Beverley Early Music Festival 2012

& East Riding Early Music Festival 2 4 – 2 6 M ay 2 0 1 2

Box Office 01904 658338

www.ncem.co.uk/bemf

IN T ROD U CT ION

Welcome to this, our silver jubilee Festival! When we started in 1988 we had no idea that it would prove to be such an outstanding success and it is appropriate to say a few words of thanks! To Beverley Borough Council for having the foresight to initiate such an event – to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Arts Council for offering the financial stability which has allowed the Festival to develop and grow – to the National Centre for Early Music for taking on the administration when the ‘going got tough’ – and to you the audience for your loyalty and enthusiasm.

The 2012 Festival is designed as a celebration of music from the 15th – 18th centuries and includes a thoughtful exploration of Beverley’s own musical history presented in the Guildhall – one of the town’s finest Georgian gems – as well as performances by some of the UK’s early music stars including Stile Antico, the award-winning orchestral ensemble La Serenissima and the ever entertaining Red Priest. With associated workshops for younger musicians, we hope that there is something for everyone to enjoy in this celebration year.

Delma Tomlin MBE Director

Photo: Eric Richmond/Harrison and Co.

D at e s for your diary

NCEM, St. Margaret’s Church,Walmgate,York Tuesday 27 March, 6.30pm – c.8.00pm | Tickets: £15.00 (concessions £13.00) students £5.00

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT with the UNIVERSITY OF YORK BAROQUE ENSEMBLE AND CHAMBER CHOIR

Peter Seymour director, Matthew Truscott leader, Cherry Forbes and James Redwood presenters

Anthem

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and students from the University of York join forces for the celebratory final concert of the OAE’s flagship Anthem tour, which will have seen the OAE work with over 5,000 primary pupils, 300 secondary students and 200 university students throughout England. The programme will include J S Bach Wachet Auf, Vivaldi Gloria and James Redwood My Cry. Join us for some lively Handel marches and fanfares in the foyer from 6.00pm, and meet the players after the concert!

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Event 1 7.30pm – c.9.15pm Venue Beverley Minster Tickets £25.00 reserved seating front central nave £20.00 unreserved seating front side aisles £15.00 (concessions £13.00) unreserved seating rear nave

STILE ANTICO THE ROSE IN FLOWER: MASTERPIECES FROM THE TUDOR ERA William Byrd John Taverner William Byrd Robert White Christopher Tye William Byrd Walter Lambe William Byrd Thomas Tallis

Four-Part Mass: Kyrie and Gloria Ave Dei Patris Filia Four-Part Mass: Credo Exaudiat te Domine Quaesumus omnipotens Four-Part Mass: Sanctus and Benedictus Nesciens Mater Four-Part Mass: Agnus Dei Gaude Gloriosa

Take a step back to 16th century England - full of memorable characters, political intrigue and religious tumult, the Tudor era never loses its allure and fascination. Alongside their great matters of State, the Tudors oversaw an extraordinary flowering in poetry, painting, architecture and perhaps most of all - in music. Stile Antico's programme spans the entire range of this greatest period of English musical achievement. Each of the five Tudor reigns, from Henry VII to Elizabeth I, is represented by a large-scale antiphon - several dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the 'mystic rose'.

Interspersed between these works are the movements of William Byrd's four-part mass: an affectionate tribute by the last great Tudor master to his illustrious heritage.

“An ensemble of breathtaking freshness, vitality and balance” New York Times www.stileantico.co.uk

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Event 2 Venue Tickets

1.00pm – 2.00pm The Quire, Beverley Minster £15.00 (concessions £13.00)

WILLIAM CARTER BACH AND THE LUTE William Carter, a founder member of the much admired Palladian Ensemble, appears on numerous recordings with period orchestras across the UK playing lute, theorbo and guitar. Today we have the pleasure of hearing him perform one of the most complex of musical genres, J S Bach’s music for lute – rarely heard – but as intensely beautiful as the more famous cello suites.

“The compelling artistry of William Carter makes this often complex music sound disarmingly simple and natural, making each and every movement a unique and treasurable listening experience” Classic FM Magazine www.linnrecords.com/artist-williamcarter.aspx

Event 3 7.30pm – c.9.30pm Venue Beverley Minster Tickets £25.00 reserved seating front central nave £20.00 unreserved seating front side aisles £15.00 (concessions £13.00) unreserved seating rear nave

LA SERENISSIMA Katy Bircher flute Adrian Chandler violin Peter Whelan bassoon

VIVALDI:

MAESTRO DE’CONCERTI

We are delighted to continue our 25th anniversary party by welcoming back this award-winning orchestral ensemble as they present Antonio Vivaldi’s most famous concerti Le Quattro Stagioni played with staggering virtuosity by Adrian Chandler and his band. Contrast this explosion of sound with Vivaldi’s fantastic Paris concerto and three virtuosic concertos for soloist and orchestra, including the recently-discovered flute concerto Il Gran Mogol. This programme is a tour de force! “impeccable form” Early Music Review www.laserenissima.co.uk

Festival Saver Ticket Save over 20%! Buy a ticket for each event of the Festival for £95 (concessions £85). This offer includes reserved Front Nave seats for Beverley Minster.

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Event 4 Venue Tickets

12.30pm – 1.30pm The Quire, Beverley Minster £15.00 (concessions £13.00)

Event 5 Venue Tickets

3.00pm – 4.00pm Beverley Guildhall £15.00 (concessions £13.00)

GRAND DESIR

ALVA

Anita Orme Della-Marta recorders, harp Anne-Marieke Evers mezzo-soprano Marc Lewon lute Elizabeth Rumsey viola d’arco

Vivien Ellis voice Giles Lewin fiddle

A BEVERLEY BANQUET 18TH CENTURY SONGS

DANSE ET CHANSON

FROM YORKSHIRE

A medieval banquet of musical delights linking together some of the most important musical genres of the 15th century - presented in one of England’s finest medieval Minsters, surrounded by myriad carvings of musicians who lived and worked in Beverley over 600 years ago.

Grand Désir won the Friends’ prize at the 2009 York Early Music International Young Artists' Competition. www.granddesir.com

Join us in one of Beverley’s finest Georgian buildings for this specially devised programme which gives us a unique insight into the region’s musical history.

Discover what it was like to hear a convivial song at a fashionable Assembly in Hull, the ballad of a beggarwench at Scarborough Fair, a drunken catch at a Beverley tavern, or a seaman's lament for his love on the shore – all newly discovered treasures from popular song-books of the 18th century.

“Alva unveiled these catchy ballads - typical of what ordinary 18th-century folk would sing and play at home, in the taverns, on the streets, at the fair or racecourse – all brought vividly to life” The York Press

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Event 6 Venue Tickets

7.30pm – c.9.30pm Toll Gavel Methodist Church, Toll Gavel, Beverley £25.00 (concessions £20.00) students £5.00

RED PRIEST Piers Adams recorders Julia Bishop violin Angela East cello David Wright harpsichord

BACH AND THE PIRATES Stolen masterworks and long lost treasures of the baroque performed with swashbuckling virtuosity!

The programme will include music by Vivaldi, Handel, Telemann, Albinoni and will feature Red Priest's pirated versions of several Bach classics, such as the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Brandenburg Concerto no.3. “red-hot virtuosic” The Times www.piersadams.com

Do you play the recorder?

Are you interested in working with Piers Adams one of the world’s finest recorder players - in the Beverley Guildhall on Saturday morning?

If yes, please contact education@ncem.co.uk Tel: 01904 632220 or visit: www.ncem.co.uk/bemf for further details.

Saturday 26 May | 5.00pm Beverley Minster, admission free of charge

BEVERLEY MINSTER CHOIR directed by Robert Poyser

Choral Evensong Introit Responses Canticles Anthem Voluntary

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O Nata Lux Thomas Tallis Thomas Tomkins Second Service William Byrd Laudibus in Sanctis Byrd A Fancy Byrd

B o ok ing inform at ion

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

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

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

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.

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 from 30 November. Open weekdays 9.30am 5.15pm and Sat 10.00am – 4.45pm.

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

Donations I would like to help celebrate the Beverley Early Music Festival’s Silver Jubilee by giving a donation to help keep the music alive into the future.

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Seating: All seats are unreserved except for top-price seats in Beverley Minster.

Reservations: 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.

For your donation to qualify for Gift Aid, you must pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year that is at least equal to the amount of tax that the National Centre for Early Music will reclaim on your donation for that tax year.

Refunds and concessions: Concessions apply to those aged 60 and over, 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.

Declaration I am a UK tax payer and wish this and any future donations I make to York Early Music Foundation to be treated as Gift Aid.

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 on 01904 658338 or email boxoffice@ncem.co.uk General enquiries: To book accommodation online visit realyorkshire.co.uk or ring tourist information on 01482 391672 or email Beverley.tic@eastriding.gov.uk

6 -14 July 2012 Guest artists include Hesperion XXI with Jordi Savall, Florilegium directed by Ashley Solomon, I Fagiolini presenting Striggio’s 40 part Mass in York Minster and Gallicantus. Tickets available from 19 March 2012.

Signed _________________________ Date_________ Please return your completed form to: National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church,Walmgate,York YO1 9TL. Thank you!

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Design | www.RedBonsai.co.uk 01759319471 Picture: Detail from Christ among Angels singing and playing instruments by Hans Memling. Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp © Lukas - Art in Flanders vzw

& East Riding Early Music Festival 2 4 – 2 6 M ay 2 0 1 2

Thurs day 2 4 M ay

STILE ANTICO Friday 25 M ay

WILLIAM CARTER LA SERENISSIMA Saturday 26 M ay

GRAND DESIR ALVA RED PRIEST

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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.