Cambridge Early Music Concerts 2007
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DOWLAND: MUSIC FOR SOLO LUTE
Jakob Lindberg (lute)
3.30pm, Sunday 11 March, 2007
Old Library, Pembroke College
Music by John Dowland, 'whose heavenly touch upon the lute doth ravish human sense'. Jakob Lindberg plays his extraordinarily rare lute of 1590.
LA DOLCE VITA - Italian Medieval and Traditional Music
Mediva
8.00pm, Wednesday 23 May, 2007
Trinity College Chapel
14th-century Italian repertoire including foot-tapping dances and beautiful and sometimes crazy love songs and courtly dances by Landini and Jacopo da Bologna.
Mediva are Ann Allen (shawms and recorders); Viva Bianca Luna Biffi (fiddle and voice); Massimiliano Dragoni (percussion and psaltery).
14th-century Italian repertoire including foot-tapping dances and beautiful and sometimes
crazy love songs and...
ROYAL CHAMBERS, SACRED VAULTS AND NOBLE HOMES
Consortium5
7.30pm, Saturday 7 July, 2007
St Edward's Church
Opening doors on three centuries of consort music.
The development of the recorder over the centuries has been inspired by the settings
and expectations of performance....
IN MEMORIA
The Clerks' Group dir. Edward Wickham
7.30pm, Wednesday 18 July, 2007
Emmanuel College Chapel
Medieval and Renaissance songs of remembrance.
Medieval and Renaissance songs of remembrance including Dufay's Ave Regina coelorum,
composed to be sung...
BACH'S LYRE
Pavlo Beznosiuk (baroque violin)
8.30pm, Tuesday 24 July, 2007
Old Library, Emmanuel College
Solo violin sonatas and partitas of J.S.Bach.
The Irish-Ukrainian violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk has been described as an artist with "star quality" whose
"playing...
THE BAROQUE AVANT-GARDE
Douglas Hollick (harpsichord, organ)
8.00pm, Saturday 28 July, 2007
Trinity College Chapel
A celebration of the tercentenary of Dietrich Buxtehude, based around three of the finest of Buxtehude's organ Praeludia, played on Trinity's historic 'Father Smith' organ.
A celebration of the tercentenary of Dieterich Buxtehude, based
around three of the finest of Buxtehude's organ...
Concert promoted in association with the University of Cambridge, Institute for Continuing Education. Concert generously supported by the Early Music Network with funds from Arts Council England.
THE EARLY VIOLONCELLO
Mark Caudle (bass viol, cello, bass violin), Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo)
4.00pm, Sunday 29 July, 2007
Little St Mary's Church
This afternoon concert explores the possibilities of the violone and violoncello
as solo instruments, and the emergence...
THE FAM'D ITALIAN MASTERS
The Parley of Instruments dir. Peter Holman with Philippa Hyde (soprano)
8.00pm, Wednesday 1 August, 2007
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington St
Solo motets by Handel, including the Gloria, and Trio Sonatas by Corelli, Stradella and Alessandro Scarlatti.
This concert features the silvery-voiced Philippa Hyde singing solo motets, including
Handel's recently-discovered...
HANDEL IN ITALY
Baroque Summer School Students dir. The Parley of Instruments
7.30pm, Saturday 4 August, 2007
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington St
Choral, orchestral and chamber music, including Handel's Laudate Pueri.
Choral, orchestral and chamber music, performed using Baroque instruments by the summer
school students, under...
VALENTINE BAKFARK - The Hungarian Orpheus
Jacob Heringman (lute)
4.00pm, Sunday 5 August, 2007
Little St Mary's Church
Fantasias and intabulations by Valentine Bakfark (c1526/30-1576), interspersed with dances from lute manuscripts...
THE FRENCH AMBASSADORS
Jennie Cassidy (voice), Jacob Heringman (lute), Philip Thorby (viol, recorder), Ian Harrison (voice and cornett)
8.00pm, Wednesday 8 August, 2007
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington St
"A fascinating musical survey of the music of Henry VIII's early reign, all linked closely to Holbein's famous painting" (Classic CD, March 1999)
This mixed-media concert of music, visual art and narration creates a sound-picture of Holbein's most magnificent...
EASTER IN ITALY
Renaissance Summer School Students dir. Philip Thorby and friends
7.30pm, Saturday 11 August, 2007
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington Street
From the kaleidoscope of Carnival to the joy of the Resurrection in Renaissance Italy.
From the kaleidoscope of Carnival to the joy of the Resurrection: music for instruments and voices
from Renaissance...
THE DESIRE OF HEAVENLY HARMONIES
Stile Antico
7.30pm, Sunday 12 August, 2007
Trinity College Chapel
Music from the golden age of the English choral tradition, by Byrd and Tallis, performed by one of the most original and exciting vocal groups of our time.
Music from the golden age of the English choral tradition, by Byrd and Tallis. Stile Antico is
one of the most...
Concert generously supported by the Early Music Network with funds from Arts Council England and by Cambridge Family Law Practice.
GOTHIC WINDS
Les Haulz et les Bas
3.00pm, Sunday 16 September, 2007
St Bene't's Church
Music from the 13th to 16th centuries for the 'Alta Capella'.
Tower music, tafelmusik, dances and songs: an overview of the loud musicians' art from the 400-year history
of...
YS: SONGS FROM A SUNKEN CITY
Clara Sanabras and Retrospect
7.30pm, Saturday 13 October, 2007
St Edward's Church
Early music from Brittany. Retrospect are Clara Sanabras (voice, lutes), Susanne Heinrich (viols), Clare Salaman (violin, hurdy-gurdy).
An ancient Breton legend tells of Ys, the richest and most powerful city in Brittany, which was swallowed up by...
FOLK SONGS
Trio Mediaeval with Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
7.30pm, Saturday 27 October, 2007
Trinity College Chapel
Norwegian traditional folk songs and medieval ballads.
Founded in Oslo in 1997, Trio Mediaeval has developed three distinct strands of repertoire:
polyphonic medieval...
CONCERTI FOR CHRISTMAS
The Musical and Amicable Society
7.30pm, Saturday 15 December, 2007
Great St Mary's Church
The Musical and Amicable Society have enchanted Cambridge audiences for the past three years with their
superb...
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