york early music festival 2010
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York Early Music Festival 2010TRANSCRIPT
9 - 17 JULY 2010
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MusicalMarriages
The 30-or-so events that make up the 2010 Festivaloffer many musical jewels – not least Monteverdi’s1610Vespers publication, a 400-year-old masterpiecewhich we have chosen to celebrate in particulardetail across three concerts. To mark the 200thanniversary of Schumann’s birth we present bothFrauenliebe und -leben and Myrthen with sopranoBarbara Schlick and tenor James Gilchristaccompanied by Peter Seymour. Guest artists fromoverseas also include lutenist Hopkinson Smith,Musica Fiata, La Capella Ducale and EnsembleLucidarium, and of course we are delighted towelcome many UK-based musicians includingTheSixteen, London Baroque and Fretwork.
We are particularly pleased to welcome membersof the European Early Music Network, who arecelebrating their own marriage of festivals acrossEurope for their 10th-anniversary conference; and
to commend performances of theYork Mystery Playspresented by the Guilds of the City – a remarkablemarriage of theatre, music, church and communitywhich has survived since the Middle Ages.
And finally, we should like to say thank you andgoodbye to Robert Hollingworth as a member ofthe artistic advisory team, and to welcomeElizabeth Kenny, who is joining us to help plan the2011 Festival. She also appears this year as directorof John Blow’s masterpiece Venus and Adonis.
We look forward to welcoming you all to thewonderful City of York – the most perfectexample of architectural brilliance – and amarriage of styles acclaimed across the world.
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Welcome to the 2010 York Early Music Festival – Britain's largest festival of earlymusic. This year we’re taking the theme of Musical Marriages as the inspiration for ahost of concerts, lectures and workshops designed to celebrate marriage in all senses ofthe word, from grand ceremonial occasions to intimate pieces written for composers'spouses. And we’ll also be reflecting on the ‘marriages’ of different musical styles andgenres from the Renaissance to the High Baroque.
Front Cover Image: Harewood House Trust Marriage Chest: ‘The Reconciliation of theRomans and the Sabines’ around 1480 The Master of Marradi (active c. 1475-1513)Reproduced by kind permission of the Earl and Countess of Harewood and the Trustees of the Harewood House Trust.
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John Bryan, Robert Hollingworth, Lindsay Kemp, Peter Seymour
Artistic Advisors
Thank you!TheYork Early Music Festival is grateful to the many individuals and organisations that continue tosupport its activities – not least the many loyal and supportive audience members!
Thanks are particularly due to the Arts Council England,Yorkshire – for revenue funding and forthe recent Sustain Award - and to partner organisation, the National Centre for Early Music,celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010.
We are also delighted to acknowledge support from the City of York Council; BBC Radio 3; theFriends of the YEMF; Harrowells Solicitors; the Shepherd Building Group; Fidelio Charitable Trust;Yorkshire Forward; Legacy Trust UK; the Sylvia and Colin Shepherd Charitable Trust; the Donaldand Patricia Shepherd Charitable Trust; John Marvin; the University of York; the Dean & Chapter,York and highlighted members of the York Hoteliers Association – who along with a number ofvery kind anonymous donors help to keep us afloat each year.
We are also pleased to thank the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust,Youth Music and the City of York’sArts Academy for their continued support of our education programme.
The Festival is delighted toannounce its own marriage ofideas in which we join togetherwith the NCEM, the National
Media Museum, Bradford Council, Museums andGalleries, the Northern School of ContemporaryDance, Harewood House and Alchemy.
This innovatory programme looks at theextraordinary mix that is modern dayYorkshire –marrying individuals from across the world withthe traditional heritage of the region and linkingmusic, movement and media together in the lead-up to the 2012 Olympics.
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2.30pm – c4.30pmNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchAdmission is free to members of the publicattending the Festival but please do book aticket in advance to avoid disappointment.
Early Music: TheEnd of a Movement?In 2010 the European Early Music NetworkREMA (Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne)celebrates its 10th anniversary. With over 60member festivals from across 21 European statesand with membership growing year on year,REMA is thriving – but is there still an ‘early musicmovement’ as such or is ‘historically informedperformance practice’ so well accepted that thereis no longer any need for a ‘movement’ at all?
Join us for a discussion chaired by Professor JohnBryan (University of Huddersfield) with guestspeakers Graham Dixon (Managing Editor, BBCRadio 3); Robert Hollingworth (Singer andDirector of I Fagiolini); Chiara Banchini(Educationalist and Director of Ensemble 415);Frans de Ruiter (President, European House ofCulture) and Philippe Beaussant(Musicologist and Founder of the Centrede Musique Baroque de Versailles).
Friday 9 July
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5.30pm – c6.20pmC4C Chapel,York St John University,Lord Mayor’s Walk.£5.00
Demythologisingthe VespersIs Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers actually a singlework? Who was the music written for? Does ithave any connection with the Virgin Mary?
Graham Dixon looks at the strange history of oneof the most magnificent, but also mostmisunderstood, works in the history of music.
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7.30pm – c9.10pm York MinsterReserved seating front nave: £25.00 (no concessions)Reserved seating rear nave: £15.00 (concessions £13.00)Unreserved seating side aisles: £12.00 (students £6.00)
Judith Cunnold, Helen Neeves, Bethany Seymour sopranosJason Darnell, Joshua Ellicott, Immo Schröder tenorsRupert Reid, Stephen Varcoe basses
Yorkshire Bach Choirwith Monastic Cantors fromAmpleforth AbbeyLucy Russell, Daniel Edgar, Nia Lewis violinsDuncan Druce viola Rachel Gray,Tim Smedley ‘cellosElizabeth Kenny, David Miller chittaronesPamela Thorby,Ailsa Reid recordersRoland Wilson,Arno Paduch, Jamie Savan cornettsBarrie Webb, Sue Addison, Stephen Saunders sackbutsPeter Seymour, Robert Patterson organsPeter Seymour director
Monteverdi: Vespro dellaBeata Vergine – Concert 1Vespers: Psalms & Hymns
We start our exploration of Monteverdi’s greatsacred masterpiece in the magnificent centralNave of York Minster – the largest Gothiccathedral north of the Alps. Presented in thecontext of a liturgical sequence, withplainchant sung by the monks of AmpleforthAbbey and instrumental pieces takenfrom Cima's 1610 Sonatas, this firstconcert presents the five choralpsalms, the glowing hymn Ave marisstella and the larger of Monteverdi’stwo settings of the Magnificat, inseven parts.
'The performance (by YBC) provedthat there can be no such thing as toomuch fine choral singing' The Guardian
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10.00pm – c11.20pmChapter House,York Minster£20.00 (concessions £17.00)
Judith Cunnold, Helen Neeves,Bethany Seymour sopranosJason Darnell, Joshua Ellicott,Immo Schröder tenorsRupert Reid, Stephen Varcoe bassesLucy Russell, Daniel Edgar, Nia Lewis violinsPamela Thorby, Ailsa Reid recordersPeter Seymour organ, director
Monteverdi:Vespro dellaBeata Vergine – Concert 2Vespers: Sacred ConcertosJoin us in the more intimate confines of theChapter House as we present the solo vocalconcertos from the 1610 Vespers collection.Theseare often performed as part of the Vesperssequence but were more probably written forprivate devotions at the Gonzaga family's chapelat Mantua.This concert will also includeMonteverdi's second Magnificat setting, for sixvoices and continuo.
‘an unbeatable combination of resilience and stamina... exhilarating’ York Press
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The Festival is pleased to present Monteverdi’s 1610 publication Vespro della Beata Vergine in its completeform – the Vespers music itself, the solo sacred ‘concertos’ (or motets), and the Mass In illo tempore – overthree separate but interlinked performances – marked in this brochure as Events 03, 04 and 13.
1.00pm – c2.15pmNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchAdmission is free to those attending the Festival,but please do book a ticket in advance to avoiddisappointment. Limited to two tickets perperson.
BBC Radio 3Early Music ShowJoin us for a live broadcast of the popular EarlyMusic Show presented by Catherine Bott, withguests including I Fagiolini with director RobertHollingworth, Barbara Schlick, James Bowman, PeterSeymour, RolandWilson and David Miller.
York Early Music FestivalLifetime Achievement AwardFollowing on directly after the broadcast, CatherineBott will be presenting the thirdYEMF Lifetime
Achievement Award toJames Bowman – who hasbeen one of the world’sleading counter tenors forover forty years with a careerspanning opera, oratorio,contemporary, solo recitalsand a whole host ofrecordings made with all themajor record labels under
such directors as Britten, Harnoncourt, Mackerras,Leppard, Hogwood, Brüggen and Pinnock. Join us fora light-hearted celebration of this musical genius.
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North East Early MusicForum Workshopdirected by Andrew Griffiths10.00am for 10.30am - 4.30 pmSt George’s (RC) Church, Peel Street
The Sonority ofLa SerenissimaA day exploringMonteverdi’s Vespersof 1610In a year that sees many opportunities to hear theremarkable collection of pieces that has come tobe known as ‘Monteverdi’s Vespers’, here is anopportunity to explore and discover the marvelsof this work at first hand – by performing it.
Andrew Griffiths began his studies as a Quiristerand Scholar atWinchester College, and gained aChoral Exhibition at Gonville and Caius College,Cambridge, where he held a Choral Exhibition. Henow sings with the hugely successful vocal consortStile Antico.
The workshop is open to all singers, and players ofboth modern and period instruments. (Wind &brass players may wish to check suitability beforeapplying for a place). Pitch will therefore be atA=440. Singers who wish to be considered forsolos should indicate this on the application form.
Participant places must be booked in advance(by 19 June to allow for full provision of musicand parts): visit www.neemf.org.uk for full detailsand to download the application form.Alternatively email [email protected] orphone 07979 866303 for further details.
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Saturday 10 July
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Pre-Concert TalkStaging a 400-year-old comedy with unfamiliar characters, untranslatable jokes and obsolete culturalreferences in a piece which Vecchi implied should not be staged anyway, creates problems. Join us at6.30pm in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall as the performers explain how and why they have donethis, what liberties they have and haven’t taken, and what they regard as intrinsic to the piece. Withlive musical examples. Admission is free to those attending Event 06.
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7.30pm – c8.40pmSir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of YorkReserved seating: £20.00 (concessions £17.00, students £5.00)
I Fagiolinidirected by Robert HollingworthL’AmfiparnasoIn this madrigal comedy, written just before the first opera,Vecchi brings alive the characters of commediadell’arte: mean-hearted old Pantalone; the verbose Doctor (speaking minestrone); the over-amorousSpanish Captain and the ever-hungry servants – the zanni. Its originality lay in the marriage of the‘Twin Peaks’ of comedy and great music: alongside the slapstick (the showfeatures an actual slapstick),Vecchi writes bittersweet madrigals for the loversworthy of Monteverdi.The performance will be staged using 16th-centuryVenetian masks and the fabulous original dialects will be retained, butto recreate the original’s wonderful wordplay, each scene is set upwith English introductions: ‘Don’t despair, they do sing prettily: justlie back and think of Italy’.
‘I Fagiolini turn a silk purse into one beaded in gold… A highlyenjoyable production which celebrates the immediacy, relevance andenjoyment to be found in a 400-year-old musical.’ Gramophone
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5.00pm – c6.00pmMerchant Adventurers’ Hall, Fossgate£5.00 (Friends of York Early Music Festival freeof charge)
A Festivalof Marriage
The Minster Minstrels,York’s early music ensemblefor young people, directed by Ailsa Reid andAndrew Passmore, explore music that wasassociated with marriage from the 14th-centuryto the 18th, including English opera, Florentineintermedii and Scottish folksongs.
The Minster Minstrels is run as a partnershipbetween the NCEM and the City of YorkCouncil’s Arts Academy with support from theMayfield Valley Arts Trust. If you are interestedin joining this dynamic young group, pleasecontact us for further information by e [email protected]
Sunday 11 July
1.00pm – c3.00pmNCEM, St Margaret’s Church£15.00 (concessions £13.00)
Barbara Schlick soprano
James Gilchrist tenor
Peter Seymour fortepiano
To mark the 200th anniversary of Schumann’sbirth, we present performances of two remarkablesong-cycles Frauenliebe und -leben and Myrthen -Robert’s wedding gift to his wife Clara - given bytwo of the world's finest Lieder singers.
The admired German soprano Barbara Schlick hasworked with early music directors across Europethroughout her career and her interpretations arecomprehensively documented through CD and radiorecordings. We are particularly thrilled that we havethis rare opportunity to hear her celebrating the workof Schumann.
“James Gilchrist is unsurpassed among lyric tenors insweetness and technical security, and for his musicalintelligence”The Independent
Pre-Concert TalkJoin us at 12 noon at the NCEM as Peter Seymourillustrates and explains some of the ideas, images andhidden ciphers – many of them secret messagesfrom husband to wife – in Schumann’s songs.Admission is free to those attending Event 07.
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London BaroqueIngrid Seifert violin Charles Medlam bass viol Terence Charlston harpsichord
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Sunday 11 July
Mariage à la modeRameau Pièces de Clavecin en
concert No.2 in G major
Mondonville Pieces de Clavecin avecviolin Op.3 1734
Leclair Sonata No. 8 à Troisin D major (Livre II)
Marais Le Noeud d’Amour
Forqueray La Leclair
Rameau Pièces de Clavecin enconcert No. 5 in D minor
The 18th-century Parisian music scene was a tight-knit web of husband-and-wife teams, mini-dynastiesand close working friendships. London Baroquetreads an intricate course through this maze asRameau honours Mondonville's wife, Jean-BaptisteForqueray's niece and Marin Marais’ son, withLeclair (a witness to Forqueray's second marriage)also in attendance. The result may look like a soapopera, but it's all in the best possible French taste!
‘London Baroque is more than equal to the expressiveand technical challenges of Rameau's music; the poise,delicacy and sheer enjoyment they communicate is aconstant delight. ‘ BBC music magazine
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Monday 12 July
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12.00 noon – c1.00pmUnitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate£12.00 (concessions £10.00, students £5.00)
Compagniad’IstrumentiAilsa Reid recordersDaniel Edgar, Nia Lewis violinsTim Smedley celloPeter Seymour harpsichord
A Stylish MarriageIn his 1729 autobiography,Telemann boasts that his‘accomplishment with respect to musical style is wellknown’: this programme showcases his gift formarrying the contrasting national traits of theBaroque into a cohesive and eclectic language,integrating the poise and grace of French dance, thelyricism and expression of Italianate music and theenergetic, folk-influenced Polish style.
‘Inspired and talented players’ BBC Radio 3
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2.00pm – c2.45pmNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchAdmission is free to those attending the Festival, butplease do book a ticket in advance to avoiddisappointment. Limited to two tickets per person.
Around the Worldwith Francis Drake:A Musical CircumnavigationFrancis Drake was a musical man who took four violplayers with him on his travels (see Event 15). Join FrancisPretty, one of Drakes ‘Gentlemen at Arms’, as he recountshis voyage around the world with the great mariner.Working alongside musicians from the National Centrefor Early Music, children from Lord Deramore’s PrimarySchool relive his dramatic adventures with songs andinstrumental music of Elizabethan England, and from manyof the lands he visited.
The NCEM produces a number of learning resources forKey Stage 2 teachers – particularly focusing on the Tudorera – for details, please log on to www.ncem.co.uk
7.30pm – c8.40pmSir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of YorkReserved seating: £20.00 (concessions £17.00,students £5.00)
EnsembleLucidariumBruna Gondoni, Marco Bendoni dancersGloria Moretti, Enrico Fink voiceVivaBiancaLuna Biffi voice and viola d’arcoAvery Gosfield, Marco Ferrari windFrancis Biggi colascione, cetra, luteMassimiliano Dragoni hammer dulcimer, percussionElisabetta Benfenati Renaissance guitar
Kehi Kinnor:Celebrating a JewishWedding in the RenaissanceMarriage has been a cause for celebration atpractically every era in every culture. Accountsof marriages and dancing, payment records formusicians and the many examples of weddingsongs that have come down to us in Renaissancesources prove the importance that marriage, andits celebration, had in the Jewish community,reflecting both the universal nature of life-cycleobservances and the substantial role they play inJewish life and thought – not least as a source ofincome for musicians!
‘The Ensemble Lucidarium have an exceptionallyvaried and colourful set of textures and timbres fromwhich to draw and arrange their instrumental andvocal performances … the playing and singing iswonderfully alive and full of adoration and devotionalfeeling, as well as respect and reverence for themusic.’ Hi-fi+ Classical and Audiophile Music Review
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The Jewish community were not visible in York bythe Renaissance. Join us later in the Festival (Event20) for Sarah Rees Jones’ explanation of why thisvibrant group were effectively expelled from theCity in the Middle Ages.
10.00pm – c11.00pmSt George’s Church, Peel Street£12.00 (concessions £10.00, students £5.00)
University of YorkChamber ChoirRobert Hollingworth directorRoland Wilson, Arno Paduch cornettsSebastian Krause, Cas Gevers,Peter Sommer trombones
Monteverdi: Vespro dellaBeata Vergine – Concert 3
Monteverdi: In illo temporeGombert: In illo temporeAlthough known as the ‘1610 Vespers’, Monteverdiactually billed the collection as ‘A mass for sixvoices, with some vespers psalms’. The mass wasMonteverdi’s way of showing his skill in the oldstyle of counterpoint and was based on tenthemes from a Gombert motet. It is writtenneither in the new seconda prattica style nor as atrue recreation of the older prima prattica. It israther an affectionate look backwards with astrong eye for what might be well received inconservative ecclesiastical circles.
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Tuesday 13 July
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The early Renaissance Italian frottola is arguably the musical form that led eventually to the birth of Italianopera. In this performance, a series of frottole in three ‘acts’ describe different moments of the day – sunset,night and morning – as metaphors of love-moods: falling in love, love-torment and the victory of love overtroubles.The Prologue and the Epilogue provide the voice of cynical reality: life is short and love is uncertain.
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12.00 noon - c1.00pmAll Saints Church, North Street£12.00 (concessions £10.00)
Fermate il PassoA dramatic recital by VivaBiancaLuna Biffi viola d’arco, voice
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8.00pm – c9.15pm | The Gallery, Harewood HouseReserved seating: £20.00 (concessions £17.00) including a glass of wine on arrival
FretworkWendy Gillespie, Susanna Pell,Asako Morikawa, Richard Boothby, Richard Campbell, Richard Tunnicliffe viols
When Drake set sail from Plymouth on 15 November 1577, he took with him four viol players: SimonWood,Thomas Meckes, Richard Clarke & “George”. The viols played music to accompany Drake’s privateworship and they entertained him while he ate; he also used the music to impress the natives. Fretworkhas commissioned composer Orlando Gough to use these scant facts to create a journey in sound thatcharts Drake’s remarkable feat. Music from the 16th century by Parsons,Taverner andTye is wovenseamlessly into a through-composed piece of music inspired by this significant cultural exchange.
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The NCEM is working with Harewood House as part of the NewWorldsprogramme to marry music together with some of the artefacts from thismagnificent collection. Join us before the concert for a special curator’spresentation of Harewood’s 'Woman in Miniatures' exhibition – scheduled to
open to the public on 22 August – to gain an insight looking at how women were positioned within thepolitical, social and domestic structures of the British Empire in England and India in the 19th century –some 300 years after Frances Drake circumnavigated the world.
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Tuesday 13 July
The World Encompassed: Sir Francis Drake’sCircumnavigation of the Globe 1577-80
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Wednesday 14 July
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1.00pm – c2.00pmNCEM, St Margaret’s Church£10.00 (concessions £8.00, students £5.00)
University of York Baroque Ensembleand Chamber ChoirThree Weddings and a BirthdayThe popular University ensemble presents music from Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, acolourful musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.This performance willfeature a masque entertainment of songs and dances, celebrating no fewer than three marriages,as well as Oberon’s birthday.
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During the Thirty YearsWar (1618-1648), even composers of the calibre of Schütz, Scheidt and Schein had fewopportunities to publish their works. High-society weddings provided possibilities not only to perform works,but also to get them printed at their patrons’ expense. Some of these are works performed here,complemented by erotic motets on texts from the Song of Songs by Schütz, taken from his Symphoniae Sacrae I,written shortly after the death of his wife.
‘Excellent singing and playing’The Observer
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Wedding Motets and Songs of Love
Roland Wilson, Arno Paduch cornetts Anette Sichelschmidt violin, viola Adrian Rovatkay dulcianSebastian Krause, Cas Gevers, Peter Sommer trombones Axel Wolf chitarrone Christoph Anselm Noll organRoland Wilson director
7.30pm – c9.15pm | Chapter House,York Minster | £20.00 (concessions £17.00)
La Capella DucaleMonika Mauch, Constanze Backes sopranos Markus Brutscher, Julian Podger tenors Harry van der Kamp bass
withMusica Fiata,Köln
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1.00pm – c2.00pmNCEM, St Margaret’s Church£15.00 (concessions £13.00)
Hopkinson Smithlute and vihuelaMilano: MilanItalian Franceso da Milano and Spaniard Luys Milanwere the two greatest lute virtuosi of their age,each publishing important collections of theirmusic in 1536. These books bore witness to aremarkable marriage of two apparently opposingmusical styles – improvisatory freedom and strictcounterpoint – and giving birth to the flamboyantform of the fantasia.
‘without doubt the finest lute player in the worldtoday’ San Francisco Chronicle
‘the supreme ‘poet’ of the lute.’ Gramophone
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10.30am – c11.30amBedern Hall, Bedern£7.50 including coffee on arrival
A Marriage ofMusical MethodsJohn Bryan, Professor of Music at the Universityof Huddersfield, investigates the writings of GeorgMuffat (1653–1704), to see what a well-travelledbaroque musician can tell us of his attempts tomarry the best of French and Italian styles, and hisadvice on how to perform this music in goodtaste. See Event 21.
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Thursday 15 July
7.30pm – c9.30pmSt Michael le Belfrey Church, High PetergateReserved seating front nave £20.00(no concessions)Unreserved seating side aisles and balcony£17.00 (concessions £15.00)
The Bach PlayersNicolette Moonen, Rodolfo Richter violinsRachel Isserlis, Rachel Stott violasKinga Gáborjáni viola da gamba, bass violinSilas Standage harpsichordJakob Lindberg theorbo
Friend or Foe?:Italy versus FranceProgramme to include:Lully Ouverture & Chaconne from
Le Bourgeois gentilhommeRebel Tombeau de Mr. de LullyMuffat Blanditiae from Florilegium secundumCorelli Trio Sonata, Op. 2 No. 12Couperin L’Apothéose de CorelliMuffat Sonata No. 2 from Armonico Tributo
The two main musical languages from the yearsaround 1700 – French and Italian – court eachother in this programme of baroque chambermusic at its most eloquent. Frenchmen Rebel andCouperin pay tribute to the competing styles'great representatives, Lully and Corelli, while GeorgMuffat sets out in a typical spirit of reconciliationto celebrate both sides of the musical argument.
‘The Bach Players, a London-based collective formedin 1996, reach the music’s emotional heart withtremendous conviction’ Classic FM Magazine
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Artist In ResidenceAlfred Hackett, an artist who specialises in painting musicians, has been invited by Kentmere HouseGallery to act as artist in residence during this year's Festival. His paintings will go on show at theNational Centre for Early Music in December. PreviewThursday 2 December at 5.30pmwww.kentmerehouse.co.uk
5.00pm – c6.00pmBedern Hall, Bedern£7.50 including a glass of wine on arrival
York and its Jewishcommunity in the 12thand 13th centuriesSarah Rees Jones, Senior Lecturer in History atthe University of York, looks at York between the1170s and 1290 when the City was the home ofone of the largest and most important Jewishcommunities of medieval England.These weretimes of great change: of invasion, destruction andcivil conflict but also eventually of politicalinnovation, economic recovery and growth.Thestory of York’s Jewish community reflects theseuncertain and difficult times.
Sunday 11 & Sunday 18 July
York Mystery Plays12 plays from the famous York Cycle will beperformed on wagons moving through the Citystreets - organised by the guilds of the City andaccompanied by musicians from across the UK - avivid spectacle of colour and sound. Performancesstart at Noon and will finish around 6.00pm.Contact the Visitor Information Centre on01904 550099 for tickets.
Friday 16 July
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12 noon – c1.00pmUnitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate£12.00 (concessions £10.00)
Mahan Esfahani harpsichordThe first early keyboard specialist to be a member of BBC Radio 3's NewGeneration Artists scheme performs music from the heart of the harpsichordrepertoire, ranging from works by Froberger and Louis Couperin – two of the 17thcentury's subtlest masters – to one of the great ‘English Suites” of Bach. In betweencomes one of Johann Kuhnau’s extraordinary 'Biblical Sonatas', often cited as
among the earliest examples of representational programme music.
‘...nothing could have prepared me for the brilliance and artistry ofMahan Esfahani, who, despite his young age, played with the musicalityand virtuosity of a master .. not a single phrase lacked purpose ordirection.’ Keyboard Magazine
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BBC Radio 3Discovering MusicAs an introduction to this evening's concert in York Minster,Catherine Bott presents an edition of BBC Radio 3’s popular“Discovering Music” in conversation with Harry Christophers.Together with members of The Sixteen, they explore thebackground and musical ideas behind three of the pieces inthis evening’s programme:Thomas Tallis’Miserere Nostri;WilliamByrd’s Infelix ego and John Sheppard’s monumental Media vitain morte sumus.The programme will be recorded for futurebroadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Supported by The Queen’s Hotelwww.queenshotel-york.com
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7.30pm – c9.20pmThe Nave,York MinsterReserved seating front nave: £25.00 (no concessions)Reserved seating rear nave: £15.00 (concessions £13.00)Unreserved seating side aisles: £12.00 (students £6.00)
The Sixteendirected by Harry ChristophersThe Choral Pilgrimage 2010
Ceremony & Devotion Music for the TudorsPlainsong processional Veni creator spiritusWilliam Byrd Laudibus in sanctisThomas Tallis Jesu Salvator saeculi, Verbum PatrisJohn Sheppard Media vita in morte sumusJohn Sheppard Sacris solemniis iuncta sint gaudiaWilliam Byrd Haec diesThomas Tallis Iam Christus astra ascenderatThomas Tallis Miserere nostriWilliam Byrd Infelix ego
Music both celebratory and introspective by three extraordinary Tudor musicians who lived throughdecades of religious turmoil in 16th-century England and expressed their devotion to the Catholic faith invery different, but entirely compatible ways. This is music written for the glory of God, and here marriedto one of the world’s finest acoustics.
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‘the choral sounds were wonderfully clear and unfailingly precise … Christophers’ group can be just asimpressively extrovert as they had been austerely restrained’The Guardian
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Saturday 17 July
10.30am – c3.30pm | NCEM, St Margaret’s Church£20.00 (no concessions) including lunch. Please note that advance booking is essential
The SixteenInsight DayJoin musicologist John Milsom, music editor Sally Dunkley and members of The Sixteen as they explore themusic of the 2010 Choral Pilgrimage – the musical masters of the Tudor world, Byrd,Tallis and Sheppard.
7.30pm – c9.30pm | St Michael le Belfrey Church, High PetergateReserved seating front nave £20.00 (no concessions)Unreserved seating side aisles and balcony£17.00 (concessions £15.00)
Theatre of The AyreSophie Daneman VenusGiles Underwood Adonis
Rachel Podger, Clare Salaman violins Alphonso Leal del Ojo violaPamela Thorby, Catherine Latham, Merlin Harrison recordersAllison McGillivray viol, bass violin Elizabeth Kenny, David Miller theorbos, guitarsJames Johnstone harpsichordElizabeth Kenny directorCupid, and Little Cupids, selected from the Minster Minstrels Vocal Ensemble
Programme to include:Instrumental music by Robert de Visée and Marc-Antione CharpentierAyres from Michel Lambert's Livre d'Airs de CourJohn Blow’s Venus and Adonis
John Blow’s Venus and Adonis is not a good advertisement for marriage. Charles II’s mistressMary Davies, as Venus, advises Cupid that the best way to keep a man is to ‘use him very ill’.Cupid was played by their daughter Lady MaryTudor, fourteen at the time. Davies latermarried recorder virtuoso James Paisible. And yet anyone who has heardVenus’ searinghowl of anguish on learning of Adonis’ death is left with a deeply troubling sense thatgreat cynicism and love go hand in hand. That stroke of genius is Blow’s.
‘..audience and performers were wreathed in smiles during the brilliantlydevised masques and antimasques of English songs andinstrumental music of the 17th century.’ The Times
Recorded for broadcast by BBC Radio 3as part of a major series of operaprogrammes starting May 2010
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Friday 28 – Sunday 30 May
Beverley & East RidingEarly Music FestivalGuest artists include the Orchestra of the Age ofEnlightenment;TheYorkWaits; Stile Antico and theDunedin Consort & Players.
Friday 25 June
Catherine Bott &Shirley CollinsA Woman’s Lifeand Loves in Song.
Thursday 2 – Saturday 11 December
York Early MusicChristmas FestivalGuest artists to include Florilegium with EmmaKirkby,The Burning Bush, Stile Antico, I Fagiolini andthe European Union Baroque Orchestra.
The NCEM has a new websiteThe new website now offersreserved seating at selected venuesas well as tickets for all festival events.You can also use the quick links to go to the earlymusic, teaching and learning resources sections.
They Will AlwaysBe TogetherThe NCEM is working with the National MediaMuseum as part of the NewWorlds programme tomarry together music and media.
For over 150 years, photography has been used tocommemorate and celebrate marriage or partnership.For many of us, our wedding photographs are amongour most treasured possessions.The exhibition at theNCEM – which runs throughout the 2010 Festival -brings together a fascinating selection of wedding-related photographs from the world-class collection ofthe National Media Museum, Bradford.
The movement of South Asian communities to Bradfordforged a ‘marriage’ of cultures which is explored by boththe Cartwright Hall Art Gallery and the Northern Schoolof Contemporary Dance in programmes throughout 2010.
Look out for a new exhibition entitled The Sacrament ofMarriage at Cartwright Hall running from 9 July – 5September 2010 which brings together their collection oftextiles, jewellery and paintings and provides glimpses ofhow this benign infiltration transformed the identity ofthe region for ever. Join us in the autumn for aperformance at the National Centre for Early Music bythe Northern School of Contemporary DanceThirdYearBPA (Hons) students who will join with University ofYorkMA and Phd students to take part in a collaborativemusic and choreography project also based on theSacrament of Marriage.
New Worlds is part of the imove programme,funded by Legacy Trust UK,Arts Council Englandand Yorkshire Forward.
Dates for your diary
Booking Information
Box Office:The National Centre for Early Music,St Margaret’s Church,Walmgate,York YO1 9TL
To book by telephone:Please ring 01904 658338
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By Telephone: Please contact the box office on(01904) 658338.Tickets can be booked by Visa,Mastercard, Access and Maestro. Please note thatsurcharges apply.
By post:Write to the NCEM Box Office, StMargaret’s Church,Walmgate,YorkYO1 9TLenclosing an SAE. Cheques should be madepayable to the National Centre for Early Music.
In person: The box office is open Monday –Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm.
Seating: All seats are unreserved except for top-price seats in York Minster, St Michael le BelfreyChurch, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall and TheGallery, Harewood House.
Reservations: Tickets must be paid for withinthree working days of reservation and at least 24hours prior to the performance. Any remainingtickets will be sold at the venue immediately priorto the performance.
Entry to Venues: Please note that, due to limitedturnaround time during the Festival, entry toperformances will not be granted until theconclusion of rehearsals and tuning.We thank youfor your patience.
Concession prices: These are shown in brackets.They apply to over 60’s and registered disabledand their carers. Students and young people’stickets are shown as applicable.
Friends of the Festival: The Friends enjoyadditional discounts, priority booking, reservedtickets (wherever practicable) and good company.
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Friends of the Festival Saver Ticket: This appliesto Events 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19,21, 22, 24 and 26. Friends of the Festival arewelcome to buy tickets for these 17 concertssubject to availability and save money with areduced cost of £255 (concessions £225). All 17concerts must be booked at the same time totake advantage of this offer. Please note that theSaver Ticket is not available to buy online.
Refunds:We regret that refunds can only be givenif the concert is sold out and we are able tore-sell the ticket.
General enquiries: Please ring 01904 632220 forgeneral information.
Party bookings: Special savings can be made forthose bringing a party of 10 or more, in whichcase we offer an additional seat free.
Photography/Recording: Please note that the useof cameras/recording equipment is prohibited.
Accessible facilities: The Festival offers awarm welcome to everyone.The NCEM
website www.ncem.co.uk is accessible to thepartially sighted and the NCEM has the benefit ofan RNIB Braille map of York available on requestfrom the box office.TheYork Blind and PartiallySighted Society has installed a number of ‘talkingsigns’ around the City giving information ondirections to buildings, public loos etc. AssistanceDogs are welcome at concerts. For detailedinformation, please ring 01904 632220.
The NCEM is a Typetalk Approved business.
Transport: Harewood House is 20 miles to thewest of York. A festival coach will leave UnionTerrace Coach Park (see map) at 6.15pm andreturn toYork after event 15. Coach tickets cost£5.00 and should be booked in advance.
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1 National Centre for Early Music,Walmgate YO1 9TL
2 C4C Chapel,York St John University YO31 7EX
3 York Minster YO1 7JN
4 St George’s Church, Peel Street YO1 9PZ
5 Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall YO10 5DD
6 Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, Fossgate YO1 9XD
7 Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate YO1 8NQ
8 All Saints Church, North Street YO1 6JD
9 Harewood House, Harewood LS17 9LG
10 Bedern Hall, Bedern YO1 7AL
11 St Michael le Belfrey ChurchYO1 7HH
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Festival Highlights
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 the press but YEMF reserves the right to amend the published programme if necessary.
9 - 17 JULY 2010
Friday 9 July
Yorkshire Bach ChoirMonteverdi 1610 Vespers
Saturday 10 July
Early Music ShowI Fagiolini
Sunday 11 July
Barbara Schlick& James GilchristLondon Baroque
Monday 12 July
Compagnia d’IstrumentiEnsemble Lucidarium
Tuesday 13 July
VivaBiancaLuna BiffiFretwork
Wednesday 14 July
University of York BaroqueEnsembleLa Capella Ducale& Musica Fiata
Thursday 15 July
Hopkinson SmithThe Bach Players
Friday 16 July
Mahan EsfahaniThe Sixteen
Saturday 17 July
The Sixteen Insight DayTheatre of the Ayre