Beverley and east Riding Early Music Festival

& East Riding Early Music Festival

2010

28 - 30 May

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F r i d ay 2 8 M ay Event 1 Venue Tickets

12.30pm – 1.30pm Beverley Friary, Friar’s Lane Beverley, HU17 ODF £7.50 incl coffee on arrival

FESTIVAL LECTURE: Looking for Lost Sounds: Searching for the early Tudor viol Music was an essential ingredient in the pageantry and entertainment at the court of Henry VIII, who owned viols and employed musicians to play them.

Professor John Bryan (University of Huddersfield) investigates the relationship between the Tudor viol and the reconstructed family of Italian ‘Costa’ viols played by the Rose Consort of Viols on Saturday lunchtime (see event 4).

Event 2 Venue Tickets

8.00pm – c.9.00pm Concert by candlelight Beverley Minster, HU17 ODP £15.00 reserved seating – front central nave £12.00 unreserved seating – front side aisles £10.00 (concessions £8.00) unreserved seating – rear nave

STILE ANTICO Monteverdi: Missa In Illo Tempore Monteverdi’s tribute to the Renaissance For music lovers, the year 1610 is famous for the publication of the Monteverdi Vespers, a virtuosic, exuberant showpiece which will be performed in York on Friday 9 July. Less widely known is that the same publication contained another remarkable composition, entirely different in conception and outlook: the sumptuous ‘Missa in illo tempore’. In this exquisite work, Monteverdi pays affectionate homage to the style of his Renaissance forerunners. Chief among these was Palestrina, whose psalm-motets, programmed here between the movements of Monteverdi’s mass, are perfect examples of the simplicity and profound beauty which established him as the greatest composer of the Italian Renaissance (see event 3 for associated workshop).

STILE ANTICO is an ensemble of young British singers, now established as one of the most original and exciting new voices in its field. Prizewinners at the 2005 Early Music Network International Young Artists’ Competition, the group is much in demand in concert, performing regularly throughout Europe and North America. www.stileantico.co.uk ‘The young singers of Stile Antico are magnificent - glorious music, gloriously sung’ Observer

Concerts in Beverley Minster take place by kind permission of the Vicar and Churchwardens.

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S at u r d ay 2 9 M ay Event 3 Venue Tickets

10:30am - 4:30pm St Mary’s Church Hall, North Bar Within, Beverley, HU17 8DG £15.00 (students £10.00) including light refreshments and music.

Please book by 17 May

DO YOU ENJOY SINGING? To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of Monteverdi’s famous 1610 Vespers, and Stile Antico’s performance of the ‘Missa in illo tempore’ in Beverley Minster, the National Centre for Early Music is organising a workshop designed to explore the psalm settings from this famous collection directed by Clive McClelland – Chorus Master of Leeds Baroque.

The aim will be to intersperse the plainsong antiphons for 2nd Vespers on the ‘Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Queen’ (31 May) in order to create a quasiliturgical sequence. The movements to be studied are: Psalm 109 (110) Dixit Dominus; Psalm 112 (113) Laudate Pueri; Psalm 121 (122) Laetatus sum; Psalm 126 (127) Nisi Dominus and Psalm 147 (147 vv 12-20) Lauda Jerusalem.

Singers will need to be good sight-readers or to have had some experience of singing this repertoire before. The afternoon will conclude with an informal performance in St Mary’s Church at 4:00pm to which all are welcome.

Free of charge.

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Saver tickets cost £40.00 (concessions £38.00).

This includes reserved seating for events 2 and 6.

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S at u r d ay 2 9 M ay Event 4 Venue Tickets

12.30pm – c.1.30pm The Quire, Beverley Minster £12.00 (concessions £10.00)

ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS John Bryan, Alison Crum, Roy Marks viols

Event 5 Venue Tickets

5.00pm - c.6.00pm Toll Gavel Methodist Church,Toll Gavel, Beverley HU17 9AA £5.00 (students free of charge)

BEVERLEY EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL SCHOOLS’ CHORUS directed by Sam Dunkley and Andrew Passmore

From Bologna to Britannia:Travels of the

Following the success of the inaugural Beverley Schools Chorus last year, students from East Riding Schools including Woldgate College, Longcroft and South Hunsley will perform works by Haydn and Mozart including Haydn’s delightful ‘Little Organ Mass’ alongside instrumentalists from the University of York and the National Centre for Early Music with soprano Bethany Seymour.

Early Viol Consort The instruments used for this concert were specially built, based on viols painted by Lorenzo Costa in Bologna in 1497. Costa worked for Isabella d’Este, a well known patroness of the arts, who delighted in sophisticated instrumental pieces by Franco-Flemish composers. The ‘Henry VIII Manuscript’ in London curiously contains several of the same pieces, alongside works by English composers. If the music travelled to Britain, might instruments similar to Costa’s viols have done so too? ‘the ensemble colours that emerge are pastel and translucent.’ The Gramophone www.roseconsort.co.uk

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S at u r d ay 2 9 M ay Event 6 Venue Tickets

7.30pm – c9.30pm Supported by Beverley Minster £20.00 reserved seating – front central nave £17.50 unreserved seating – front side aisles £15.00 (concessions £13.00) unreserved seating – rear nave

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Matthew Truscott Director/Violin Alison Bury Violin Julia Doyle Soprano The Festival is delighted to welcome one of the world’s finest baroque orchestras to Beverley. Directed by Yorkshire born Matthew Truscott, the programme will include one of Bach’s most glorious masterpieces – the Double Violin Concerto in D minor – alongside a Suite of Songs and Dances from Purcell’s Fairy Queen and Concerto Grossi and arias by Handel.

commitment, enjoyment and energy which translates directly into the quality, vitality and dynamism of each performance. The Orchestra's uniquely versatile and pioneering spirit of music making encourages a warmth and involvement which makes every performance an edge-of-the-seat experience for performers and audiences alike. www.oae.co.uk

THE ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT is a world renowned orchestra which plays on original instruments to bring out the very best of classical music as it was intended to be heard. Its players lead the Orchestra themselves with a

‘Most of all, though, it was the sheer vitality and joy of the OAE's playing and that communal sense of rediscovery at how these phrases turn and how individually the harmonies move beneath them.’

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S u n d ay 3 0 M ay Event 7 Venue Tickets

3.00pm – c4.00pm Toll Gavel Methodist Church £12.00 (concessions £10.00)

Event 8 Venue Tickets

7.30pm – c.9.00pm St James’ Church,Warter,YO42 1XY £15.00 (concessions £13.00)

DUNEDIN CONSORT THE YORK WAITS PLAYERS Music of the Minstrels & John Butt director Beverley was historically the meeting place for musicians in the north of England, and the Minster contains one of the largest collections of instrumental carvings in Europe. The York Waits will breathe life into these famous medieval carvings by performing music from this period on many of the instruments depicted and, with the help of projected slides, discuss the sculptures and their significance. www.theyorkwaits.org.uk 'The Waits created a wonderful variety of sound textures' York Press This concert is designed to complement the newly created Beverley Medieval Guilds & Crafts Town Trail which can be joined at any of the stages, or sculptures, of which there are 40. These are located from York Road, and North Bar Without, through the main spine of the town to the Beverley Beckhead, at the south.

Publications detailing the Trail, sites, sculptures and the history of the guilds and crafts are available from the Tourist Information Centre in Butcher Row.

Nicholas Mulroy Acis Susan Hamilton Galatea Matthew Brook Polyphemus

G. F. Handel: Acis & Galatea This disarmingly simple story contains some of the Baroque’s most memorable music including the unstoppably bubbling happiness of ‘Happy, happy we’ and ‘Heart, the seat of soft delight’. THE DUNEDIN CONSORT’S recently released recording by Linn Records of Handel’s famous ‘pastoral entertainment’ Acis & Galatea - using the original Cannons performing version of 1718 - has met with universal acclaim being CD of the month in Gramophone magazine (Jan 2009); BBC Radio 3’s Building a Library (1st choice); finalist in the Baroque Vocal category of the 2009 Classic FM Gramophone Awards and winning the Opus d’Or Award. www.dunedin-consort.org.uk ‘If there's a state-of-the-art Handel recording, it's this.’ Philadelphia Inquirer

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B O OK I N G I N F OR M AT I O N T I C K E T S O N S A L E F R O M M O N D AY 1 M A R C H In person: A limited number of individual tickets are available to personal visitors from the Beverley Tourist Information Centre, 34 Butcher Row, Beverley HU17 OAB. Open weekdays 9.30am-5.15pm and Saturday 10.00am – 4.45pm.

By email: Please email enquiries to boxoffice@ncem.co.uk Reservations: All tickets are unreserved except for top-price seats in Beverley Minster. Tickets must be paid for within three working days of reservation and at least 24 hours prior to the performance. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the venue 30 minutes prior to the performance.

Online: Book online at www.ncem.co.uk using our secure ticketing service.

Please note that the NCEM has a new website and now offers reserved seating in the Front Nave of Beverley Minster for events 2 and 6 - as well as tickets for all festival events including Evening Saver tickets for events 2, 6 and 8. Please note that refunds/exchanges are not available.

By telephone: Contact the Box Office on 01904 658338. Open Monday-Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm

By Credit/Debit Card: Tickets can be booked by Visa, Mastercard, Delta, Access and Maestro. Please note that surcharges apply.

By post: Send details of your ticket requirements to the National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL enclosing an SAE. Cheques should be made payable to the National Centre for Early Music.

Refunds and concessions: Concessions apply to over 60’s, registered disabled and their carers, the unemployed and children under the age of 18.

Student tickets are as indicated. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded.

Access: The Festival offers a warm welcome to everyone. If you need information on access to any of the venues, please contact the NCEM box office.

General enquiries: To book accommodation online visit realyorkshire.co.uk, or ring 01482 391672 or email beverley.tic@eastriding.gov.uk Gift Vouchers: These can be purchased from the Box Office in amounts of £5 and £10.

Venue information St James’ Church, Warter is situated 14 miles north of Beverley on the B1246.

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& East Riding

2010

28 - 30 May

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Early Music Festival

F r i d ay 2 8 M ay

S u n d ay 3 0 M ay

12.30pm | Beverley Friary

3.00pm | Toll Gavel Methodist Church

JOHN BRYAN

THE YORK WAITS

8.00pm | Beverley Minster

7.30pm | St James’ Church,Warter

STILE ANTICO

DUNEDIN CONSORT & PLAYERS

S at u r d ay 2 9 M ay 10.30am | St Mary’s Church

SINGING WORKSHOP 12.30pm | The Quire, Beverley Minster

ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS 5.00pm | Toll Gavel Methodist Church

BEVERLEY SCHOOLS’ CHORUS 7.30pm | Beverley Minster

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Box Office 01904 658338 | www.ncem.co.uk The National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church,Walmgate York Y01 9TL

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.