Cambridge Early Music Concerts 2008
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THE KING OF INSTRUMENTS
Jakob Lindberg (lute)
3.00pm, Sunday 16 March, 2008
Queens' College Old Hall
The Lute in Europe, c. 1600.
"The lute is without contradiction the king of Instruments.
It makes alone a consort of music, and out of dead...
BACH TRIO SONATAS
The Musical and Amicable Society
3.00pm, Sunday 11 May, 2008
St Bene't's Church
Transcriptions for strings and harpsichord of Bach's organ trio sonatas.
Four of the core members of our favourite baroque chamber orchestra branch out on their own to play
transcriptions...
HENRY PURCELL 1659-1695
Fretwork with William Hunt (viols) and Clare Wilkinson (voice)
7.30pm, Friday 6 June, 2008
St Bene't's Church
The complete Purcell Fantazias and In Nomines, plus Music for a While, O Solitude, The Evening Hymn and other great songs.
The complete Fantazias and In Nomines, and some favourite Purcell songs, comprise this dream of a programme from...
SISTER AWAKE!
English Ayres
3.00pm, Sunday 13 July, 2008
St Bene't's Church
Woman's journey through life is told in songs and poems of the Elizabethan Age.
Woman's journey through life as told in songs and poems of the Elizabethan Age, with occasional diversions
to the...
Picture by kind permission of the Viscount De L'Isle, from his private collection at Penshurst Place.
MUSIC FOR THE SUN KING
Passacaglia
8.30pm, Wednesday 23 July, 2008
St Edward's Church
French Baroque music from Versailles. Please note start time.
18th century French music is amongst the most elegant and compellingly beautiful in the whole Baroque
repertoire....
SONATAS FOR TRUMPET AND OBOE
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) and Gail Hennessy (oboe)
4.00pm, Sunday 27 July, 2008
Trinity College Chapel
Music by Handel, Finger and Purcell.
Highlights of the Baroque repertoire played by members of The Parley of Instruments with Crispian Steele-Perkins
and...
RAISE, RAISE THE VOICE
The Parley of Instruments with Philippa Hyde (soprano), Alison Hill (soprano), Tom Raskin (tenor) and Andrew Kidd (bass)
8.00pm, Wednesday 30 July, 2008
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington St
Ensemble music by Blow and Purcell.
A very special concert presenting some rarely-heard English gems, as well as some familiar
masterpieces. Blow's...
THE ENGLISH BAROQUE
Baroque Summer School Students dir. Peter Holman and Philip Thorby
7.30pm, Saturday 2 August, 2008
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington St
Blow and Purcell.
Choral, orchestral and chamber music, performed using Baroque instruments
by the summer school students, under the...
FRANCESCO DEL LIUTO
Jacob Heringman (lute)
4.00pm, Sunday 3 August, 2008
Little St Mary's Church
Works for solo lute by Francesco da Milano.
"The sweet resonance of the harmony which is borne of the lute touched by the divine fingers of Francesco Milanese,...
RINASCIMENTO
Philip Thorby (viols, recorders), Jennie Cassidy (voice), David Hatcher (viols) and Jacob Heringman (lute)
8.00pm, Wednesday 6 August, 2008
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington St
Madrigals, chansons and motets by Renaissance masters.
In the 16th century a performer's expertise could be measured by his ability to improvise on a popular song
of the...
THE TRIUMPHS OF MAXIMILIAN
Renaissance Summer School Students dir. Philip Thorby and Friends
7.30pm, Saturday 9 August, 2008
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington St
Renaissance music for instruments and voices from the Flemish masters.
Renaissance music for instruments and voices from the Flemish masters Heinrich Isaac and Ludwig Senfl,
performed...
SONG OF SONGS
Stile Antico Early Music Vocal Ensemble
7.30pm, Sunday 10 August, 2008
Trinity College Chapel
Sumptuous continental settings of the beautiful and erotic texts of the Song of Solomon.
Prizewinners in the Early Music Network Young Artists Competition, 2005.
MARIONAS
Gordon Ferries (baroque guitar)
12.00 noon, Saturday 13 September, 2008
Frazer Room, Trinity College
A lunchtime concert by one of Scotland's rising early music stars.
A lunchtime concert by one of Scotland's rising early music stars. Gordon Ferries
will play music of the 17th century...
FIRES IN PARIS
Fires of Love
7.30pm, Saturday 13 September, 2008
St Edward's Church
Music from mid 16th century France.
Three members of Fires of Love, a versatile and unusual combination of voices and instruments,
attended CEMSS courses,...
FABELLAE
Savadi
8.00pm, Thursday 16 October, 2008
Little St Mary's Church
Sacred and secular narrative works composed in Italy in the first half of the 17th century, by Carissimi, Strozzi, Merula, d'India and others.
Fairy tales, adventure novels, Hollywood movies - stories in their many guises are a part of the fabric
of our cultural...
THE DIVINE FLUTE-HEAVEN
The Royal Wind Music (Double Sextet of Renaissance Recorders, directed by Paul Leenhouts)
3.30 pm, Sunday 16 November, 2008
Little St Mary's Church
Consort music after the Dutch 17th-century collections of Sir Jacob van Eyck.
Consort music after the Dutch 17th-century collections of Sir Jacob van Eyck: a wonderful programme of
music ranging...
Audio clip of Royal Wind Music playing at the Boston Early Music Festival:
Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1577 - 1663), Glosada LXVI sobre la canción de Tomás Crequilión llamada: Gay Bergier,
from Libro de tientos y discursos de música práctica..., Alcalá 1626.
Live recording made by WGBH Radio during the Boston Early Music Festival in 2007.
By kind permission of the Vicar and Churchwardens..
VOICE, AND VERSE: MILTON'S MUSIC
Dr Jessica Martin
5.00pm, Sunday 7 December, 2008
Trinity College Chapel
Pre-concert talk by Dr Jessica Martin, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge.
L'ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO ED IL MODERATO
Essex Baroque Orchestra ; Psalmody dir. Peter Holman
6.00pm, Sunday 7 December, 2008
Trinity College Chapel
A Handel masterpiece, this rarely-performed work contains some of Handel's most beautiful and memorable music.
There will be a talk by Dr Jessica Martin before the concert (see above).
As part of the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of John Milton's birth, spearheaded by Christ's College,
and...
CONCERTI FOR CHRISTMAS
The Musical and Amicable Society
7.30pm, Saturday 13 December, 2008
Great St Mary's Church
Music by J. S. Bach, Vivaldi and Telemann.
We are delighted to welcome back this vibrant young period-instrument chamber orchestra for our Christmas concert.
This...
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