York Early Music Christmas Festival 2016

8–15 DeCeMber

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ThursDay 8 DeCeMber event 01 7.00pm – c.8.30pm Venue NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets £25.00 (concessions £23.00, students £5.00) including mince pies

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Spiritato!

Russell Gilmour, Katie Hodges, Gareth Hoddinott, William Russell, Richard Thomas trumpets Keith Price timpani Kinga Ujszászi, John Crockatt, Stephen Pedder, Claudia Norz violins Joanne Miller, Nichola Blakey violas Alice Manthorpe Saunders, Jonathan Rees bass violin Kate Aldridge violone Inga Maria Klaucke dulcian Jadran Duncumb theorbo Nicolás Mendoza harpsichord/organ

Guts and Glory: Heroic Music for Strings, Trumpets and Drums Pioneering period instrument ensemble Spiritato! make their NCEM debut led “vivaciously by violinist Kinga Ujszaszi” (The Times). Beginning with trumpet calls straight from the battlefield, this vibrant programme presents baroque brass at its dazzling best. Featuring virtuosic works by Biber and Schmelzer, the ensemble blends the martial sound of no less than five natural trumpets with inventive and reflective pieces for strings – a showcase of all the pomp and majesty of an Imperial Court at the height of its powers.

'High-quality entertainment' BBC Radio 3 www.spiritato.co.uk Supported by

Thursday 8 – Saturday 17 December Opening reception 6.00pm – 7.00pm Thursday 8 December – Free of Charge

NCeM art room art exhibition: Music Moves Join us for an exhibition of sketches by award-winning artist James Albon who captures the energy and commitment of I Fagiolini and Fretwork as they prepared to record previously unknown works by 17th century composer Martin Peerson and courtier-poet Sir Fulke Greville. www.jamesalbon.com

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FriDay 9 DeCeMber event 02 7.30pm Venue NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets £25.00 (concessions £23.00, students £5.00) including mince pies

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Gothic Voices Catherine King mezzo soprano Steven Harrold, Julian Podger tenors Stephen Charlesworth baritone

Nowel syng We bothe al and som: A sequence of late medieval English carols, songs and motets for the Christmas season A joyous interplay between celebrations of Mary and the annunciation, and of the birth of Jesus. Works range from one to four voices, the smaller serve as narratives which are reflected on by larger-scale festive motets and mass movements by English medieval celebrities John Dunstable (c.1390 -1453) and Lionel Power (c.1370-1445). “...sustenance for the soul, a short-cut to bliss” The Times www.gothicvoices.co.uk Supported by The Queens Hotel www.queenshotel-york.com

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saTurDay 10 DeCeMber event 03 10.30am – 4.00pm Venue York Cemetery Chapel, Cemetery Road Tickets £15.00 (students/observers £10.00)

A Choral Workshop led by James Weeks Join us to explore Heinrich Schütz's great collection Geistliche Chor-Musik (1648) which contains some of his most memorable and profound music. Meditating on the seasons of the church year and the tenets of Lutheran faith in 29 motets they are intended as a guiding example to his fellow German composers and a monument to the power of music. We will cover some of the most brilliant works, from the joyous Christmas motet Ein Kind ist uns geboren to the sublime pathos of Selig sind die Toten.

James Weeks is a composer and conductor with wide ranging interests encompassing both early and contemporary music. His early music interests cover the Middle Ages, Renaissance and early Baroque and he regularly directs this repertoire with his acclaimed ensemble EXAUDI. See www.ncem.co.uk/jamesweeksworkshop for details of how to download the music. Tickets can be purchased by voice type online and over the phone. Please book by 1 December.

Dates for your Diary Monday 7 November

ensemble Odyssee anna stegmann recorder eva saladin, ivan iliev violins David alonso Molina viola agnieszka Oszańca cello andrea Friggi harpsichord Concerto for a small Flute: A sparklingly virtuosic programme of Vivaldi, Handel, Sammartini and William Babel.

Thursday 25 – Monday 29 May 2017

Friday 7 – Saturday 15 July 2017

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Guests will include The Tallis scholars, Carnival band and rose Consort of Viols.

Guests will include i Fagiolini, Monteverdi string band and Cinquecento.

Highlights include ‘Through the Looking Glass’ an exhibition of illustrated musical manuscripts in Beverley Minster.

Highlights include the 2017 International Young Artists Competition.

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saTurDay 10 DeCeMber event 04 1.00pm – c.2.00pm Venue NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets £12.00 (concessions £10.00, students £5.00)

The Goldfinch Ensemble Noyuri Hazama violin Pablo Sosa Del Rosario flute Salome Gasselin gamba Emmanuel Frankenberg harpsichord

Masters of the baroque: Js bach and F Couperin Following on from two highly successful residencies with Les Contres-Sujet and the Consone String Quartet, we are delighted to welcome The Goldfinch Ensemble as they join us for the first part of their Emerging programme. Formed in 2014, the musicians met at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and were first prize winners this February at the International Handel Festival in Gottingen.

Their programme in York reflects the genius of two European masters of their craft – both towering influences in their own countries – and how they may have been inspired by one another.

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The NCEM is one of eight major partner organisations from across the European Union involved in the eeemerging project that aims to promote new talent in young professional early music ensembles. This dynamic programme is led by the Centre culturel de rencontre d’Ambronay, France and brings together Ars Ramovš, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Centre de musique ancienne de l’Université de musique de Bucarest, Romania; Centre de musique ancienne de Riga, Latvia; Ghislieri Musica, Pavia, Italy; Internationale Händel-Festspiele Göttingen, Germany; Ozango Productions, Strasbourg, France and the National Centre for Early Music here in York.

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“music that lives” L’Horizon Musical www.thegoldfinchensemble.com Supported by Middlethorpe Hall Hotel and Spa www.middlethorpe.com

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saTurDay 10 DeCeMber Weekend Saver Ticket event 05 7.30pm Venue Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York Tickets Reserved seating: £25.00 (concessions £23.00, student stand-by on the night £5.00)

Yorkshire Bach Choir Yorkshire Baroque Soloists Peter Seymour conductor

bach at Christmas An unmissable trio of festive works. JS Bach’s Magnificat with its exuberant choruses, colourful orchestration and beautiful solo writing perfectly captures the divine joy of a pregnant Mary.

No less infectious, or musically varied, is CPE Bach’s stylish 1749 setting of the Magnificat which energetically reinvigorates the magnificence of his father’s earlier setting. The ever-popular cantata BWV 140 Wachet auf (“Sleepers, wake”) is the ultimate musical wake-up call for Advent featuring some of JS Bach’s most memorable and timeless music.

“YBC is a top notch choir, tempos bright & pacy!” BBC Radio 3 www.yorkshirebachchoir.org.uk Promoted in association with

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suNDay 11 DeCeMber event 06 7.30pm – 8.45pm Venue NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets £30.00 (concessions £25.00) including mulled wine and mince pies

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CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT

Trevor Pinnock & Friends a birthday Celebration Join us as we celebrate this remarkable keyboard player's 70th birthday with Katy Bircher flute Rachel Podger, Bojan Cicic violins Jane Rogers viola Jonathan Manson cello Peter McCarthy violone Handel Handel JS Bach JS Bach JS Bach

Passacaille from Op.5, No.4 Sonata in A for violin and continuo, HWV 361 Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050 Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 Ouverture No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067

“[Trevor Pinnock] - the playing is as brilliant as ever...” MusicWeb International www.trevorpinnock.com

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MONDay 12 DeCeMber event 07 7.30pm Venue NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets £21.00 (concessions £19.00, students £5.00) including mince pies

CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT

Joglaresa Belinda Sykes voice, bagpipes, director Sianed Jones voice, fidel Angela Hicks voice, harp May Robertson voice, fidel Louise Anna Duggan dulcimer, gittern, percussion, voice

Caroles of Nuns and roses Celebrate Yule with the luscious five female voices of Joglaresa there'll be nowells, wassails and Christmas lullabies (including the gorgeous Nuns of Chester Christmas lullaby).

Accompanying themselves on fidel, harp, bells, bagpipes and percussion, this is possibly their tinkliest and twinkliest Christmas programme to date!

“Get into the festive mood with these brilliant musicians – you’ll want to dance and sing all the way home!” Spitalfields Festival www.joglaresa.com

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TuesDay 13 DeCeMber

WeDNesDay 14 DeCeMber

event 08 7.30pm Venue NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets £21.00 (concessions £19.00, students £5.00) including mince pies

event 09 7.30pm Venue NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets £21.00 (concessions £19.00, students £5.00) including mince pies

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Red Priest Renaissance Charlotte La Thrope, Camilla Harris sopranos Jessica Gillingwater mezzo soprano Hugo Hymas tenor David Le Prevost baritone Ben Rowarth bass, director

Piers Adams recorders Adam Summerhayes violin Angela East cello David Wright harpsichord

Winter baroque Carnival un soir de Neige: a Night of snow Music for Advent and dedications to the Virgin Mary are intertwined with intimate, festive lullabies of Byrd alongside Poulenc's secular Un Soir de Neige. We move to the penitential world of Tudor Christmas music contrasting with the stunningly passionate Italian madrigals of Monteverdi drawn together by Rowarth’s new work, A Night of Snow.

“One of the most exciting young a cappella groups to have set out their stall in recent years” Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars

This acclaimed baroque quartet, led by recorder playing maestro Piers Adams, presents a cheering feast of music for winter performed in their own inimitable, highoctane style! Expect music by Vivaldi, Bach and Handel as well as a few unsung heroes, in a display of baroque brilliance with a modern twist. Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Vivaldi’s Winter from the Four Seasons, Van Eyck’s Carol Variations and a suite from Handel’s Messiah provide a seasonal flavour.

"The effect is like crossing a Wigmore Hall recital with a Guinness-soaked folk session in an Irish bar…Piers Adams is the standout instrumentalist in this highly competent and infectiously different gang of four." Classic CD www.redpriest.com

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ThursDay 15 DeCeMber event 10 7.30pm Venue NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets £21.00 (concessions £19.00, students £5.00) including mince pies

CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT

In Echo Gawain Glenton cornetto Bojan Cicic violin Richard Boothby gamba Emily White trombone Silas Wollston harpsichord/organ

Northern soul: Music in a Cold Climate The sea-faring nations of 17th century Northern Europe were closely connected, trading everything from iron, wool, books, salt and soldiers, to music and ideas. In this programme, 17th century northern musicians look to one another for inspiration with music by Buxtehude, Staden, Dowland, Bertali and Dietrich Becker alongside Andrew Keeling's new composition Northern Soul.

Supported by "Gawain Glenton played with great panache" The West Australian www.inecho.co.uk accor.com

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DesignRedBonsai.co.uk 01759 319471 Front Cover Image: Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels Luca Signorelli 1445/1450 – 1523 Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

8–15 DeCeMber

2016 Celebrating the Music of Christmas!

At a glance Thursday 8 Spiritato!

Friday 9 Gothic Voices Saturday 10 Choral Workshop Saturday 10 The Goldfinch Ensemble Saturday 10 Yorkshire Bach Choir Sunday 11 Trevor Pinnock & Friends Monday 12 Joglaresa Tuesday 13 Renaissance Wednesday 14 Red Priest Thursday 15 In Echo

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The York Early Music Christmas 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 NCEM reserves the right to amend the published programme if necessary.