Tradition and invention in the sacred music of William Byrd
‘Framed to the life of the words’Tradition and invention in the sacred music of William ByrdAn online talk by David Allinson Thursday 2 February 2023, 7.30–9.00 pm William Byrd died […]
‘Framed to the life of the words’Tradition and invention in the sacred music of William ByrdAn online talk by David Allinson Thursday 2 February 2023, 7.30–9.00 pm William Byrd died […]
Directed by John Bryan Scaynes Hill Village Centre Saturday 18 February 2023 @ 10:30 am – 5:00 pm William Byrd died 400 years ago, in 1623, an octogenarian whose long life witnessed much change, […]
Convent polyphony from the 13th - 16th centuriesWorkshop for female voices plus instruments Directed by Laurie Stras Saturday 11 March 2023 @ 10:30 am – 5:15 pm Bosham Village Hall For female voices (SAT) […]
Directed by Emily White Sunday 30 April 2023 @ 10:30 am – 5:00 pm Normandy Village Hall (just NW of Guildford) Online booking form (preferred) Download further details and paper booking form (PDF)
A workshop for voices and instruments on Verse Anthems (Byrd and his contemporaries) on Saturday 24th June directed by Bill Hunt. Voices, viols, and soft wind (recorders, flutes, well-behaved bass […]
Live workshop directed by John Hancorn on choruses from Bach’s B minor Mass, for singers and orchestra (ie appropriate instruments!) Pitch A=440. Headcorn, Kent 12 September: still room for a […]
Live workshop for singers on the music of Weelkes, led by Will Dawes and Katie Banks. Weelkes died on 30th November 1623. Bosham, near Chichester On-line booking form (preferred) Download […]
Regina Caeli: Polychoral Motets for Mary David Allinson will direct a live workshop of larger-scale works for voices and instruments. Scaynes Hill (near Haywards Heath) This workshop is now full. […]
'Regina Caeli, Regina Mundi': musical veneration of the Virgin Mary in the Spanish Golden Age. The talk will be recorded for those not able to hear it on the night. Flyer with […]
The workshop will include dances by Lorenzo Allegri written for entertainments at the Florentine court (c. 1612); a 16-part canzona by Tiburtio Massaino; Jubilate Deo in 16 parts by Lambert […]
Peter Syrus will direct his new programme of borrowings in Spanish church music of the Golden Age. Bookings for recorder players are now full. Singers: more tenors needed. Online booking […]
Clapham and Patching Village Hall201 Long FurlongWorthing, BN13 3UT Reusing old material is not a new concept; Renaissance composers did it all the time, sometimes with their own material and […]