York Early Music Festival 2015 brochure

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2 – 11 July

E N T E N T E C O R D I A L E

John Bryan, Kati Debretzeni, Lindsay Kemp, Peter Seymour

Artistic Advisers

From the battle of Agincourt in 1415 – brought to life byThe Clerks in the Quire of York Minster on Thursday 9 July– to the magnificent spectacle which was the court of theSun King, Louis XIV, in a programme of music and dancepresented by the London Handel Players on Friday 3 July.

Highlights along the way include a welcome return to theFestival by Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Consort, The

Sixteen directed by Harry Christophers and the EarlyOpera Company led by Christian Curnyn. We are

particularly delighted to welcome the distinguishedBelgian vocalists the Huelgas Ensemble and The Orlando

Consort both of whom will examine the fascinating worldof medieval music from very different perspectives,

as well as Sylvia Abramowicz, Jonathan and Thomas Dunford in a programme focusing on the

maestro of the French Baroque Marin Marais.

The Festival culminates with the 2015 InternationalYoung Artists Competition on 11 July featuring emergingensembles from across the UK, Europe and the USA.Supported by a raft of organisations including the EUBODevelopment Trust and Creative Europe, this internationalcompetition goes from strength to strength and we lookforward to spotting the early music ‘stars’ of the future.

As the cover image illustrates, the festival draws together300 years of Anglo-French history – sometimesharmonious, sometimes rather less so! Whatever yoursympathies, the 2015 Festival challenges you to discoversomething new of the culture of these two remarkablecountries in a series of concerts featuring some of theworld’s finest early music specialists. We hope that thereis something here for you – if you’re inspired please doconsider becoming a Festival Friend or an NCEM Patron.Whether, Friend, Patron or Audience Member, we look forward to welcoming you.

Delma Tomlin MBEAdministrative Director

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The 2015 Festival takes us on a journey across 300 years of music-making, bringing together the music and musicians of England and France.

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7.30pm | Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York Reserved seating: £26.00 (concessions £22.00, students £5.00)

London Handel Players Adrian Butterfield director/violinRachel Brown fluteOliver Webber violinRachel Byrt violaKatherine Sharman celloPeter Buckoke double bassLaurence Cummings harpsichordwith Mary Collins and Steve Player dancers

A Celebration of Baroque DanceLouis XIV’s passion for dance inspired composers throughoutEurope so much that, for all his warmongering, perhaps hisbiggest victory lay in the gradual spread of French dancingstyles – La belle danse. By the end of his reign it was said that‘there is not a single court in Europe where the dancing-masteris not French’. Rediscovering the nature of these distinctivedances has in turn led to a reassessment of their music and a fresh perspective on the great composers who wrote them -including Lully, Rebel, Handel and Corelli.

“consummate skill and musicianship” New York Times

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Friday 3 July

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7.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate Unreserved seating: £5.00

Henry V (1944, 136 minutes, PG)As a prelude to our Battle of Agincourtanniversary concert (see Event 21), thefestival screens Laurence Olivier’s film ofShakespeare’s Henry V, with its stunningtechnicolour recreation of the battleand the pomp and pageantry of thecourt. The film will be introduced byJudith Buchanan, Professor of Film and Literature and Director of theHumanities Research Centre at theUniversity of York and author ofShakespeare on Film.

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Thursday 2 July

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Saturday 4 July

11.00am – c.12.15pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Reserved seating£16.00 (concessions £14.00, students £5.00)

Andreas Staier harpsichordEntente cordiale 1One of the world’s leading performers on historickeyboards explores two great 17th-century nationalharpsichord traditions in works by the Englishcomposers John Bull, William Byrd and HenryPurcell, and the Frenchmen Chambonnières,D’Anglebert and Louis Couperin. See also Event 4.

“Staier surely comes close to an ideal synthesisof historical awareness and charisma – superb”International Record Review

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3.00pm – c.4.15pm York Guildhall, St Helen’s Square Unreserved seating£16.00 (concessions £14.00, students £5.00)

Kati Debretzeni violinRichard Boothby bass violMahan Esfahani harpsichord, organEntente cordiale 2New member of the YEMF Artistic Advisers team KatiDebretzeni is joined by two distinguished colleagues in a tour of the finest English and French Baroquechamber music by John Jenkins, William Lawes, Jean-Marie Leclair, Marin Marais and Jean-PhilippeRameau. See also Event 3.

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7.30pm | The Quire, York Minster Unreserved seating: £26.00 (concessions £22.00, students £5.00)

Taverner Consort & Choir

Andrew Parrott director with Emily Van Evera sopranoCross-Channel ConnectionsCultural ties across northern Europe have often been strong, but the historic meeting of Henry VIII and Francis I at ‘the Field of the Cloth of Gold’ in 1520 gave the musicians of two Chapels Royal a rareopportunity to hear each other in action. Taking its lead from that encounter, this concert interlaces two Mass settings – Taverner’s ‘Western Wind’ Mass and Crecquillon’s ‘Missa Domine Deus omnipotens’ – with French secular chansons and intimate English songs.

“The singing is first-rate throughout” The Independent

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Saturday 4 July

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2.00pm – 3.00pm | NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Reserved seating. Free to those attending otherevents in the Festival but please do book ticketsin advance to avoid disappointment. Limited totwo tickets per person.

Early Music Show Join us for a live broadcast of this popular show,presented by Lucie Skeaping


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Sunday 5 July Sunday 5 July

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6.30pm – c.8.30pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of YorkReserved seating£26.00 (concessions £22.00, students £5.00)

Early Opera Company

4.00pm – c.5.00pm Unitarian Chapel, St SaviourgateUnreserved seating£10.00 (concessions, students £5.00)Festival Friends and NCEM Patrons free of charge

Minster Minstrels Ian Hoggart directorA ChoiceCollection

The Minstrels will be joined by students from theUniversity of York Baroque Ensemble in a programmeof Purcell, looking at his inspirations and legaciesacross both England and France.

The Minster Minstrels is run as a partnership between the NCEMand the City of York’s Arts Academy with support from theMayfield Valley Arts Trust. For details of the weekly programme,log on to www.ncem.co.uk/minsterminstrels

Sunday 5 July


Sylvia Abramowicz and Jonathan Dunford were firstbrought together by a shared love of the music ofthe great master of French Baroque viol, MarinMarais. Here they are joined by their son – making a welcome return to the Festival following his recitalwith Iestyn Davies in 2013 – in works from Marais’sFirst and Second Books of Pièces de viole.

“The perfect tuning of the instruments, the deep,melancholy tones … captivated the audience.” La république du centre

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9.45pm – c.10.45pm NCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating£16.00 (concessions £14.00, students £5.00)

Sylvia Abramowicz bass violJonathan Dunford bass violThomas Dunford lute, baroque guitarA Deux Violes esgales

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Christian Curnyn directorEd Lyon ActéonEmilie Renard DidoCallum Thorpe AeneasHilary Summers Junon, Sorceress

Charpentier: ActéonPurcell: Dido and AeneasChristian Curnyn’s admired ensemble returns to York with the perfect Baroque operatic double-bill.Purcell’s incomparable Dido and Aeneas, presentingthe death of the tragic Carthaginian queen, has longbeen acknowledged as a masterpiece of Englishmusical drama, while Charpentier’s story of theunfortunate hunter Actéon, transformed into a stagand devoured by his own hounds for observing thegoddess Diana bathing, is one of the greatdiscoveries of recent decades.

“Curnyn’s judgment of Charpentier's mix ofsensual refinement and violence is wonderfullyacute” The Guardian

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Monday 6 July

10.30am – c.11.30am Bedern Hall, Bedern £8.00 including coffee on arrivalUnreserved seating

Bringing FirminusCaron into focus David Fallows, Emeritus Professor of Musicology at the University ofManchester, introduces the man whountil recently was the 15th century’smost elusive and hard-to-identifycomposer, and explains how he has now emerged as a major figure.

See also Event 12


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2.00pm – c.3.00pm | NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Reserved seating: £13.00 (concessions £10.00, students £5.00)

University of York Baroque Ensemble with

Compagnia d'IstrumentiNia Lewis, Daniel Edgar, Tim Smedley directors

The North Wind and the Sun KingDance music from Rameau’s last opera, Les Boréades, is heard herealongside Purcell's distinctively English take on the genre in his Ayresfor the Theatre and Jean-Féry Rebel’s innovative ballet Les Caractèresde la danse, which takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the essentialdance forms of the day.

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Monday 6 July


7.30pm | The Quire, York MinsterUnreserved seating: £26.00 (concessions £22.00, students £5.00)

Huelgas Ensemble

Paul van Nevel directorFirminus Caron: A late Medieval MasterVery little is known about the life of this remarkable Franco-Flemishcomposer from the time of Dufay. This lack of information on his life is,however, outweighed by his musical output, which is incredibly diverseand filled with technical refinements far in advance of many of hiscontemporaries. This programme presents movements from five of hismasses and a selection of his impressively virtuosic secular chansons. See also Event 10.

“van Nevel would seem to encourage individuality of tone among hissingers, as the sound which results is a wonderful, ever-changingblend of voices … (the result is) … simply beautiful” BBC Proms 2013

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9.45pm Mamma Mia, Gillygate

Festival FriendsSupperIn a new departure for this year,Festival Friends, their guests andNCEM Patrons are invited to jointogether after Event 12 at this notedItalian restaurant. Please book with us by July 1.

To join the Friends, please contact theadministrator Jillian Johnson byringing 01904 632220, [email protected] or log on towww.ncem.co.uk/friends

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Tuesday 7 July

2.00pm – c.3.00pm | All Saints’ Church, North StreetUnreserved seating £12.00 (concessions £10.00, students £5.00)

La MorraDoron Schleifer voice Corina Marti recorders/harpsichordMichal Gondko lute Anna Danilevskaia fiddle

A Ballade’s JourneyA lovingly constructed programmeilluminating the fascinating history of the ballade form during the timeof its greatest flourishing in the latemedieval period and featuringcomposers such as Guillaume de Machaut, Pierre des Molins,Johannes Cuvelier, Antonello da Caserta, Arnold de Lantins,John Bedyngham and others.

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6.30pm – c.8.15pm | NCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating £16.00 (concessions £14.00, students £5.00)

Rose Consort of ViolsJohn Bryan, Alison Crum, Andrew Kerr, Roy Marks viols with Clare Wilkinson mezzo-soprano and Jacob Heringman lute

Queen Elizabeth’s French SongbookOne of the most prized possessions of the library of Winchester College is a set of red leather part-booksembossed with the arms of Queen Elizabeth and containing settings of chansons by many of the leadingFrench composers of the day. Festival regulars the Rose Consort presents a selection of chansons from thissource and others, including works by Certon, Sandrin, Sermisy and elegant French dances, and instrumentalmusic by Queen Elizabeth’s own court composers Tallis, Parsons and Byrd.

“There are no better executants than Clare and theRose Consort: such is their rapport with oneanother and their empathy with the music, onecan gain further insights into this endlesslyenthralling music” Early Music Review

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FILM@NCEMTuesday 7 July


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9.30pm – 11.00pm | NCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating£16.00 (concessions £14.00, students £5.00)

The Orlando ConsortMatthew Venner countertenor Mark Dobell, Angus Smith tenorsDonald Greig baritone Robert Macdonald bass

Voices Appeared: Silent Cinema and Medieval Music Condemned in France on its release, vilified by the Catholic authorities and banned outright in England, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 film La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc is now widely recognised as a silent masterpiece,regularly appearing in lists of the top ten greatest films.

Inspired by Dreyer’s vision, the award-winning Orlando Consort presents an entirely new, carefully-craftedsoundtrack of music from the era in which the film is set. The intricate beauty of 15th-century works byBinchois and Dufay, together with animated motets and haunting plainsong, amplify the poignant depictionof medieval France and provides a highly evocative accompaniment to this landmark film.

“The Orlando Consort’s performances are simultaneously ravishing and reverential” Los Angeles Times

“So extraordinary and otherworldly is this film's power, you could believe you were watching the actualtrial of Joan of Arc.” The Guardian

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Wednesday 8 July


11.00am – c.12 noon NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Reserved seating £16.00 (concessions £14.00, students £5.00)

James Gilchrist tenorPeter Seymour fortepianoO Tuneful Voice The art-song repertory of late 18th- and early 19th-century England and France is an obscure one, but while the outstanding contributions to French song of the time cameperhaps from Mozart and (in translation) Schubert, Englanddeveloped a body of outstanding songs which deserve to be betterknown. In this recital, songs by Dibdin, Linley, Attwood, Pinto,Bishop, Wesley and distinguished visitor Haydn are performed by one of Europe’s greatest song interpreters making a welcomereturn to the 2015 Festival.

“Supremely accomplished singing” Gramophone

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1.00pm – c.5.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church£25.00 including afternoon tea, or £20.00 if booked with event 18

The Sixteen Insight Day Whether you are new to the Choral Pilgrimage repertoire, or want to expand your existing knowledge, this Insight Day provides afascinating insight into the stories behind the music. Led by singerand practical scholar, Sally Dunkley and Bruno Turner, editor, musicdirector and scholar, in the company of a consort of singers, the Insight Days have proved to be remarkably informative and enjoyable occasions.

Promoted in association with The Sixteen

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Wednesday 8 July


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7.30pm | The Nave, York MinsterReserved seating front nave: £30.00 | Reserved seating rear nave: £23.00 (concessions £20.00) Unreserved seating side aisles: £16.00 (students £5.00)

The Sixteen Harry Christophers directorFlight of angels Music by Francisco Guerrero and Alonso Lobo

Seville during the 16th-century Spanish ’golden age’was one of the biggest, richest and mostcosmopolitan cities on earth, a place where arts and culture flourished, and where two of Spain’sgreatest composers worked. Francisco Guerrero andAlonso Lobo captured an astonishing variety ofmoods, from ecstasy and joy to despair, longing anddevotional stillness, all of which can be felt in thisrichly beautiful programme.

Guerrero: Duo SeraphimLobo: Kyrie: Missa Maria MagdaleneLobo: Libera meGuerrero: Gloria: Missa Surge properaGuerrero: Laudate DominumGuerrero: Maria MagdaleneGuerrero: Credo: Missa de la batalla escoutezGuerrero: Vexilla RegisLobo: Ave Regina coelorumLobo: Ave MariaLobo: Versa est in luctumGuerrero: Agnus Dei I and II: MissaCongratulamini mihi

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Wednesday 8 July Thursday 9 July


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10.00pm – c.11.00pmSt Mary’s Church, Bishophill Junior Unreserved seating £12.00 (concessions £10.00, students £5.00)

Alex McCartney luteElizabeth’s Lutes From Henry VIII’s time onwards, music was alwayspopular with the Tudors, but after Elizabeth I hadascended to the throne in 1558 her seventy-or-socourt musicians must have thought they were ina golden age. Elizabeth herself was a keen lute-player and this programme showcases the qualityof the professional lutenists who worked in andaround her court.

“wonderfully expressive playing” Opera Today

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10.15am – c.4.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating £10.00 (students £5.00)

Amsterdam Corelli Collective (The Netherlands)The Lure of Italy

Music for string orchestra by Stradella, Corelli andGeminiani.

Diapason (USA)Out of Italy

Sonatas for cello and harpsichord by Geminiani, Klein, J.S.Bach and Barrière.

Ensemble Ancor (Austria)La Gamba

16th- and early 17th-century music for recorder consortby Palestrina, De Rore, Gabrieli and others.

Il Giorno Felice (Poland)Equal Partners

Music for recorder and cello duo plus harpsichord byFrescobaldi, Stradella, Telemann and Matteis.

Sollazzo Ensemble (Switzerland)Cacciando per gustar

Music for voices and instruments from 14th-century Italyby Ciconia, Landini, Matteo da Perugia and others.

We are delighted to welcome emerging ensembles from theUK, the USA and from across Europe as they present a seriesof preliminary recitals in advance of the 2015 Competition.These informal recitals are introduced by singer andbroadcaster Catherine Bott. See also Events 22 and 25.

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Thursday 9 July


7.30pm | The Quire, York Minster | Unreserved seating: £26.00 (concessions £22.00, students £5.00)

The ClerksEdward Wickham director

Cry God for Harry: Music from the Court of Henry V

To mark the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, The Clerks offer a special programme,featuring music associated with the court of Henry V and with the battle itself. Drawing on the richseam of English polyphony to be found in the Old Hall Manuscript and other early 15th-century sources,the programme offers a fascinating picture of music operating in the service of religion, politics andceremonial occasions.

See also Event 1.

“Bold and brilliant performances” Gramophone

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4.30pm Bar Convent, Blossom Street

Festival Friends’ Afternoon Tea NCEM Patrons and Friends of York Early Music Festival areinvited to meet for afternoon tea in the elegant surroundingsof the Bar Convent. Tickets cost £13.00 and should be bookedby July 1 from Jillian Johnson at [email protected]

Supported by Middletons

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5.00pm Bedern Hall

Q&A with Edward WickhamAdmission Free

We continue our informal recitals in thecompany of singer, broadcaster Catherine Bott.

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6.00pm – c.6.40pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York Unreserved seating: £5.00Free of charge to those attending Event 24

Ben Horden organ Vive La France!Celebrated organ music ofthe French BaroqueCouperin Messe pour les Paroisses:

Offertoire sur les Grand JeuxClérambault Suite du deuxième tonDaquin Suite de Noëls

Although it has presided over many concertspresented by the Festival, the Grant, Degens andBradbeer organ of the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hallhas rather stayed out of the limelight. Thisprogramme of organ music from some of France’smost celebrated 17th-century composers is awhistle-stop tour of the organ’s capabilitiesshowcasing a rich tonal palette.

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10.30am – c.4.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Reserved seating £10.00 (students £5.00)

Consone Quartet (UK)Light and ShadeSchubert’s String Quartet in D major D 94

Les Touches (USA)La Danse des violesBass viol duos by Boismortier, Hingeston and Viviani.

nexus baroque (Germany)A Due Flauti

Music for two recorders, cello and harpsichord byDomenico Gabrielli, Marco Uccellini and GiuseppeSammartini.

Royal Baroque (UK)‘Pour le plaisir du roi…’

Baroque chamber music by Lully and Rebel.

The Scroll Ensemble (The Netherlands)Kircher’s Curiosities

Improvisations for assorted instruments, inspired byAthanasius Kircher’s 1650 musical treatise MusurgiaUniversalis

Friday 10 July



7.30pm | Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York Reserved seating: £26.00 (concessions £22.00, students £5.00)

Yorkshire Baroque SoloistsBethany Seymour soprano Lucy Russell, Daniel Edgar violinsRachel Gray cello David Miller theorbo Peter Seymour harpsichord, organ

Un Concert spirituelCouperin: Le Parnasse, ou L’apothéose de Corelli

Jacquet de La Guerre: Sonate pour le Viollon et pour le Clavecin

Jacquet de La Guerre: Suonata. IVa. a 2. VV. E Violoncello obligato con organo

Jacquet de La Guerre: Cantata Le Passage de la Mer Rouge

Jacquet de La Guerre: Cantata Semelé

Montéclair: Cantata Morte di Lucretia

In the last years of Louis XIV’s reign, musical life at court was in decline and society turned to the publicconcert for stimulation. Soon Italy’s creeping musical influence was shown in French versions of the sonataand cantata genres. Alongside familiar composers such as Couperin, this concert presents music by ElisabethJacquet de La Guerre, celebrating not only the 350th anniversary of her birth but also one of the first womento achieve professional status as a composer.

“Yorkshire Baroque Soloists’ unflagging verve” The Press

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Amsterdam Corelli Collective (The Netherlands)

Ryuko Reid, Alba Encinas, Asuka Sumi, David Rabinovici,Christine Verdon, Hannah Visser,Isidro Albarreal Delgado, Kim WhiteviolinsIsa Juárez, Annemarie Kosten-Dür violasMaximiliano Segura Sánchez, Irene Kok cellosZaynab Martin double bassMario Sarrechia harpsichord

Lighting a Candle, Casting a ShadowMusic for string orchestra by Locatelli and C.P.E. Bach

Consone Quartet (UK)Agata Daraskaite, Magdalena Loth-Hill violinsLouisa Tatlow viola George Ross cello

The FatherHaydn’s String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5

Diapason (USA)Elizabeth Lyon celloMatthew Hall fortepiano

A Viennese portraitMusic for cello and fortepiano by Moscheles,Franz Xaver Mozart and Wölfl.

Saturday 11 July


The 2015 York Early Music International Young ArtistsCompetition will be presented by singer and broadcasterCatherine Bott: and judged by violinist Kati Debretzeni,singer and practical scholar Sally Dunkley, Philip Hobbsof Linn Records, Daniel Bizeray, Director General, CentreCulturel de rencontre d'Ambronay and Peter Pontvik,Director Stockholm Early Music Festival & President ofREMA, the European Early Music Festival Network.

The winners of the 2015 Competition will be announcedat the end of the afternoon and will receive a cheque for£1,000, a professional CD recording contract from LinnRecords and opportunities to work with BBC Radio 3 andthe National Centre for Early Music. In addition, we areoffering prizes from the EUBO Development Trust,Cambridge Early Music Festival and the Friends of theYork Early Music Festival. To join the Friends, and get a vote, please contact Jillian Johnson [email protected]

This year we are also able to award one Europeanensemble a place on the first year of the ‘Eeemerging:Emerging European Ensembles’ programme, a large-scaleEuropean cooperation project promoting the emergenceof new talent in early music.

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Ensemble Ancor (Austria)Ruth Bruckner, Iris Mañà Alentà, Stjepan Nodilo, Jin Yan recorders

O rosa bellaA portrait of love in medievaland renaissance times, includingmusic for recorder consort by DeRore, Crecquillon, Henry VIII,Ciconia and Clemens non Papa.

Il Giorno Felice (Poland)Michaela KoudelkovárecorderKatarzyna Cichoń celloJan Baciak harpsichord

Between Franceand ItalyMusic for recorder, cello andharpsichord by Frescobaldi,Boismortier, Leclair andFalconiero.

Les Touches (USA)Pedro Funes, Stephanie Raby bass viols

CosmopolitanArtefactsDuos for bass viols by Schenk,Boismortier and ChristopherSimpson.

nexus baroque (Germany)Julia Andres, Yeuntae Jung recordersTabea Eva Schrenk celloAlexander Gergelyfiharpsichord

In Stil Moderno Music for two recorders, celloand harpsichord by Merula,Castello and William Williams.

Royal Baroque (UK)Christiane Eidsten DahlviolinRebecca Vucetic recordersKaisa Pulkkinen harpKate Conway viola da gambaKatarzyna Kowalikharpsichord

Telemann in ParisTelemann’s Paris Quartet No. 6 inE minor

The Scroll Ensemble (The Netherlands)

James Hewitt violinRobert de Bree recorder, oboeIason Marmarasharpsichord

Bach’s WorkshopImprovisations for violin,recorder, oboe and harpsichordinspired by works by Bach andVivaldi.

Sollazzo Ensemble(Switzerland)

Perrine Devillers sopranoYukie Sato soprano andclavisimbalumVivien Simon baritoneSophia Danilevskaia fiddleVincent Kibildis harpAnna Danilevskaia fiddle and direction

Fiddle-players atthe court ofBurgundy15th-century music for voicesand instruments by Binchois,Dunstaple, Agricola, Dufay,Compère and others.

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The York Early Music Festival is grateful to the many individuals and organisations that have been able to support us in 2015 - not least Arts Council England, Yorkshire; the City of York Council; our media partner BBC Radio 3; our sister organisation the National Centre for Early Music, the Friends of the Festival and the NCEM Patrons.

We are delighted to acknowledge support from Harrowells Solicitors; JWP Creers; Shepherd Group; the University of York;the Dean & Chapter York and the custodians of York Guildhall; the Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate; All Saints’ Church,North Street, Bedern Hall and St Mary’s Church, Bishophill Junior. As ever the Festival is privileged to present concerts in

such a range of historic buildings.

Thanks are also due to tourism partners VisitYork and Welcome to Yorkshire and the hotels in the City, in particularMiddlethorpe Hall www.middlethorpe.com; The Queens Hotel www.queenshotel-york.com; Novotel www.accor.com;

The Grange Hotel www.grangehotel.co.uk; Middletons www.middletonsyork.co.uk and Monk Bar Hotel www.bw-monkbarhotelyork.co.uk

York Early Music Festival is a member of REMA, the European Early Music Network. This year, the NCEM begins a four yearpartnership with colleagues in France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Romania and Slovenia, funded through Creative Europe

which is designed to support young emerging ensembles across the community. We look forward to welcoming our firstensemble in residence in November of this year.

And last, but definitely not least, we would also like to offer our sincere thanks to the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust; Youth Music and York Music Hub who underpin our year-round creative learning programme, alongside the many

individuals who support us through anonymous donations and by buying tickets each year!

Our sincere thanks to you all: Delma Tomlin MBE

NCEM PATRONS

telephone 01904 632220 or email [email protected] Visit www.ncem.co.uk/patrons

Meet early music specialists and like-minded individuals through informal receptions,supper parties and concerts whilst supporting the long-term artistic ambitions of theYork Early Music Festival and the National Centre for Early Music.

If you are interested in joining us please

Supporting innovation, excellence and creative learning

Booking Information

Box OfficeThe National Centre for Early MusicSt Margaret’s ChurchWalmgate, York YO1 9TLTel: 01904 658338

How to bookIn person: The NCEM box office is open Monday –Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm. The Box Office entrance ison Percy’s Lane which runs parallel to Walmgate,just off Navigation Road.On-line: Visit our web site at www.ncem.co.uk/yemfand use the secure on-line booking service. By telephone: Please contact the box office on01904 658338. There is a non-refundable £1.00 administrationcharge for each transaction made on-line or bytelephone. This includes the postage of your ticketsif time permits.By post: Please send your order to the NCEM BoxOffice, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York YO19TL enclosing an SAE. Cheques should be madepayable to the National Centre for Early Music.Please use a large stamp if ordering 10 plus tickets.

General Ticket Information Email: Simply email your enquiry [email protected] Reservations: Tickets must be paid for within threeworking days of reservation and at least 24 hoursprior to the performance. Any remaining tickets willbe sold at the venue immediately prior to theperformance.Concession prices: The price shown in brackets isthe concession price for those aged 65 and over,registered disabled and a companion, and theunemployed.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.

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

website www.ncem.co.uk is accessible to thepartially sighted and assistance dogs are welcome atconcerts. For detailed information, please ring 01904632220. The NCEM is a Typetalk Approved business.

Buy nine tickets for any one concertand receive one further ticket free! All tickets must be booked inadvance and at the same time.

Visitor InformationThe York Visitor Information Centre offershelp with accommodation and generalinformation about the City. Ring 01904550099 or email [email protected]

The Friends enjoy additional discounts, prioritybooking, reserved tickets (where practical) and goodcompany. Please email [email protected] forinformation.

Friends Saver Ticket: £290.00 (concessions £255.00)

Save 15% by purchasing your Friends Saver Ticketcovering events 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18,20, 21, 22, 24 & 25

Saver Tickets

Saturday Saver 4 July £45.00 (concessions £40.00)Buy tickets for events 3, 4 & 5 and save 20%

International Young Artists Competition£36.00 (concessions £32.00) Buy tickets for events 20, 22 & 25 and save 20%

Please note that all concerts must be booked at thesame time and that offers are subject to availability.

Saver Tickets may not be used in conjunction with anyother offers.


Booking opens on Friday 27 February to NCEM Patrons, to YEMF Friendson Monday 2 March and to the general public on Monday 9 March

Friends of the Festival

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5 York Guildhall, St Helen’s Square YO1 9QN

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The York Early Music Festival is administered by the National Centre for Early Music through the York Early Music Foundation – registered charity number 1068331.All details are correct at the time of going to press but the Festival reserves the right to make alterations to the published programme if necessary.

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Box Office 01904 658338

Highlights

London Handel PlayersAndreas StaierKati Debretzeni Mahan Esfahani Taverner Consort

Early Opera Company York Early Music

International Young Artists Competition

Huelgas Ensemble Rose Consort of Viols The Orlando Consort The SixteenThe Clerks Yorkshire Baroque Soloists

Documents

York Early Music Festival 2015 brochure