Cambridge Early Music Concerts 2009

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LAYDIE LOUTHIANS LILTE

Pantagruel

7.30 pm, Friday 27 March, 2009
Trinity College Chapel
Scottish and English music of the 17th century. Semi-staged performance with lutes, gitterns and voice.
Scotland and England achieved political unification in 1603, and musical relations between the two countries prospered....
Video excerpts of Pantagruel performing at the Internationaal Luitfestival te Oostmalle 18 March 2007.
Short extract, Lady Louthian's Lilte
Short extract, Yee Gods of Love
Media clips reproduced by kind permission of Pantagruel.

HENRY'S MUSIC

Alamire, QuintEssential (sackbuts and cornetts) and Andrew Lawrence-King (gothic harp)

8.45 pm, Tuesday 5 May, 2009
Trinity College Chapel
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1509-2009: Celebrating 500 years since the coronation of Henry VIII.
Cambridge Early Music is proud to be associated, in collaboration with Trinity College, with this very special concert...
Henry's Music at Arundel Castle: celebrating Henry VIII (1509-2009).
Video kindly provided by Dr David Skinner, Osborn Director of Music, Sidney Sussex College.

LUTE'S HEAVENLY HARMONY

Jakob Lindberg (lute)

3.00 pm, Sunday 31 May, 2009
Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College
Baroque music by Bach and Weiss.
Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) was appointed lutenist to the court in Dresden in 1718 and stayed in this employment...

THE AGE OF THE RECORDER

Laura Cannell (recorder) and Carolyn Gilbey (harpsichord)

3.00 pm, Sunday 7 June, 2009
St Bene't's Church
Music from England and The American Revolution.
A performance of 18th-century music commissioned for the bicentenary of the radical activist Tom Paine (1737-1809),...
La Notte, Vivaldi
Audio clip reproduced by kind permission of Laura Cannell.

HAD WE BUT WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME

English Ayres

3.00 pm, Sunday 12 July, 2009
St Bene't's Church
Cavalier songs and partsongs.
An afternoon concert of Cavalier songs and partsongs - cheerful songs from a troubled time. Few artists can have...
Take O take those lips away, from Sister Awake
Sister Awake, from Sister Awake
Audio clips featuring Jeni Melia, Christopher Goodwin, and Kathryn Hamilton-Hall are reproduced by kind permission of Magnatune from album Sister Awake.

HORTULUS CHELICUS

Judy Tarling (baroque violin) and Mark Caudle (cello) with Peter Holman (chamber organ)

4.00 pm, Sunday 26 July, 2009
Little St Mary's Church
'German' music for violin by Walther, dall'Abaco, Muffat & Handel.
Johann Jakob Walther (c.1650-1717) (not to be confused with the botanical artist of similar dates) named his book...

THE ITALIAN CONNECTION

The Parley of Instruments with Philippa Hyde (soprano) and Alison Hill (soprano)

8.00 pm, Wednesday 29 July, 2009
Trinity College Chapel
Handel and the Italian style in London.
The highlight of this year's Handel anniversary celebrations, this concert shows the influence on English music...

HANDEL IN ENGLAND

Baroque Summer School Students, The Parley of Instruments dir. Peter Holman and Philip Thorby

7.30 pm, Saturday 1 August, 2009
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington St
Vocal and orchestral music by Handel and others.
Music for choir, orchestra and chamber groups, performed using Baroque instruments by the summer school students,...

UNE CHOSE DÉLECTABLE AUX FLEUSTES

Zephyrus Flutes with Jacob Heringman (lute) and David Hatcher (viol)

4.00 pm, Sunday 2 August, 2009
Little St Mary's Church
Early 16th-century airs and dances.
The name of Nancy Hadden is synonymous with the Renaissance and Baroque flute. As a soloist and with Circa 1500...

THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE

Frottola

8.00 pm, Wednesday 5 August, 2009
Trinity College Chapel
A 13th-century story-book on the art of courtly love.
One of the most popular works of medieval French literature, Le Roman de la Rose survives today in some...

A MUNICH MARRIAGE OF 1568

Renaissance Summer School Students, Philip Thorby and friends

7.30 pm, Saturday 8 August, 2009
Emmanuel United Reformed Church
Music by Lassus, de Rore and Striggio.
When, in February 1568, Duke Wilhelm of Bavaria married Princess Renée of Lorraine, the music was directed...

IN PARADISUM

Stile Antico

7.30 pm, Sunday 9 August, 2009
Trinity College Chapel
Swansongs, memorials and paradisal motets by the Renaissance masters. Choral music by Byrd, Dufay, Sheppard, Schütz, Lassus, Josquin.
Renaissance choral music by Byrd, Dufay, Sheppard, Schütz, Lassus, Lobo, Gombert and Josquin. This fascinating...

A WELL-TEMPERED CLAVICHORD

Julian Perkins

12.00 noon, Saturday 17 October, 2009
Trinity College, Frazer Room
Fischer, Kuhnau and Bach on the clavichord.
A lunchtime concert by a leader in the new generation of keyboard virtuosi: '...yet more marvellous improvised invention...
Largo from Sett No. 3 in B-flat major, James Nares
Jigg from Sett No. 7 in G major, James Nares
Audio clips reproduced by kind permission of Julian Perkins from his recording of Eight Setts of Lessons for the Harpsichord (1747) by James Nares (1715 - 1783).

A MANY-COLOURED COAT

Evelyn Tubb and Anthony Rooley

7.30 pm, Saturday 24 October, 2009
Emmanuel United Reformed Church
Songs from Islamic, Christian and Jewish traditions.
Jerusalem, as an emblem of love and devotion, forms the central theme of this programme of poetry, divine and passionate,...

AUF WIENER ART

Le Jardin Secret

7.30 pm, Friday 30 October, 2009
Trinity College Chapel
Baroque Music from the Habsburg Imperial Court.
Prizewinners in the Early Music Network Young Artists Competition, 2007.
Deh, piangete, Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Ad un cuore, André Campra (1660-1774)
Audio clips reproduced by kind permission of Le Jardin Secret.
Concert generously supported by the Early Music Network.
 

THE CONSORT'S JOURNEY

Catch as Catch Can

3.00 pm, Sunday 15 November, 2009
St Bene't's Church
Music for Renaissance flute consort and harp.
Catch as Catch Can, an exciting young ensemble based in the Netherlands, base their repertoire on a rich collection...
Das Jagerhorn, anon.
La Plus des Plus, Josquin des Prez
Susanne un jour, Orlando di Lasso/Giovanni Bassano
Audio clips reproduced by kind permission of Clare Beesley, Catch As Catch Can.

CONCERTI FOR CHRISTMAS

The Musical and Amicable Society

7.30 pm, Saturday 12 December, 2009
Great St Mary's Church
Concerti for Christmas.
The Musical and Amicable Society have enchanted Cambridge audiences for the past five years with their superb musicianship...

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