are unnumbered and unreserved.

BREMF Tickets, 65 Cuckfield Road Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex BN6 9RR.

Please return completed form with Stamped Addressed Envelope to:

I enclose a cheque/PO payable to Brighton Early Music Festival for £..........................................................................

Event No

Email........................................................................................................................................................

Telephone.................................................................................................................................................

............................................................................................Postcode.......................................................

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Address....................................................................................................................................................

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Booking opens 18th August for Friends and 1st September for the general public

POSTAL BOOKING FORM

YOU can help make it happen!

Get involved in the creative process by becoming a Festival Friend or Event Donor Depending on your level of support, benefits may include: • Invitations to receptions and special events • Access to a section of a final rehearsal • Opportunities to meet some of the performers • Free or discounted tickets to selected concerts • An exclusive reception in the stylish Regency House, Brunswick Square, with music from the new generation of early music artists.

See page 19 for more information

“ Meeting the musicians, attending rehearsals, being close to the Early Music team – all aspects of the Friends scheme enhance the Festival for us and we highly recommend it.”

Annette Boyne