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CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE YORK EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL A 40th anniversary is clearly a significant milestone causing us both to celebrate, and to review, the changes that have occurred during that period. The Festival has blossomed into an event which is renowned throughout Europe, bringing together musicians at the height of their careers with audiences keen to learn and engage, becoming a beacon of musical excellence. Our association with BBC Radio 3 helps ensure that festival concerts are heard world-wide. The International Young Artists Competition draws in emerging talent – young ensembles wanting to make their mark on history – from across the globe: this year musicians join us from as far afield as Russia, Japan, Israel, the UK and across continental Europe. 2017 also marks the anniversaries of two giants of the early music world – Monteverdi (b.1567) and Telemann (d.1767). Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers is an enduring favourite and makes a spectacular festival opening concert as we present Robert Hollingworth and I Fagiolini in a unique promenade performance – encouraging audiences to engage directly with the musicians and absorb the glorious sonorities of York Minster. Telemann’s music is universally enjoyed and is represented here by both the youthful University of York Baroque Ensemble, and through the genius of gamba specialist Richard Boothby. It is perhaps timely that we are also commemorating the Reformation – which sparked one of the greatest political
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upheavals ever faced by Europe as Luther’s burning resentment against corruption changed lives and enforced migration. 500 years later there are some uncomfortable parallels so it is appropriate that we are taking time for reflection through the music of that great Lutheran Bach with soloists Kati Debretzeni, Carole Cerasi and Alison McGillivray and with a semi-staged production of the St Matthew Passion led by Peter Seymour. Other artists joining in the festivities also include The Sixteen directed by Harry Christophers, the award-winning vocal ensemble Cinquecento, medievalists Mala Punica and the sparklingly virtuosic B’Rock Orchestra from Ghent performing the music of Haydn, Mozart and Boccherini. Further highlights include a special birthday ‘Come and Sing’ performance of Tallis’s 40-part motet Spem in alium which is open to everyone and should prove to be a very suitable way to celebrate a birthday. I am delighted to welcome Hiscox Insurance who are joining us as headline sponsors for the next three years, supporting creativity and excellence alongside Harrowells Solicitors, JWP Creers and Shepherd Building Group. One way or another, there’s every reason to think that the fifth decade of YEMF will be every bit as exciting as the first four! We look forward to celebrating with you at this rather special party! Delma Tomlin MBE Administrative Director
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Friday 7 July EVENT 01
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8.00pm – c.10.30pm Central Nave, York Minster. Doors open 7.30pm Tickets £30.00 (concessions £28.00, U35 £5.00) Please note that audiences will be encouraged to be ‘up close and personal’ with the artists. Unreserved seating will be available.
I FAGIOLINI ENGLISH CORNETT & SACKBUT ENSEMBLE with University of York’s The 24 directed by Robert Hollingworth
MONTEVERDI 1610 VESPERS ON THE MOVE Lose yourself in the rich and beautiful Vespers of 1610. Following the triumphant presentation of Striggio’s 40-part Mass in 2012, I Fagiolini invite a free-moving audience into the centre of
a horseshoe of singers and players and let the intricacies of this great masterpiece reveal themselves up close. Stand next to a cornett, get close to a tenor, watch the organist’s hands, or sit and watch from outside the circle – the choice is yours. Either way, it will be an experience you’ll never forget. www.ifagiolini.com
“An irrepressible force in the early music world, bringing bags of style, energy and dramatic excitement to everything they touch.” International Record Review “to feel the physicality of the music with such immediacy made this an unforgettable experience” The Guardian
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photo Gawain Glenton, ECSE
Saturday 8 July EVENT 03 Friends Saver Ticket
Saturday 8 Ju ly EVENT 02
10.30am – c.11.30am NCEM, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate Tickets Reserved seating: £10.00 including coffee & biscuits on arrival
“THEN AND NOW CHANGING TIMES” John Bryan, Professor of Music at the University of Huddersfield A performer in the very first York Early Music Week in 1977, John looks back over the first 40 years of the Festival, a period which has witnessed the discovery of previously unknown ‘early’ repertories and many changes in approaches to performance and presentation. What has driven these changes, and how have they affected our understanding of what ‘early music’ has to offer to us today?
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12.30pm - c.1.30pm St Lawrence’s Church, Hull Road Tickets Unreserved seating: £18.00 (concessions £16.00, U35 £5.00)
ENGLISH CORNETT & SACKBUT ENSEMBLE with ROBERT HOWARTH
organ
ECHOES OF VENICE Cornetts and sackbuts conjure up the sounds of 16thand 17th-century Venice, the beautiful and powerful city that was home to some of Europe's finest musicians. Whether from the echoing spaces of St Mark’s, the palaces on the Grand Canal or the winding streets and open campi of this captivating city, the sounds of Gabrieli, Merulo, Schütz and Willaert spread their influence all over Europe. “played with butterfly-wing delicacy. Exquisite.” York Press www.ecse.co.uk
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S aturday 8 July EVENT 05 Friends Saver Ticket
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7.30pm – c.9.30pm Chapter House, York Minster Tickets Unreserved seating: £30.00 (concessions £28.00, U35 £5.00)
CINQUECENTO photo Emma Kirkby
Terry Wey countertenor Achim Schulz, Tore Tom Denys tenors Tim Scott Whiteley baritone Ulfried Staber bass
MUSICA INVICTISSIMA HARMONIES FOR A HABSBURG DYNASTY Saturday 8 July EVENT 04 Friends Saver Ticket
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5.00pm – c.6.00pm St Olave’s Church, Marygate Tickets Unreserved seating: £18.00 (concessions £16.00, U35 £5.00)
ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS with EMMA KIRKBY soprano CLARE WILKINSON mezzo
MUSICA TRANSALPINA In 1588 a radical publication brought music from continental Europe to the attention of an avid Elizabethan audience. Musica Transalpina was a book of madrigals and chansons with specially written texts in English, and it soon became a new repertory for viol consort as well – not only had it changed places, it had been changed by its time. The Rose Consort dip into this repertory to present madrigals by Marenzio, Palestrina and Ferrabosco alongside chansons by Lassus and songs and instrumental pieces by William Byrd.
‘Invictissima’ (‘most unconquerable’) was a word often used to describe the might of the emperors, dukes and princes of Habsburg, but the Habsburgs also showed their power by employing many of the finest musicians from across Europe including Jacobus Vaet, Kapellmeister to Archduke Maximilian II of Austria, whose music demonstrates an adventurous mind and impressive versatility. This concert commemorates the 450th anniversary of Vaet’s death with motets and liturgical music for the Habsburg chapels, with a work based on Lutheran melodies by his pupil and friend, Jacobus Regnart. “exquisitely controlled ... beautifully shaped... the voices—silken and effortless—seem to be suspended in amber” BBC Music Magazine www.ensemblecinquecento.com
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“For two decades, Emma Kirkby’s clear, agile voice has epitomised the pure sound of early music. She remains one of the treasures of the music world.” Toronto Globe and Mail www.roseconsort.co.uk
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Sunday 9 July EVENT 06 2.00pm – 3.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets Reserved seating. Free to those attending other events within the Festival but please do book in advance to avoid disappointment
THE EARLY MUSIC SHOW Join us for a live broadcast of this popular show, presented by Lucie Skeaping, and meet selected guests from the 2017 festival.
Sunday 9 July EVENT 07 4.30pm – c.5.30pm Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate Tickets Unreserved seating: £10.00 (concessions £5.00, Festival Friends and NCEM Patrons free of charge)
MINSTER MINSTRELS directed by Ailsa Batters
BASSOON EXTRAVAGANZA The Minster Minstrels are joined by members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a host of young bassoonists to celebrate the instrument in all its glory. The programme features Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and a commissioned piece by Anthony Bailey, for Minster Minstrels, OAE oboe band and massed bassoons – including eight brand new players from St Aelred’s RC Primary School, learning as part of the York Bassoon Extravaganza project.
With thanks to The Mark Williams Foundation
The Minster Minstrels is run as a partnership between the NCEM and York Music Centre with support from the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust. For details of the weekly programme, and information on how to join this lively group, visit the website www.ncem.co.uk/minsterminstrels
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Sunday 9 July EVENT 08 Friends Saver Ticket
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7.30pm – c.9.30pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York Tickets Reserved seating: £28.00 (concessions £25.00, U35 £5.00)
Rodolfo Richter
B’ROCK ORCHESTRA
Concertmaster, Rodolfo Richter
PASSIONS OF THE NIGHT Haydn Boccherini Mozart Mozart
Symphony No. 49 in F minor, 'La passione' Symphony in D minor ‘La casa del diabolo’ Serenade in D major, K239 ‘Serenata notturna’ Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K319
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Belgian-based orchestra B’Rock perform four colourful and contrasted works from the 1770s: Haydn’s Symphony No. 49 is a sombre evocation of Christ’s passion; Boccherini’s powerful work (‘The house of the devil’) is closely based on a famous piece of infernal music from Gluck’s Orphée et Euridice; Mozart’s Serenata notturna is scored for two small orchestras; and his amiable Symphony No. 33 bubbles with promise for the great symphonies soon to come. “Thrilling musicmaking” BBC Radio 3 www.b-rock.org
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M onday 10 July
Monday 1 0 July
EVENT 09
EVENT 10 Friends Saver Ticket
10.30am – c.11.30am Bedern Hall, Bedern Tickets Unreserved seating: £10.00 including coffee & biscuits on arrival
1.00pm – c.2.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets Reserved seating: £15.00 (concessions £13.00, U35 £5.00)
IMAGING THE HOLY REFORMATION, COUNTER-REFORMATION, AND THE ARTS An illustrated lecture by Eamon Duffy, Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity in the University of Cambridge The Reformation not only transformed the religious landscape of northern Europe: it also initiated a revolution in the visual and musical arts. While the Catholic Church remained committed to the transmission of gospel truth through the senses of sound, hearing, and touch, many Reformation communities believed that the primacy of God’s word as the sole means of divine self-revelation demanded a repudiation of the arts as legitimate vehicles of salvation: this talk explores some of the consequences.
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COMPAGNIA D’ISTRUMENTI
& UNIVERSITY OF YORK BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
TELEMANN’S COLLEGIUM MUSICUM The German tradition of the ‘collegium musicum’ describes societies of musicians who convened to play together, often at public venues such as coffee houses. Telemann founded one in Leipzig consisting of a mixture of professionals and students, and the music of his anthology Musique de table almost certainly reflects the kind of amiable music they would have played. This programme brings together suites, concertos, quartets, trios and solos, fittingly showcasing students from the University of York alongside Ensemble-in-Association, Compagnia d’Istrumenti.
Monday 10 July
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THE SOUL OF THE MAN
JS BACH
KATI DEBRETZENI violin ALISON MCGILLIVRAY cello CAROLE CERASI harpsichord
Of all Bach’s instrumental works, it is his suites, sonatas and partitas for a single unaccompanied instrument that reveal his supreme art and soul most purely. Whether for violin, cello or harpsichord, his great musical mind demonstrates a superior command of harmony, rhythm and structure, resulting in music of exquisite beauty and intellectual strength. In a specially devised series of four concerts (see events 11, 12, 16 & 18), three of the UK’s finest exponents of his music explore a wide selection of these extraordinary masterpieces.
EVENT 11
Friends Saver Ticket
Bach Saver
6.00pm – c.7.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets Reserved seating: £18.00 (concessions £16.00, U35 £5.00)
EVENT 12
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Bach Saver
8.30pm - c.9.30pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets Reserved seating: £18.00 (concessions £16.00, U35 £5.00)
JS BACH CONCERT 1 JS BACH CONCERT 2 Suite No.1 for cello in G major, BWV 1007 Partita No. 1 for violin in B minor, BWV 1002 Partita No. 3 for harpsichord in A minor, BWV 827
Suite No. 2 for cello in D minor, BWV 1008 Partita No. 1 for harpsichord in B flat major, BWV 825 Partita No. 2 for violin in D minor, BWV 1004
Carole Cerasi: "Glorious, fiery, intense performances [with] no end of depth... a triumph, and a joy to listen to.” Early Music Review
Sparkling Supper Party
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Join us for a glass of prosecco and a ploughman’s supper between events 11 & 12. Please note that there are just 50 tickets available, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
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Tuesday 11 July
EVENT 14
11.00am – c.3.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets Reserved seating £25.00 including refreshments and a light lunch, or £20.00 if booked with event 15
4.00pm – c.5.00pm Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate Tickets Unreserved seating: £18.00 (concessions £16.00, U35 £5.00)
THE SIXTEEN INSIGHT DAY Whether you are new to the Choral Pilgrimage repertoire or want to expand your existing knowledge, Insight Days provide a fascinating exploration into the stories behind the music. Join singer and practical scholar Sally Dunkley and musicologist John Milsom for talks, debate and discussion. Discover the rich history behind the 2017 CP repertory. Experience intimate performances at close hand from a consort of Sixteen singers.
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Tue sday 1 1 July
EVENT 13
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CONSONE QUARTET Agata Daraskaite, Magdalena Loth-Hill violins Elitsa Bogdanova viola George Ross cello
MASTERS OF THEIR ART Mozart Mozart Haydn
Adagio & Fugue in C minor, K546 String Quartet in G major, K387 String Quartet in F major, Op. 50 No. 5 ‘Dream’
Haydn and Mozart were masters of one of the classical period’s brightest new genres, the string quartet, but it was often in these works that their respect and affinity for the contrapuntal textures of the Baroque are most influential, as in Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue and the dazzling counterpoint of the finale to his K387 String Quartet. The Consone Quartet pair these works with Haydn’s more clearly classical Op. 50 No. 5, known as ‘The Dream’ “Impeccable … a group to watch” York Press www.consonequartet.com
Tuesday 11 July EVENT 15
Friends Saver Ticket
7.30pm – c.9.15pm The Nave, York Minster Tickets Reserved seating front nave: £30.00 Reserved seating rear nave: £23.00 Unreserved seating side aisles: £18.00 (students £5.00)
THE SIXTEEN directed by Harry Christophers
Photo: Simon Jay Price
THE OLIVE BRANCH Poulenc
Salve Regina
Palestrina
Surge amica mea
Palestrina
Parce mihi, Domine
Palestrina
Surgam et circuibo civitatem
Poulenc
Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
Palestrina
Peccantem me quotidie
Palestrina
Kyrie and Gloria from Missa L’Homme Armé
Poulenc
Un Soir de neige
Palestrina
Credo from Missa L’Homme Armé
Palestrina
Salve Regina
Poulenc
Agnus Dei from Mass in G
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The Sixteen returns to the Minster for a concert of exquisite music by two masters of sacred choral music separated by four centuries. Palestrina’s mass based on the famous popular song L’homme armé was hugely popular in the 16th century, when it would have served as a timely reminder of the coarse atmosphere of war. Poulenc was also affected by conflict, and his Un soir de neige, composed in December 1944, reflects both the inner feeling of peace associated with Christmas and the bleak solitude of another winter of occupation in his native France. ‘…spine-shiveringly radiant from first to last.’ The Times www.thesixteen.com
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Tuesday 11 July
THE SOUL OF THE MAN
JS BACH EVENT 16
Friends Saver Ticket
KATI DEBRETZENI violin ALISON MCGILLIVRAY cello CAROLE CERASI harpsichord
Bach Saver
10.15pm – c.11.15pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets Reserved seating: £18.00 (concessions £16.00, U35 £5.00)
JS BACH CONCERT 3 Partita No. 3 for violin in E major, BWV 1006 Partita No. 2 for harpsichord in C minor, BWV 826 Suite No. 3 for cello in C major, BWV 1009
"The playing is sublime. Kati Debretzeni is a breath of fresh air at any time of the year." Gramophone
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We dnesday 12 July
THE SOUL OF THE MAN
JS BACH EVENT 18
Friends Saver Ticket
KATI DEBRETZENI violin ALISON MCGILLIVRAY cello CAROLE CERASI harpsichord
Bach Saver
12.30pm – c.1.30pm St Olave’s Church, Marygate Tickets Unreserved seating: £18.00 (concessions £16.00, U35 £5.00)
JS BACH CONCERT 4 Suite No. 4 for 'cello in Eb major, BWV 1010 Sonata No. 1 for violin in G minor, BWV 1001 Partita No. 6 for harpsichord in E minor, BWV 830
Alison McGillivray “Superbly expressive and imaginative playing [...] a really persuasive musical experience." Early Music Today
Wedn esday 12 July EVENT 17
10.30am – c.11.30am Bedern Hall, Bedern Tickets £10.00 including coffee & biscuits on arrival
MOVING THE PASSION Bach’s St Matthew Passion was not composed to be a theatre piece, but its dramatic power has often led people to think of it as ‘the great opera Bach never wrote’. Ahead of event 19, YEMF Artistic Adviser Lindsay Kemp talks to conductor Peter Seymour and director Thomas Guthrie about animating this great masterpiece for the stage.
Supported by Middlethorpe Hall Hotel and Spa www.middlethorpe.com
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Wedne sday 12 July EVENT 19
Friends Saver Ticket
6.30pm – c.10.00pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York Tickets Reserved seating: £28.00 (concessions £25.00, U35 £5.00)
CHARLES DANIELS Evangelist THOMAS GUTHRIE Christus MATTHEW BROOK Pilate Bethany Seymour, Helen Neeves sopranos William Towers, Nancy Cole altos Jason Darnell tenor Frederick Long bass
YORKSHIRE BAROQUE SOLOISTS directed by Peter Seymour
JS BACH ST MATTHEW PASSION BWV 244B (1727 VERSION) Bach’s St Matthew Passion was never designed to be a concert piece, but some of the most exciting performances in recent years have been ones in which the latent drama of the piece has been vividly realised. In this performance of Peter Seymour’s new edition of Bach’s early version, Yorkshire Baroque Soloists seek out this element in a semi-staged production directed by Thomas
Guthrie and featuring some of today’s most vital interpreters of the roles of Evangelist, Christ and Pilate and arias performed by members of the solo voice choirs. Reflecting the central role of the ‘great Passion’ in the Good Friday liturgy, the sense created of a community enduring with dignity the traumatic events of the Crucifixion is also stirred here in organ solos and chorales involving the participation of the congregation – otherwise known as the audience!
These three chorales outline the work as a prelude, interlude and postlude. The audience will be invited to a short rehearsal at 6.30pm of the three chorales they will be singing. For the sheet music and a recording for private preparation see
www.ncem.co.uk/StMatt “simply delightful, wonderful playing” York Press www.yorkshirebaroquesoloists.org.uk
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INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE Thursday 13 July
Friday 1 4 July
EVENT IYAC 1
EVENT IYAC 2
10.30am – c.4.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets Reserved seating £30.00 (U35 £5.00)
Sollazzo Ensemble winners 2015
10.30am – c.4.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets Reserved seating £30.00 (U35 £5.00)
The Festival is delighted to welcome 10 emerging professional early music ensembles to York as they prepare for the 2017 Competition. To help them settle in, and to ensure that you get to know them in advance of the judges, we are presenting two days of informal concerts introduced by performer and musicologist John Bryan. BarrocoTout (Belgium)
Ensemble Molière (UK)
From Paris to the Lowlands
Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Les Contre-Sujets (France)
Music for flute, violin, cello and harpsichord by Telemann, van Maldere and Delange
Dances from Lully’s famous comédie-ballet, arranged for flute, violin, viola da gamba, bassoon and harpsichord
Chamber music by Handel and Telemann for recorder, violin, viola da gamba, harpsichord – and viola
Minuet, Rondeau, Siciliana
Fieri Consort (UK)
Rumorum (Switzerland)
Music for two cellos by Cervetto, dall’Abaco and Kraft
Tears of a Lover
Welawey, Weilawei, Weylawey
Lachrimose madrigals by Ingegneri, Marenzio and Monteverdi
Music from multilingual Medieval Britain with voice, harp, fiddle, gittern and flute
Duo Seneca (Spain)
Ensemble Agamemnon (France) Kunstkammer – Italian influence in Vienna Italian Viennese music for violin, cornett, sackbut, bassoon and continuo by Ferro, Bertali, and Selma y Salaverde
Il Botto Forte (Switzerland) Les enemis confus National styles jostle in trio sonatas for oboe/recorder, violin, cello and harpsichord by Handel and Fux
Le Palais des Songes (France)
The Viola’s no joke!
The Counterpoints (Netherlands) Handel’s Grand Tour – Part 1 Music for recorders, violin and harpsichord by Handel, Bach, Scarlatti and Geminiani
At Bluebeard’s Court Music from the Tudor courts for soprano, counter-tenor, recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord Please note that groups are currently listed alphabetically, performance details will be finalised in due course.
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Thursday 1 3 July EVENT 20 Friends Saver Ticket
7.00pm – c.8.15pm St Michael le Belfrey Church, High Petergate Tickets Reserved seating Central Nave: £25.00 Unreserved seating Side Aisles, Balcony £20.00 (concessions £18.00, U35 £5.00)
NICHOLAS MULROY tenor FRANCES KELLY harp PAULA CHATEAUNEUF theorbo A DROP OF AMBER VARNISH THE ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS LANIER & ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI ‘A very Ingenious vertuoso’, Nicholas Lanier was appointed the first-ever Master of the King’s Musick in 1625, but he was also an art connoisseur, sent by Charles I to Italy to buy paintings and recruit Italian artists for the English court. He returned not only with knowledge of the latest developments in Italian music, but having met and befriended the brilliant Artemisia Gentileschi, the first-ever professional woman painter. This concert of early 17th-century English and Italian music, including works by Lanier and Monteverdi, is accompanied by projections of paintings of and by Nicholas and Artemisia. Supported by “Chateauneuf possesses a magical ability to transcend technique and penetrate to the musical heart of a work.” The Boston Globe
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Thursday 13 July EVENT 21
Friends Saver Ticket
9.00pm – c.10.00pm Chapter House, York Minster Tickets Unreserved seating: £18.00 (concessions £16.00, U35 £5.00)
RICHARD BOOTHBY
viola da gamba
TELEMANN’S FANTASIAS Telemann composed sets of solo fantasias for flute, violin and harpsichord, but although it has long been known that he also wrote and published a set for viola da gamba, no copy was known until in 2015 one was discovered in a vast collection of music in a castle near Osnabrück. In the 250th anniversary year of Telemann’s death, Richard Boothby introduces us to some of this long-lost music by one of the Baroque giants. “Lost-but-found compositions by one of the Baroque period's finest composers, interpreted by a consummate viola da gamba player. Heavenly” 365 Bristol.com
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Fri day 14 July EVENT 22 Friends Saver Ticket
7.30pm – c8.45pm The Quire, York Minster Tickets Unreserved seating: £30.00 (concessions £28.00, U35 £5.00)
MALA PUNICA directed by
PEDRO MEMELSDORFF
recorder
Barbara Zanichelli soprano Markéta Cukrová mezzosoprano Raffaele Giordani tenor Helena Zemanová, José Manuel Navarro vielles Pablo Kornfeld keyboards Felixi Stricker slide trumpet
EXILE MUSIC AND MIGRATION IN LATE MEDIEVAL EUROPE Music has long been the solace and talisman of wandering people: from the Crusaders (who traversed the Mediterranean until and even beyond the 14th century) to the pilgrims heading for Europe’s major sanctuaries, to the transit routes of desperate populations escaping war and famine. Mala Punica features some of the most touching songs and lyrics of farewell and nostalgia preserved in 14th- and 15th-century sources. “Fantastic, mysterious works, and Mala Punica performs them with nothing less than excellence at every turn. The musicians are superb, their ensemble skills outstanding.” Early Music America
Fri day 14 Ju ly EVENT 23
9.30pm – c.10.15pm Chapter House, York Minster Tickets Participants & Observers £10.00 (U35 £5.00)
COME & SING THOMAS TALLIS’ SPEM IN ALIUM
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directed by Peter Seymour What better way to celebrate a 40th anniversary than with Tallis’ masterpiece for 40 voices – and in the glorious setting of the Chapter House of York Minster! Members of the Yorkshire Bach Choir will lead us off – after that, it’s up to us all to enjoy the mad but marvellous birthday celebration! For details, and to download the music, see www.ncem.co.uk/Spem
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SATURDAY 15 JULY EVENT IYAC 3
10.00am – c.5.30pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Tickets Reserved tickets: £40.00 (U35 £5.00)
2017 YORK EARLY MUSIC INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION BarrocoTout (Belgium) Carlota Garcia flute Izana Soria violin Edouard Catalan cello Ganael Schneider harpsichord From the Lowlands to Paris Music by De Croes, Leclair and Telemann
Duo Seneca (Spain) Candela Gomez Bonet, Clara Rada Gomez cellos Virtuosos of the Cello Music for two cellos by Kraft and Gabrielli
Ensemble Agamemnon (France) Anaëlle Blanc-Verdin violin François Cardey cornett Arnaud Brétécher sackbut Lucile Tessier bassoon Kazuya Gunji keyboards Wunderkammer: Birth of a Northern Aesthetic Austrian music by Fux, Schmelzer and Biber
Ensemble Molière (UK) Flavia Hirte flute Ellen Bundy violin Kate Conway viola da gamba Jakab Kaufmann bassoon Satoko Doi-Luck keyboards “Dance-Sweets!” Selected dance movements by Couperin and Rameau
Fieri Consort (UK) Lucy Cox, Hannah Ely sopranos Nancy Cole, Helen Charlston mezzo-sopranos Tom Kelly, Josh Cooter tenors David Maguire, Ben McKee basses Love and Fortune: A Noble Legacy Amorous madrigals by Rore, Marenzio, Wert, Dowland, Gibbons and Willaert
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The 2017 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition will be judged by violinist Margaret Faultless, Royal Academy of Music/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; conductor Giulio Prandi from the Ghislieri College, Pavia/EEEmerging project; recording engineer Philip Hobbs of Linn Records; Pedro Memelsdorff, director Mala Punica and Graham Dixon, Head of Radio, European Broadcasting Union, Geneva.
Il Botto Forte (Switzerland)
Les Contre-Sujets (France)
Shai Kribus oboe, recorder Giacomo Catana violin Federico Toffano cello Alexandra Koreneva harpsichord ‘Sanguineus and Melancholicus’
Samuel Rotsztejn recorder Koji Yoda violin Maya Enokida violin, viola Eric Tinkerhess viola da gamba Takahisa Aida harpsichord
Summer and Winter
Trio sonatas by Prowo and CPE Bach
Baroque Celebrities (of their time!)
Songs from Medieval Germany by Neidhart and Wolkenstein
Music by ‘forgotten men’ Naudot and Fasch
Le Palais des Songes (France) Cécile Madelin soprano Paul-Antoine Benos countertenor Nicolas Rosenfeld recorder, bassoon Julie Petit viola da gamba Jeanne Jourquin harpsichord Battle of the Bands French and Italian styles meet in a joust between two singers with music by Lully, Castrucci, Montéclair, Vinci, Mouret and Handel
Rumorum (Switzerland) Grace Newcombe voice, harp Jacob Mariani gittern Ozan Karagöz voice, harp Mara Winter flute Félix Verry fiddle
The Counterpoints (Netherlands) Thomas Triesschijn recorders Anna Jane Lester violin Aljosja Geert Mietus harpsichord Handel’s Grand Tour – Part 2 Music by Handel, Dieupart and Vivaldi
Image: Holbein, The Ambassadors © The National Gallery, London
The winners will be announced at the end of the afternoon and will receive a professional recording contract from Linn Records, a cheque for £1,000 and opportunities to work with BBC Radio 3 and the NCEM. In addition, we are offering prizes from the EEEmerging project, Cambridge Early Music and the Friends of York Early Music Festival. To join the Friends, and get a vote for the Friends’ Prize, please contact Jillian Johnson at friends@ncem.co.uk
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THANK YOU! The York Early Music Festival is grateful to the many individuals and organisations that have been able to support us in 2017 – not least Arts Council England; the City of York Council; our media partners BBC Radio 3 and REMA Radio; our sister organisation the National Centre for Early Music, the Friends of the Festival and the NCEM Patrons. We are pleased to acknowledge our headline sponsor Hiscox Insurance working alongside JWP Creers Chartered Accountants; Harrowells Solicitors; Shepherd Building Group; University of York; The Chapter of York and the many individuals who support us through anonymous donations and by buying tickets each year! York Early Music Festival is a member of REMA, the European Early Music Network and works alongside tourism partners Welcome to Yorkshire and Visit York. We would particularly like to commend our partner hotels in the City of York: The Grange Hotel www.grangehotel.co.uk Middlethorpe Hall & Spa www.middlethorpe.com Queens Hotel www.queenshotel-york.com Best Western Monk Bar Hotel www.bw-monkbarhotelyork.com Novotel www.accor.com The NCEM is engaged in a partnership programme with colleagues in France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Romania and Slovenia entitled EEEmerging which is funded through Creative Europe and is designed to support young emerging professional ensembles. See www.ncem.co.uk/eee And last, but definitely not least, we would also like to offer our sincere thanks to the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and York Music Hub for their on-going support.
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2017 ART I S T S I NCL U D E
La Serenissima, The Tallis Scholars, The Carnival Band, The Marian Consort Tickets available now ncem.co.uk/bemf
SAVER TICKET OFFERS Weekend Saver Ticket
Bach Saver Ticket
Under 35 Ticket Scheme
Save nearly 20% by purchasing tickets for the first weekend covering events 1, 3, 4, 5 & 8
Enjoy all four Bach solo concerts covering events 11, 12, 16 & 18, and save over 15%
£100.00 (concessions £90.00)
£60.00 (concessions £52.00)
If you are under 35 you can purchase £5.00 tickets for concerts in this year’s Festival. To take advantage of this offer ring the Box Office on 01904 658338 or email box-office@ncem.co.uk. Please note that these are on a first-come, first-served basis and there is a limited number. When collecting tickets you will need to bring along photo ID which will be checked as proof of age. More info at www.ncem.co.uk/U35
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HOW TO BOOK The National Centre for Early Music St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL Box Office: 01904 658338 Email: boxoffice@ncem.co.uk www.tickets.ncem.co.uk
Booking opens on Wednesday 8 March to NCEM Patrons, to YEMF Friends on Monday 13 March and to the public on Monday 20 March at 9.00am. Tickets are available to buy online, by telephone, by post or in person and are also available for you to print at home. In person: The NCEM box office is open Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm. The Box Office entrance is on Percy’s Lane which runs parallel to Walmgate, just off Navigation Road. Online: Visit our web site at tickets.ncem.co.uk and use the secure online booking service. Tickets are also available online as Print at Home Tickets. By telephone: Please contact the box office on 01904 658338. There is a non-refundable £1.50 administration charge per transaction made online or by telephone with an optional 50p for second class post. By post: Please send your order to the NCEM Box Office, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL enclosing a large SAE. Cheques should be made payable to the National Centre for Early Music. Email: Simply email your enquiry to boxoffice@ncem.co.uk
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GENERAL TICKET INFORMATION Reservations Tickets can be reserved but must be paid for within three working days and at least 24 hours prior to the performance. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the venue immediately prior to the performance. Concession prices The price shown in brackets is the concession price for those aged 65 and over, disabled people, and a companion, and the unemployed. Group discounts The NCEM welcomes group bookings. If you buy 10 tickets (full price or concessions) there is a 20% discount off the total amount. Saver Tickets Please see page 21 for details.
Refunds and Exchanges We regret that refunds can only be given if the concert is sold out and we are able to sell on the ticket. Please note that there will be a 10% administration charge. Accessible facilities The Festival offers a warm welcome to everyone. The NCEM is fully accessible to wheelchair users, with suitable toilets and designated car parking space. If you have special needs, please let us know when booking your tickets. The NCEM is a Typetalk Approved business. Registered assistance dogs are welcome at concerts. Visitor Information The NCEM warmly recommends a number of York hotels – please visit www.ncem.co.uk/hotels for details. The York Visitor Information Centre offers help with accommodation and general information about the City. Tel: 01904 550099 or email info@visityork.org
Friends of the Festival The Friends enjoy additional discounts, priority booking, reserved seating (where practical) and good company. Please email friends@ncem.co.uk for information.
Friends Saver Ticket £300.00 (concessions £275.00) Save over 15% by purchasing your Friends Saver Ticket covering events 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22
MAP OF VENUES The NCEM is based within St Margaret’s Church to the East of the City off Walmgate. The NCEM is accessible by car, bus, foot or bike. Parking is available in the Peel Street car park (off George Street). York is less than 2hrs train journey from London King’s Cross and on a direct train line to Edinburgh and Manchester.
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I FAGIOLINI MONTEVERDI ‘ON THE MOVE’ ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS, CLARE WILKINSON, EMMA KIRKBY CINQUECENTO B’ROCK ORCHESTRA PASSIONS OF THE NIGHT THE SIXTEEN 2017 CHORAL PILGRIMAGE KATI DEBRETZENI, CAROLE CERASI, ALISON MCGILLIVRAY JS BACH YORKSHIRE BAROQUE SOLOISTS ST MATTHEW PASSION MALA PUNICA EXILE IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION
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The York Early Music Festival is 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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