York Early Music Festival 2013

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FRIDAY 5 – SATURDAY 13 JULY

2013

The Eternal City

John Bryan, Lindsay Kemp, Elizabeth Kenny, Peter Seymour

Artistic Advisors

Central to this rich theme is a celebration of the lifeand work of the violinist and composer ArcangeloCorelli. Corelli devoted his entire career to Rome, butexercised an unparalleled international influence in hislifetime. By the time of his death 300 years ago in1713 he was acknowledged as a truly Europeanphenomenon - as a performer, teacher and 'creator' ofthe Italian trio sonata and the concerto grosso - formsimitated or adapted by composers throughout Europe.

Another anniversary to be celebrated in 2013 is the450th of the birth of John Dowland, a composer andworld-famous lutenist who intended to study inRome, but whose career took him to France, Germanyand Denmark. His music is performed here by some oftoday’s finest international performers on lutes, violsand voices.

The Festival culminates with the 2013 InternationalYoung Artists Competition on 13 July featuringmusicians from around Europe and beyond.

The 29 events that make up the Festival includeconcerts, illustrated lectures and workshops from the earliest chant, found in medieval libraries acrossEurope, to Handel's glorious music for Vespers from his triumphant stay in Rome in 1707. Presented insome of York’s most beautiful historic venues, theFestival is a treasure trove of musical offerings. We look forward to welcoming you.

Delma Tomlin MBEAdministrative Director

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2013The Eternal City

The 2013 Festival theme focuses on the unrivalled musicalheritage of Rome - The Eternal City - from the time of themedieval Popes, through the Renaissance polyphony of

Palestrina to the exuberant baroque of Handel’s visit to Romein the early 18th century.

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Thank you!York Early Music Festival is grateful to the many individualsand organisations that continue to support its activities – notleast the many loyal and supportive audience members and inparticular the Friends of the Festival.

Thanks are due to Arts Council England, Yorkshire; our media partner BBC Radio 3; and our sister organisation theNational Centre for Early Music as well as tourism partners Welcome to Yorkshire. We particularly commend ourpartner hotels in York – The Queens, Hotel du Vin, Dean Court, Middlethorpe Hall, Lady Anne Middleton, Monk Bar,Novotel, Grange and Holiday Inn. We are also pleased to welcome a new partnership with York Minster.

We are pleased to acknowledge support from the City of York Council; Harrowells Solicitors; JWP Creers;Shepherd Group; the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society; SHM Foundation; the University of York; theDean & Chapter, York and the many individuals who support us anonymously each year. We would also like tothank the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, Youth Music, York Arts Academy and the NCEM Patrons for their support.

York Early Music Festival is a member of REMA, the European Early Music Network

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The NCEM Patrons Scheme is celebrating its firstanniversary this summer with a series of speciallyorganised events designed to give Patrons greateraccess to our work – through open rehearsals,opportunities to meet with artists and like-mindedindividuals, receptions and supper parties.

The NCEM is dependent on your support to continueits ambitious programme of festivals, educationalactivities and concerts - so please do join us. Contactus for information at [email protected], orcheck out www.ncem.co.uk/patrons

York Merchant Adventurers’ Hall National Centre for Early Music

5.30pm – c.6.30pm Bedern Hall, Bedern | £7.50 including a glass of wine on arrival

Handel in RomeHandel’s journeys around Italy in his early twenties nourished the fledgling composer. Most of his time wasspent in Rome, where a succession of connections with powerful patrons led to the creation of his firstmasterpieces in many of the essential genres of the day including pastoral cantatas, oratorios and churchmusic. David Vickers examines how Handel’s Roman activities prepared the foundations upon which hisillustrious career was built.

Friday 5 July


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7.30pm – c.9.30pm York MinsterReserved seating front nave: £25.00Reserved seating rear nave: £18.00 (concessions £15.00)Unreserved seating side aisles: £12.00 (students £5.00) Admission through West Door

Mhairi Lawson, Bethany Seymour sopranos

Yorkshire Bach Choir Yorkshire Baroque Soloists Lucy Russell leader

Peter Seymour conductor

A Roman Arcadian CelebrationItaly at the start of the 18th century was the place to digest the latestcompositional forms and performance styles, so it comes as no surprisethat in 1706 the 21-year-old Handel’s insatiable passion for learning tookhim from Germany to Rome. There he met, performed with and no doubtlearnt from musicians such as Corelli, Pasquini, Alessandro and DomenicoScarlatti, and quite possibly Caldara too, as well as making influentialfriends at the aristocratic arts clubs that were the Arcadian Academies.Our opening concert presents extracts from music Handel provided for a

Carmelite Vespers service for the feast of the Madonna del Carmine in July 1707 including the famous DixitDominus, along with another of the latest fashions of the time – a Corelli concerto grosso – andspectacular motets both large and small.

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Sir Marcus Worsley - President of York Early Music Festival 1981 to 1999.

Bethany Seymour is supported by the BBC Arts Performing Fund.

By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter, York

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Saturday 10 July


10.00am – c.11.00am NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Reserved seating: £7.50 including coffee on arrival

‘Behold a wonder here’ Lutenist Elizabeth Kenny chairs a discussion withRoger Savage, John Bryan, Michael Gale andChristopher Goodwin of the UK Lute Society,exploring Dowland’s role at the centre of European

music in the late renaissance, hissignificance then and now, andwhat his music has to offerto the 21st–century.

A series of events marking the 450th anniversary of the birth of one of England’s greatest lutenists and song-composers, John Dowland.

1.00pm – c.2.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: £17.00 (concessions £15.00)

Jakob Lindberg lute

‘Whose heavenly touch upon the lute doth ravish human sense’Dowland’s music for solo lute ranges from light,frivolous pieces such as Lady Hunsdon's Puffe and Mrs.Winter's Jump to sublime works of profoundmelancholy such as Lachrimae and Farewell. JakobLindberg presents an anthology of this extraordinarilyvaried repertoire, playing it on a rare survivinginstrument from Dowland’s lifetime – a lute by SixtusRauwolf, made in Augsburg around 1590.

“...there are certain musicians whomaintain an almost inhumantrack record of unblemishedexcellence in their field, onesuch is the Swedish lutenistJakob Lindberg”. In Tune

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Saturday 6 July

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Saturday 6 July

3.30pm – c.4.30pm St Olave’s Church, Marygate£17.00 (concessions £15.00)

Iestyn Davies countertenor

Thomas Dunford lute

The Art of MelancholyThrough many of Dowland’ssongs there runs a deep veinof melancholy that speaksbeyond the fashions of thetime. In the past, suchmelancholy was often linkedto manic states or periods ofcreativity, but by alsoembracing Dowland’s output

as a vent of personal experience and expression wecan immediately engage in a dialogue with him andboth his poetry and music may be richer for it. Thisrecital, placing his songs amongst those ofcontemporaries such as Robert Johnston, ThomasCampion and John Danyel, throws open a window onthe famous quotation from Robert Burton’s Anatomyof Melancholy (1621), that melancholy is ‘known tofew, unknown to fewer’.

“Iestyn Davies’s performancewas, as usual with thatamazing singer, beautifuland compelling beyondwords”. The Independent

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7.30pm – c.9.30pmSir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of YorkReserved seating: £25.00(concessions £20.00, students £5.00)

Rose Consort of ViolsIbi Aziz, John Bryan, Alison Crum, Roy Marks, Peter Wendlandwith

Grace Davidson soprano

Claire Wilkinson alto

Nicholas Todd tenor

Timothy Scott Whiteley bass

Jacob Heringman lute

‘Teares of Sorroweand Gladnesse’Music from one of Dowland’s most extraordinarycreations, his intense collection of Lachrimae, orSeaven Teares figured in seaven Passionate Pavans,set in the context of works by musicians whom heknew at the Danish court, including vocal andinstrumental pieces by Mogens Pederson and

Melchior Borchgrevinck, and music by othercontinental composers such as Marenzioand Lassus who inspired him. The concertfeatures some of Dowland’s greatest ayresand lute solos, together with devotionalsongs, solo songs with viols, and hisincomparable dance music.

“...the Rose Consort play in a sublimelyunfussy, unfettered manner worthy ofthe music.” Gramophone

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Saturday 7 July Sunday 7 July


1.00pm – 2.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: admission is free to thoseattending the Festival, but please do book a ticketin advance to avoid disappointment. Limited totwo tickets per person.

BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show Join us for a live broadcast of the popular Early MusicShow, presented by Catherine Bott with specialguests from the Festival including Fabio Bonizzoni.

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3.00pm – c.4.00pm Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate £10.00 (Festival Friends free, students £5.00)

Minster Minstrels Heather Moger director

civis romanus sum

Great characters of Roman history and mythology have long been a source of inspiration. Some were greatheroes, others rather less admirable, but all were as susceptible to human passions and weaknesses as the restof us. The Minster Minstrels festival programme enlists music bringing us closer to some of these famousfigures, from Nero’s queen Poppea (Monteverdi) to the goddess Diana (Weelkes), and from emperor Dioclesian(Purcell) to general Scipione (Handel). Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 also finds its way in; its prominentrole for horns is thought by some to evoke a triumphal march for Caesar – or maybe it was Nero.

Minster Minstrels is the Festival’s young people’s instrumental ensemble – run as a partnership between theNCEM and the City of York Arts Academy with support from the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust.

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7.00pm – c.9.00pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall,University of YorkReserved seating: £25.00 (concessions £20.00,students £5.00)

Musica AntiquaRoma directed by

Riccardo MinasiRiccardo Minasi, Zefira Valova violinsLea Rahel Bader celloSimone Vallerotonda theorboMaxim Emelyanychev harpsichord, cornett

Approaching Corelli Arcangelo Corelli is one of the great figures inRome’s musical history, seen in his time as ‘Orpheus of our age’ and the composer of exemplary instrumental chamber works whichoffered undisputed archetypes of classical elegance,refinement and formal clarity. Yet these models,which played a major part in defining the musicallanguage of the 18th century, did not spring fromnowhere; in this concert Riccardo Minasi and hisensemble examine the vibrant milieu which formedthe background to Corelli’s achievements,performing works by some of his brilliant but lesswell-known Roman predecessors andcontemporaries.

“this is top-league stuff." Gramophone

Sunday 7 July


10.00pm – c.11.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Reserved seating: £17.00 (concessions £15.00)

Paul O’Dette lute

Dowland’s Grand Tour

Dowland was intensely interested in the music of hiscontemporaries, both in England and on thecontinent. An apprenticeship spent in Paris was laterfollowed by a grand tour of Europe during which hecame into contact with important composers,singers and lutenists whose music he borrowed andimitated in his own works. Paul O’Dette’sprogramme traces Dowland's travels, presenting themusic he might have heard on his trip includingworks by John Johnson, Jacques Polonais, GregoryHuwet, Melchior Neusidler, Simone Molinaro andDowland himself.

“O’Dette’s mastery of the instrument..is alreadythe stuff of legend.” Boston Globe

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Monday 8 July


10.30am – c.11.30am Bedern Hall, Bedern £7.50 including coffee on arrival

‘The divine ArcAngelo’

Corelli’s remarkable reputation and influence appearto be at odds with his slender published output.John Bryan, Professor of Music at the University ofHuddersfield, considers some of the myths that havegrown up around this leading figure in the headymusical atmosphere of baroque Rome, andinvestigates what we really know about Corelli’scareer as violinist, composer and musical ‘fixer’ for competing cardinals and princelings.

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1.00pm – c.2.15pm St Michael le Belfrey Church, High Petergate£12.00 (concessions £10.00, students £5.00)

University of York ChamberChoir & University BaroqueEnsembleNia Lewis, Dan Edgar, Tim Smedley directors

Peter Seymour conductor

A peacefulcelebrationHandel Te Deum and Jubilate for the

Peace of UtrechtBiber Battalia

Handel’s Te Deum and Jubilate for the Peace ofUtrecht were his first public church compositionsfor England, written in 1713 for a thanksgivingservice in St Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate a recentlysigned peace treaty. Composed for large forces, itforeshadows the grand choral style of later Englishworks such as Messiah and the Coronation Anthems.Heinrich Biber’s instrumental music has a veryindividual voice and sonority; his ‘suite’ ofmovements Battalia, composed in 1673, is typicalprogrammatic music of the time, its effects rangingfrom an alarming cacophony of drunken soldiers toslap-pizzicato musket shots!

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3.30pm – c.5.00pm Bedern Hall, BedernFriends £15.00 Guests £20.00

Afternoon Tea Party The Friends of the Festival’s first afternoon tea party - with sandwiches, cakes, gallons of tea and speciallydevised musical interludes!

The Friends are dedicated to supporting the summer festival. Membership brings many benefits, includingadvanced booking, discounted tickets, reserved seating (wherever possible) and opportunities to meet like-minded individuals. .

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Monday 8 July


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7.00pm – c.9.00pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York Reserved seating: £25.00 (concessions £20.00, students £5.00)

La Risonanza directed by

Fabio Bonizzoni with

Yetzabel Arias Fernandez soprano

Elena Biscuola alto

Voicing Corelli Vocal pieces by Corelli? Yes, that’s right! Although Corelli’s music wasknown and admired throughout Europe, the fact that his publishedoutput was both small and restricted entirely to instrumental music wasa cause of frustration for many. To remedy the situation, steps had to betaken. Fabio Bonizzoni’s award-winning ensemble returns to Yorkfollowing their appearance here in 2009 with a unique programme ofvocal duets on sacred texts ingeniously adapted from Corelli’s trio sonatasby his contemporary admirer Antonio Tonelli, interspersing them withexamples of the real thing and a secular duet by Handel, written inLondon but recalling his own youthful days in Rome.

“Fabio Bonizzoni is recognized as one of the 10 World's Handelians”.BBC Music Magazine

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Monday 8 July

10.00pm – c.11.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: £15.00 (concessions £13.00)

Ensemble Medusa directed by

Patrizia Bovi Patrizia Bovi voice, harp Crawford Young lute, viola da mano Leah Stuttard gothic harp Gabriele Miracle dulcimer, percussions

Lucrezia …. the daughter of the Pope1480-1519The Borgia name has now become synonymous withtreachery and corruption. Lucrezia was the daughterof Alexander Borgia, born before he became PopeAlexander VI, and sister of Cesare, one of the mostbloodthirsty men of his time. She remained a strongwoman with a passion for the arts surrounded byartists of the highest order in every discipline:musicians, painters, sculptors, writers, poets.Ensemble Medusa has brought together musicwhich reflects her life from the papal courtin Rome to Naples and finally to

the Este court in Ferrara, where she was a grandpatron of composers such as frottolist BartolomeoTromboncino.

“whipping the audience into a hand-clapping,foot stomping frenzy” Early Music Today

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4.00pm – c.5.00pmNCEM, St Margaret’s Church Reserved seating: £15.00 (concessions £13.00)

Fabio Bonizzoni harpsichord

Fabio Bonizzoni celebrates the genius of GirolamoFrescobaldi, organist of St Peter’s in Rome and oneof the most significant and admired keyboardcomposers of the early Baroque. Frescobaldi’scompositions are set alongside works by two 17th-century keyboard giants, Froberger and LouisCouperin, as well as pieces from the Iberianpeninsula by Cabezón and Carreira, and one ofBach’s brilliant early toccatas.

“Others have tried...but few have succeeded likeFabio Bonizzoni.. It's a benchmark disc, fusingintellectual rigour with soulful expression.” BBC Music Magazine

Tuesday 9 July


1.30pm – c.2.30pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York £5.00 (Friends, students and children free of charge)

Youths, Lutes & Ukes: Music from Shakespeare tothe blues - for a gang ofstrummers.200 young ukulele players from York schools joinmembers of the Theatre of the Ayre and The UkuleleOrchestra of Great Britain in an entertainingshowcase of chord patterns, dances and songs. Theconcert marks the culmination of a whole term’sproject led by members of both ensembles and localukulele teachers. The programme connects twoRobert Johnsons (the bluesman and Shakespeare'slute player), celebrating the sound of massedplucked instruments across the centuries.

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Tuesday 9 July

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7.30pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York Reserved seating: £25.00 (concessions £20.00, students £5.00)

Lutes ‘n’ UkesTheatre of the Ayre vsThe Ukulele Orchestra of Great BritainElizabeth Kenny, Jacob Heringman, David Miller, Clara Sanabras lutes George Hinchliffe, Nick Browning, Hester Goodman, David Bowie ukes

The Devil at the Crossroads: Robert Johnson(s)Gatherings of plucked instruments have delighted, amazed and irritatedin equal measure for centuries. The vogue for ‘twangling instruments’in the masquing halls of 17th-century England and the ukulele boom atwhose apex sits The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain were just waitingto be connected… and the realisation that one of Anne Boleyn’s courtmusicians, Shakespeare’s lute player, and one of the most inspired bluessinger-guitarists of the last century were all called Robert Johnson andshare a common plucked chordal language, set us off on a journey of theJohnsons. Fantasy, myth, and a dose of the neglected history of pluckedinstruments – a unique collaboration!

“A crack-squad of top instrumentalists.” Gramophone

“Most people have to die before they become immortal.These ukulele superstars have no such worries.” New Musical Express

Elizabeth Kenny

George Hinchliffe

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Wednesday 10 July

YEMF is delighted to celebrate the 125th birthday ofthe Plainsong and Medieval Music Society by invitingFestival audiences to enjoy three public eventsorganised as part of the PMMS’ anniversary conference.


PMMS Conference 1 11.30am – c.12.15pm Bedern Hall, Bedern £7.50 including coffee on arrival

Lacking a Centre: Toledan chant and its relationto northern Iberian OldHispanic chantEmma Hornby (University of Bristol) and RebeccaMaloy (University of Colorado at Boulder) presentpreliminary findings from their major EU-fundedproject on the liturgy known as the Old HispanicOffice. In this lecture, they explore the relationshipbetween Toledan chant and the traditions found innorthern Iberia.

PMMS Conference 23.30pm – c.4.30pm Bedern Hall, Bedern £7.50 including tea on arrival

London andWestminster, c.1530Roger Bowers (University of Cambridge) exploresthe evidence of music-making in London andWestminster, home to over 150 places of worship,on the eve of the Reformation.

CONCERT BY CANDLELIGHT PMMS Conference 3 9.30pm – c.10.00pm The Chapel, MerchantAdventurers’ Hall, Fossgate£8.00 (concessions £5.00)

John Potter, Christopher O’Gorman tenors

Conductus:Latin Song from the 12th & 13th Centuries

A short programmeexploring the subtleartistic repertory ofconductus in theevocative medievalsurroundings of the 14th-century chapel of theYork MerchantAdventurers’ Companyperformed by artists who

have long been leading exponents of medieval song.

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This performance marks an on-goingcollaboration between the Universityof Southampton, the NCEM andHyperion Records and is funded by theArts and Humanities Research Council.

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7.30pm – c.8.45pm The Quire of York Minster£20.00 (concessions £17.00, students £5.00) Admission through West Door

Sinfonye with University of York Chamber Choir Vespers for St Hildegardcomposed and directed by

Stevie WishartA creative re-imagining of a choral evensong,traditionally known as Vespers and sung at dusk,devised in honour of a truly remarkable woman –Hildegard of Bingen - the 12th-century composer, nunand visionary who was made a Saint and Doctor of theCatholic Church in 2012.

Performed in St Peter’s Rome in the presence of PopeBenedict XVI in October, the piece will be given its firstconcert performance in St Peter’s York - the largestGothic Cathedral north of the Alps. The music, forvoices and medieval instruments including harp, organand bells, is based on the Benedictine service of Vespersand consists of psalms, antiphons and canticles,interweaving plainchant, polyphony and some ofHildegard's own melodies.

“…exquisite monodicharmonies…” The

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1.00pm – c.2.00pm St Olave’s Church, Marygate£15.00 (concessions £13.00)

Mark Tucker tenor

Paula Chateauneufchitarrone

Songs of Religious andErotic Passion from Rome

A concert exploring themingling of the spiritualand the sensual inRoman music of the17th century, whencomposers gave freereign to a bold, visceralstyle and the languageof erotic passionintertwined with ferventoutpourings of religiousdevotion. The

programme includes passionate vocal ground-bassvariations by Frescobaldi, Mazzocchi’s extraordinarilychromatic Lagrime amare (a lament of MaryMagdalene), and the ravishingly sensual Vidi ondegiarquesti infecondi campi from a manuscript associatedwith the great Roman musical patron CardinalMontalto. Also featured is a ‘fire and brimstone’cantata by Carissimi, Luigi Rossi’s pop-style tunefor a brooding lover, and the recently discoveredAncidetemi pur for chitarrone by Kapsberger.

“the diminutive Paula Chateauneuf andthe brilliant tenor Mark Tucker [workedtogether] in a revelatory exploration..a wonderfully fertile interpretation”.The Independent

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Thursday 11 July


10.15amNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating £7.50 (students £5.00)

EnsembleDaimonion (Switzerland)Anaïs Chen violin Andrea Inghisciano cornettDaniel Rosin cello Soma Salat Zakarias viola dagambaJosep María Martí theorboMaria González harpsichord, organ

Discorsi delle Comete Part I Chamber music by Picchi, Selma y Salaverde,Stradella and Cesare

Duo Domenico (UK)Jonathan Rees, Vladimir Waltham cellos

Birth of the Violoncello Part I Cello duos by Ortiz, Gabrielli and Barrière

Seldom Sene (Netherlands)Stephanie Brandt, Ruth Dyson, Eva Gemeinhardt,Hester Groenleer, María Martínez Ayerzarecorders

A Praise of MusickeWorks for recorder ensemble by Bach, Morales,Coprario and others

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2.30pmNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: £7.50 (students £5.00)

Ensemble Versailles (Germany)

Valeria Norkina fluteAlexey Fokin violinKentaro Nakata viola da gambaSofya Gandilyan harpsichord

Pearls of the FrenchBaroqueTrio sonatas by Leclair and Couperin

On Air (Germany)Marie-Therese Reith, Simon Böckenhoff, Robert Herden oboes, oboes d’amore, oboes dacaccia, bass oboesLuise Manske bassoon

Les Nations – War andPeaceMusic for oboe band by Lully, Krieger, Käfer andTelemann

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The Festival is delighted to present once again this prestigiouscompetition, which this year welcomes talented ensembles from the UK,across Europe, and musicians from as far afield as Israel and Japan. All thecompetitors are invited to York several days prior to the competition inorder to settle in and make friends, as well as to give a non-competitiveshowcase performance at the National Centre for Early Music. Join us forthese two fascinating days of concerts and informal workshops in thecompany of animateur Richard Jackson.

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Thursday 11 July


7.30pm – c.9.30pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York £25.00 (concessions £20.00, students £5.00)

Wieland Kuijken Asako Morikawa viols

Terence Charlston harpsichord

Virtuoso Viol

When the French viol player André Maugars played inRome in 1635 his virtuosity surprised all who heardhim since the instrument was no longer popular inItaly. Returning to Paris he began a tradition of greatFrench player-composers for the instrument, whichreached a peak of perfection in the hands of St.Colombe and his pupil, Marin Marais. Marais' playingapparently had an airy tone and refined graceful style:he played 'like an angel' in comparison with the'devilish' Forqueray, whose music flashed withItalianate flamboyance. As elsewhere in Europe thepolished sonata style of Corelli worked its magic inParis: Couperin in particular shows his understandingof the Roman's achievement. Today's programmeexplores some of the highlights of French virtuoso violmusic, and is performed by one of the world's greatestplayers of the instrument.

Dates for your diary

Saturday 4 May12.30pm, 3.00pm, 7.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church

University of York Baroque Daywww.Yorkconcerts.co.uk

Wednesday 22 – Sunday 26 May Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival Artists include: Trevor Pinnock; Members of the Orchestra ofthe Age of Enlightenment; Gallicantus; The Carnival Bandwith Vivien Ellis and Le Jardin Secret. Workshops forsingers, illustrated lectures, walks and talks.

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Saturday 29 June 10.30am – c.3.30pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church£25.00 including lunch

The Sixteen Insight DayJoin leading musicologists John Milsom and Sally Dunkleyand members of The Sixteen as they uncover the richmusical history behind the 2013 Choral Pilgrimagerepertoire.

Friday 6 – Saturday 14 December York Early Music ChristmasFestivalHighlights include The Sixteen presenting Britten’s‘Ceremony of Carols’ (Thursday 12 December) with artistsincluding Brecon Baroque; L’Aventurra and The York Waits.

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10.15amNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: £7.50 (students £5.00)

Der MusikalischeGarten (Germany)German Echeverri Chamorro violinKaroline Echeverri violinAnnekatrin Beller celloDaniela Niedhammer harpsichord

Balletto der DameWorks for 2 violins and continuo by Erlebach and Anon

Thalia Ensemble (Netherlands)

Belén Nieto Galán flute Sarah Assmann oboeDiederik Ornée clarinet Hylke Rozema hornJosé Rodrigues Gomes bassoon

Witty Winds – theemancipation of the windquintetWind quintets by Lickl, Reicha and Cambini

Duo 1702 (Denmark)Louis Hjorth Hansen recorderKatrine I. Kristiansen organ

Signor Bernabei and theGermansMusic for recorder and organ by Quantz, Bach and Pandolfi Mealli

2.30pmNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: £7.50 (students £5.00)

Les Mélomanes (UK)Ayelet Karni recorder, oboeStephen Pedder violinKathleen Ross cello, viola da gambaRan Orenstein harpsichord

In Stile Moderno: Sonatasfrom 17th-century ItalyChamber works by Merula, Marini, Turini, Rossi and Uccellini

Repicco (UK)Kinga Ujszazsi violinJadran Duncumb theorbo, lute

L’assassino e l’assassinatoMusic for violin and lute by Pandolfi Mealli and Albertini

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Friday 12 July

7.30pm – c.9.15pm York MinsterReserved seating front nave: £25.00Reserved seating rear nave: £18.00 (concessions £15.00)Unreserved seating side aisles: £12.00 (students £5.00) Admission through West Door

The Sixteen Harry Christophers director

The Queen of Heaven

The Sixteen returns to York with a programme focusing on a Mass – Missa Regina Caeli – by one of the mostfamous of all composers to have made their careers in Rome, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Seen by manyin his own time and since as a paragon of flawless and elegant Renaissance polyphony, he was employed by anumber of leading Roman religious institutions, including the Sistine Chapel. Alongside the Mass and otherexquisite works by Palestrina are the famous Allegri Miserere – once one of the Sistine Chapel’s most jealouslyguarded secrets – and three motets by the leading contemporary Scottish composer James MacMillan.

“the choral sounds were wonderfully clear and unfailingly precise … Christopher’s group can be just asimpressively extrovert as they had been austerely restrained.” The Guardian

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Saturday 13 July

10.15am – 5.30pm NCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: £25.00

Der MusikalischeGarten (Germany)…à 2 Violin. VerstimbtWorks for 2 violins and continuo by Anon and Biber

Duo 1702 (Denmark)Signor Biancucci and theDanes Music for recorder and organ by Raehs, Scheibe andPandolfi Mealli

Duo Domenico (UK)Birth of the Violoncello Part II Cello duos by Jacchini, Boccherini and Gabrielli

EnsembleDaimonion (Switzerland)Discorsi delle Comete Part II Chamber music by Picchi, Palestrina, Böddecker andCastello

Ensemble Versailles (Germany)

Impressions de ParisTrio sonatas by Leclair and Couperin

Les Mélomanes (UK)Masters of the DanceChamber works by Marais and Telemann

On Air (Germany)Lamento – Farewell andEternityMusic for oboe band by Paisible, Telemann, Croft,Bach and Purcell

Repicco (UK)Dances of Passion andPleasureMusic for violin and lute by Castaldi and Bach

Seldom Sene (Netherlands)TaraceaMusic for recorder ensemble by Tallis, Boismortier,Vásquez, Cabezón and Holborne

Thalia Ensemble (Netherlands)

Grand Finale – the masters’last wish Wind quintets by Danzi and Reicha

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International

The York Early Music International Young ArtistsCompetition will be presented by animateur RichardJackson and judged by conductor LaurenceCummings; festival director Bart Demuyt; PhilipHobbs of Linn Records; viol specialist WielandKuijken and composer/medievalist Stevie Wishart.

The winners of the 2013 competition will beannounced at the end of the afternoon and willreceive a cheque for £1,000, a CD recording contractfrom Linn Records and opportunities to work withBBC Radio 3 and the National Centre for EarlyMusic. In addition we will be awarding the first YorkEuropean Union Baroque Orchestra DevelopmentTrust Prize for the most promising younginstrumentalist(s) and the Friends of York EarlyMusic Festival Audience Prize. To join the Friends –and get a vote – contact Jillian Johnson [email protected]

Saturday 13 July


7.30pm York MinsterReserved seating front nave: £25.00Reserved seating rear nave: £18.00 (concessions £15.00)Unreserved seating side aisles: £12.00 (students £5.00) Admission through West Door

The Choir of York Minster Robert Sharpe directorDavid Pipe assistant director

Rome in York MinsterA glorious musical journey from Rome to York, featuring the works of Palestrina and Victoria and bringing tolife one of the treasures of York Minster’s historic collection. This evening’s programme places the massmovements from Palestrina’s famous Missa Papae Marcelli alongside Victoria motets and plainsong from theYork Missal, manuscripts of which are held in the Minster Library. York Minster Choir lead us into this opulentsound world, ideally suited to the Minster's spacious acoustic, by performing in the nave.

This programme has been designed to celebrate the opening of new ground-breaking interactive displays inthe Undercroft, ‘Revealing York Minster: A heroic, human and historic journey’, where visitors will betransported on a 2000–year journey from York Minster’s Roman foundations to the modern day.

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Booking Information

On-line: Visit our web site at www.ncem.co.uk and use the secure on-line booking service.

By telephone: Please contact the box office on(01904) 658338. Tickets can be booked by Visa,Mastercard, Access and Maestro. Please note that a surcharge of £1.00 will apply per transaction.

By post: Write to the NCEM Box Office, StMargaret’s Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TLenclosing an SAE. Cheques should be made payableto the National Centre for Early Music.

In person: The box office is open Monday – Friday9.00am – 5.00pm, except Bank Holidays.

Seating: Seats are unreserved except where indicated.

Reservations: Tickets must be paid for within threeworking days of reservation and at least 24 hours priorto the performance. Any remaining tickets will be soldat the venue immediately prior to the performance.

Entry to venues: Please note that, due to limitedturnaround time during the Festival, entry toperformances will not be permitted until theconclusion of rehearsals and tuning. We thank you foryour patience.

Concession prices: These are shown in brackets.They apply to those aged 60 and above, students andregistered disabled and their carers.

Friends of the Festival: The Friends enjoyadditional discounts, priority booking, reservedtickets (wherever practicable) and good company.Please ring 01904 658338 for details or [email protected]

Friends of the Festival Saver Ticket: £285.00 (concessions £245.00). Save over 20% by purchasing your Friends’ SaverTicket covering events 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16,17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26. Please notethat all concerts must be booked at the same timeand the offer is subject to availability.

Dowland Discount Saver: £65.00 (concessions£55.00). Buy tickets for events 3, 4, 5, 6 & 10 andsave over 20%

Refunds: We regret that refunds can only be given ifthe concert is sold out and we are able to sell on theticket. Please note that there will be a 10%administration charge.

General enquiries: Please ring 01904 632220 forgeneral information.

Group bookings: Special savings can be made forthose bringing a group of 10 or more, in which casewe offer an additional seat free.

Photography/Recording: Please note that the use ofcameras/recording equipment is prohibited.

Accessible facilities: The Festival offers awarm welcome to everyone. The NCEM

website www.ncem.co.uk is accessible to the partiallysighted and the NCEM has the benefit of an RNIBBraille map of York available on request from the boxoffice. Assistance Dogs are welcome at concerts. Fordetailed information, please ring 01904 632220. TheNCEM is a Typetalk Approved business.

Visitor InformationThe York Visitor Information Centreoffers help with accommodation andgeneral information about the City.Ring 01904 550099 or email [email protected]


Booking opens on Monday 11 March to Friends of the Festivaland on Monday 18 March to the general public

Gift VouchersThese can be purchased from the Box Office in amounts of £5 and £10.

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5 St Michael le Belfrey Church, High Petergate YO1 7HH

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2013

Friday 5 July

Yorkshire BachChoir

Saturday 6 July

Jakob LindbergIestyn Davies &Thomas DunfordRose Consort ofViols & Friends

Sunday 7 July

Early Music ShowMusica AntiquaRomaPaul O’Dette

Monday 8 July

La RisonanzaEnsemble Medusa

Tuesday 9 July

Fabio BonizzoniLutes ‘n’ Ukes

Wednesday 10 July

Mark Tucker &Paula ChateauneufSinfonye

Thursday 11 July

Wieland Kuijken & Friends

Friday 12 July

The Sixteen

Saturday 13 July

2013 InternationalYoung ArtistsCompetitionThe Choir of YorkMinster

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Documents

York Early Music Festival 2013