York Early Music Festival Brochure 2012

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FRIDAY 6 – SATURDAY 14 JULY

2012

Welcome to the 2012 York Early Music Festival, acelebration embracing some of the world’s finest earlymusic specialists from Europe and South America.

John Bryan, Lindsay Kemp, Elizabeth Kenny, Peter Seymour

Artistic Advisors

There are numerous reasons to celebrate withus in York this summer as we reflect theOlympic ideals of excellence, aspirationand international harmony, cross overEuropean borders and explore thehistorical merging of musical culturesbetween Spain, Portugal and the Americas.In addition, we acknowledge the City ofYork’s own remarkable history with York 800,a celebration of the charter given by King Johnon 9 July 1212.

Join us in venues across the City from the gloriouscentral Nave of York Minster, to the medievalMerchant Adventurers’ Hall – itself over 650 yearsof age - to the National Centre for Early Musicsituated within the converted medieval churchof St Margaret’s.

Above all we are celebrating partnerships,between musicians, organisations, countriesand audiences, reflecting collaborationswhich have enabled us to welcomemusicians from Bolivia, Mexico and

Spain, Sweden and Israel – alongside someof the world’s finest early music specialistsfrom the UK and across Europe. We are alsopleased to celebrate our on-going partnershipthrough New Worlds with Harewood House, the

National Media Museum and Alchemy.

The Festival embraces music from the medievalthrough the Renaissance to the Baroque, and takesplace in one of the world’s most beautiful cities – wehope that you’ll enjoy visiting us and will find thatthere is something very special in this Festival for you.

Delma Tomlin MBEAdministrative Director

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Thank you!York Early Music Festival is grateful tothe many individuals and organisationsthat continue to support its activities –not least our loyal and supportiveaudience members and in particularthe Friends of the Festival.

Thanks are due to the Arts CouncilEngland, Yorkshire; our media partnerBBC Radio 3; imove a CulturalOlympiad programme in Yorkshire andour sister organisation the NationalCentre for Early Music as well astourism partners Welcome to Yorkshireand highlighted members of the YorkHoteliers Association – the Dean Court;Middlethorpe Hall; Queens; Grange;Monk Bar; Lady Anne Middleton andHoliday Inn York who offer an excellentrange of hotel rooms – seewww.ncem.co.uk/hotels

We are pleased to acknowledge supportfrom the City of York Council;Harrowells Solicitors; the University ofYork; the Dean & Chapter, York and themany individuals who support usanonymously each year. We would alsolike to thank the Mayfield Valley ArtsTrust, Youth Music, York Arts Academyand Ken and Pat Dixon for theirsupport of our education programme.

Friday 6 July

1.00pm – c.2.00pmNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: £12.00(concessions £10.00, students £5.00)

Arakaendar Bolivia ChoirwithUniversityof York Chamber ChoirTerence Charlston harpsichorddirected by Ashley Solomon

Music from the MissionsTwo choirs from very different backgrounds and musical educationscombine in sacred music from three substantial archives recentlydiscovered in the Bolivian Missions of the Moxos and Chiquitos Indians,as well as in the ‘silver city’ of La Plata.

Arakaendar Bolivia Choir was established in 2005 to work exclusivelywith Ashley Solomon and Florilegium on music from these archives, andthis performance is the first time they have collaborated with singersoutside Latin America. The unique cross-cultural project will includesacred works in both Latin and Spanish.

(See also Events 4 & 7)

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University of York Chamber Choir

We are delighted to welcome The Sixteen back to the Festival for their 2012 Choral Pilgrimage concertfeaturing arguably the three most celebrated composers from the Franco-Flemish school of the Renaissance.Brumel is considered one of the finest composers of his generation after the great Josquin, and Lassus,writing some 30 years later, was clearly influenced by both men. This concert presents Latin motets by allthree composers, centring on movements from Brumel’s staggering 12-part Missa Et ecce terraemotus(the ‘Earthquake Mass’).

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

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Josquin Praeter rerum seriemBrumel Gloria from Missa Et ecce terraemotusJosquin O Virgo prudentissimaLassus Magnificat super Praeter rerum seriemLassus Aurora lucis rutilat

Josquin Huc me sydereoLassus Timor et tremorBrumel Sanctus from Missa Et ecce terraemotusLassus Magnificat VII Toni super Aurora lucis rutilat

7.30pm | York MinsterReserved seating front nave: £25.00Reserved seating rear nave: £15.00 (concessions £13.00)Unreserved seating side aisles: £12.00 (students £6.00)Admission throughWest Door

The Sixteendirected by Harry ChristophersThe Earth Resounds

Friday 6 July


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Saturday 10 July


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Saturday 7 July Saturday 7 July

10.30am – c.3.30pmSt George’s Church, Peel StreetMeet 10.00am for coffee at the NCEM,workshop starts c.10.30am at St George’s£25.00 (no concessions) including lunch which isprovided at the NCEM at 12.30pm(£20.00 if booked with a Choral Pilgrimageconcert promoted byThe Sixteen)

The SixteenInsight DayJoin festival favourites eminent musicologist JohnMilsom, music editor Sally Dunkley and membersof The Sixteen for the 2012 Insight Day as theyexplore the music of Josquin, Brumel and Lassus.

11.00am – 12 noonFountains Lecture HallUniversity of York St JohnLord Mayor’sWalk - entrance via Clarence Street£7.50 including coffee on arrival

In ConversationJoin us as we explore the music and culture of 17thcentury Bolivia in the company of Ashley Solomonand Dr Piotr Nawrot, musicologist and director of theAssociation for Art and Culture in Bolivia. Chaired byLindsay Kemp.

‘When Jesuit missionaries arrived in Bolivia in the1670s with the aim of converting the local populationto Christianity, they encountered an indigenous peoplewho were keen to learn and make music. Each of thenewly founded missions duly gathered together musicfor worship, including masses and motets, and afterthe expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767 these collectionsbecame time capsules of 17th- and 18th- centurysacred music. Despite the clear European influences,this "mission baroque" also has its own clear andunique identity.’ Ashley Solomon, director Florilegium.

(See also Events 1 & 7)

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Ashley Solomon

1.00pm – 2.00pmUnitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate£12.00 (concessions £10.00)

Compagniad’IstrumentiDaniel Edgar, Nia Lewis violinsMałgosia Ziemkewicz violaTim Smedley celloPeter Seymour harpsichord, chamber organ

An Olympic TruceThe Olympic goal to further ‘the harmoniousdevelopment of humankind, with a view topromoting a peaceful society’ is one which wasforeshadowed in music by the Baroque ideal ofmixing the diverse national tastes. This programmecalls a truce between the competing national stylesof the Baroque period, including music by Muffat,Couperin and Telemann, as well as serving upSchmelzer’s sporting snapshot, ‘Fechtschule’ (TheFencing School’).

3.00pm – 4.00pmNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: £10.00(Friends of YEMF Free of Charge, students £5.00)

Minster Minstrelsdirected by Heather Moger

A Teaming of TimbresMusicians playing together work as a team. In thestudy and enjoyment of early music, the MinsterMinstrels ‘team’ crosses the borders of time,communicating the style and character of itsrepertoire with a palette of timbres that incorporatesboth period and modern orchestral instruments. Herewe present Praetorius and Holborne from theRenaissance, when boundaries between instrumentaland vocal music were blurred; from the Baroque,which saw the rise of the concerto and the virtuososoloist; and pre-Classical chamber music by J.C. Bach,in which each instrumental part is conceived with itsown particular tone-colour in mind.

Minster Minstrels is run as a partnership between theNCEM and the City of York’s Arts Academy withsupport from the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust. If youare interested in joining this vibrant group of youngmusicians, please contact us by

emailing [email protected]

Saturday 7 July


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Saturday 7 July

7.30pmSt Michael le Belfrey Church, High PetergateReserved seating central nave: £25.00(concessions £20.00),Unreserved seating side aisles and balcony £20.00 (concessions £17.00, students £5.00)

FlorilegiumBojan Cicic, Jean Paterson violins Jennifer Morsches cello Carina Cosgrave bassTerence Charlston harpsichord/chamber organ

Arakaendar Bolivia choir directed by Ashley Solomon

Bolivian Baroque: Music from the Chiquitos & Moxos Indians

Since 2002 Ashley Solomon and Florilegium have been working together with Bolivian musicians to promotethe unique collection of music held in the archives of the former Jesuit missions in Bolivia, music assembledand composed during the 17th- and 18th- centuries both by the missionaries themselves and by members ofthe local indigenous population. In this concert they perform sacred and secular works from the Moxos andChiquitos archives, as well as from the ‘silver city’ La Plata.

“These are gossamer light and radiantly clear voices, singing with delicacy,a wonderfully springy sense of rhythm and true joy.” The Times

Brentner Glória et honóreAnon Sonata Chiquitanas No.XVIIIAraújo 2 VillancicosZipoli Toccata in D minorBassani Missa Santa AnaBassani Missa a la Fuga

Anon Salve a 8Anon Stella CoeliAnon Eia FidelisBalbi Sonata Chiquitanas No.IXZipoli Te Deum LaudamusAnon Cantemus Domino

Saturday 7 July


Commissioned by imove, a Cultural Olympiad programme inYorkshire.www.imoveand.com imove has been primarily funded byLegacyTrust UK, creating a lasting impact from theLondon 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games byfunding ideas and local talent to inspire creativityacross the UK. imove is also funded byArts Council England.

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Arakaendar Bolivia Choir

1.00pm – 2.15pmNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: Free to those attending otherevents in the Festival, but please do book tickets inadvance to avoid disappointment. Limited to twotickets per person.

BBC Radio 3Early Music ShowThe Early Music Show’s Catherine Bott introduces alive broadcast featuring the acclaimed groupL’Avventura London performing a selection of 18th-century Portuguese and Brazilian modinhas.

Directed by Zak Ozmo withSandra Medeiros, Joana Seara sopranos

Joana Lawrence violinMarta Gonçalves fluteNatasha Kraemer celloDavid Gordon harpsichordAndrew Kerr violoneTaro Takeuchi, Zak Ozmo Spanishand English guitars.

“terrifically animated, wonderfulenergy… gorgeous!” BBC Radio 3

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Sunday 8 July


York Early MusicFestival LifetimeAchievementAwardImmediately following the EMS broadcast at2.00pm, the Festival will be presenting itsfourth biennial Lifetime Achievement Award tothe Catalan viol-player and musical directorJordi Savall.

Savall is widely recognised as one of the truestars of the early music world, a major figurewho for nearly four decades has combinedvirtuosity and sensitive musicianship on hisown instrument with inspirational directorshipof his ensembles Hespèrion XXI (formerlyHespèrion XX), Le Concert des Nations and LaCapella Reial de Catalunya. His questingcuriosity about early music and its historicaland wider cultural contexts has led him notonly to investigate a vast range of mainstreamEuropean repertoire from the Medievalthrough to the Classical periods, but also toexplore the links with folk and non-Westerntraditions, resulting in major projectsencompassing music from China, the MiddleEast, the Far East and South America. This is amusician who is as at home in an Irish jig or aSephardic lament as he is in Bach’s GambaSonatas or the English viol consort repertory,as likely to celebrate music from the Ottomancourts as he is those of Louis XIV or QueenIsabella of Spain.

The York Early Music Festival’s LifetimeAchievement Award honours major figureswho have made a difference to the world ofearly music, and has been presented everyother year since its inauguration in 2006. Theprevious winners have been the Kuijkenbrothers (2006), Dame Emma Kirkby (2008)and James Bowman (2010).

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7.30pmSir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University ofYorkReserved seating £25.00 (concessions £20.00, students £5.00)

Hespèrion XXIdirected by Jordi Savall viola da gamba

with Enrique Barona Mexican guitars, percussion, voiceLeopoldo Novoa Mexican guitars, percussion, Venezuelan harpXavier Díaz-Latorre theorbo, guitarAndrew Lawrence-King harpMarc Clos percussion

The Route of the New World;from Spain to MexicoThe 'Folia', a frenetic dance based on a repeating sequenceof chords, emerged from Renaissance Portugal, sweptthrough Spain and on to Italy, and soon reached theshores of South America where it found new vigour inthe hands of indigenous composers and performers.Juxtaposing music from Old and New Worlds, thisprogramme, led by one of the great figures of theearly music world, explores pieces based on theFolia, and celebrates the amazing improvisatoryskills with which musicians from across the globecan enliven age-old musical patterns.

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Jordi Savall


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10.30am – c.11.30amNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: £7.50including coffee on arrival

Passions on the Death ofPrince Henry – 1612Professor Maria Hayward, historian from theUniversity of Southampton, offers a personal insightinto the world of Prince Henry – a man much lovedby the English nation who tragically died at the ageof 18, leaving the world to suffer the bloodyconsequences of his brother Charles I’s reign andviolent demise.

This lecture illustrates the social history behind themusic of event 12.


The York 800 celebrations mark theeight centuries since the city wasgranted a Royal Charter by King Johnin 1212, allowing York to take chargeof its financial affairs and to trade

freely. In response, York’s citizens created a councilled by a mayor, laying the foundations of localdemocracy. Details of the year-long programme areavailable on www.york800.com

York Merchant Adventurers’ Hall

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1.00pm – c.2.00pmMerchant Adventurers’ Hall, Fossgate£15.00 (concessions £13.00)

The York Waitswith Deborah Catterall voiceMayors, Minstrelsand MysteriesPerforming on shawms, bagpipes, lute, harp, rebec,gittern, fiddle, portative organ, hurdy gurdy, pipeand tabor, The York Waits explore the world ofpopular music from the time of York’s Charter in1212, through the early days of the original 14th-century Waits, and up to the heyday of the MysteryPlays in the 1500s, including Estampies, Tudordances and tunes associated with the Citie Musicke.

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Monday 9 July


Monday 9 July

10.00pm – c.11.00pmSt Mary’s Church, Bishophill Junior£15.00 (concessions £13.00)

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Xavier Díaz-Latorreguitar

The Harmonic Poem17th- century Spanish Jesuit priest Francisco Gueraumade the unlikely connection between God and theguitar in his epic Poema harmónico, in which heexplored the idea of universal harmony with passacallesin every possible key a good 25 years before Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. Gaspar Sanz’s dances andimprovisations wound their way through spicydissonances and complex rhythms to amaze, delight andtransport their listeners; and Santiago de Murcia, guitarmaster to the Queen of Spain, woveechoes of African dances withsounds from Spain, Italy andFrance, in return for which hisown music has been found as farafield as Mexico and Chile.

"Xavier Díaz-Latorre, asuperb guitarist''New York Times

7.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: £20.00 (concessions £17.00)

Gallicantusdirected by Gabriel CrouchAmy Moore, Grace Davidson sopranosMark Chambers, David Allsopp countertenorsChristopher Watson, Nick Madden tenorsGabriel Crouch baritone Will Gaunt basswith

Elizabeth Kennylute

Dialogues of SorrowIn November 1612, the 18-year-old Prince Henry,elder son of King James I, took a dip in the heavily-polluted River Thames. Flu-like symptoms followed,rapidly developing into a debilitating fever fromwhich the young prince died. Some thirty yearsbefore England was riven by civil war, the nationhad lost a young man who might just have had thestrength and wit to prevent it. As with a morerecent royal death it resulted in a conspicuousabandonment of British reserve, fuelling thecomposition of emotionally-charged vocal musicwhich combined the new sounds emerging from theItalian courts of Mantua and Venice with thefashionable melancholy of the late Elizabethan era.

“A perfect selection of the vast outpouring ofgrief provoked by Prince Henry’s death, lovinglyand movingly performed”. Early Music Today

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10.30am – c.11.30amBedern Hall, off Goodramgate£7.50 including coffee on arrival

AMedievalMystery RevealedAs a prelude to Event 17, John Potter, Mark Everistand Christopher O’Gorman talk about the challengesof bringing 12th- and 13th- century music to lifeeight centuries after it was first composed. Givingvoice to the performers and to the scholars whobrought the material to light, this session provides aspringboard for a discussion of how we can enjoy andvalue the music of the past with 21st- century earsand understanding.

ASSOCIATED EVENT: 6.00pmTuesday 10th JulyCity Screen, Coney Street,York

The Mission (PG)

Roland Joffé’s highly acclaimed depiction of the work of SpanishJesuits in South America stars Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro aspriests with conflicting solutions to the oppression of nativeSouth Americans. The film asks challenging questions aboutresponses to the self-interest of 18th-century colonialgovernment which are every bit as relevant to theworld we live in now. As the film contrasts nature andself-sacrifice with the brutality of ‘civilisation’, itreaches a climax that is moving and devastating;combined with Oscar-winning cinematography and abeautiful score by Ennio Morricone, this is arguably Joffé’s finest film.

Tickets available now from City Screen Box OfficeTel: 0871 902 5726 or visit: www.picturehouses.co.uk/york

Tuesday 10 July


1.00pm – 2.00pmNCEM, St Margaret’s ChurchReserved seating: £15.00 (concessions £13.00)

University of YorkBaroque Ensembledirected by Compagnia d’Istrumenti

A London MarathonIn the year of London’s Olympics, we celebrate thecapital’s proven track-record for organisingextravagant public events. The concerts, fireworksand fountains of the 18th-century pleasure gardensenchanted London’s residents and visitors, and thisprogramme presents works by some of the mostpopular English composers of the time, includingJ.C. Bach, Arne, Handel and Boyce.

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Tuesday 10 July

ConductusLatin Song fromthe 12th and 13th CenturiesAround 1200 a new musical and poetic movementflourished in Europe: specially created Latin songsthat celebrated great historical events or commentedwittily on the politics and society of its age were setto newly-composed melodies and elaborated withexperimental harmonies, matching the revolution insoaring gothic architecture of the time. Thisprogramme explores this subtle artistic repertory inthe evocative medieval surroundings of All Saints'Church, performed by artists who have long beenleading exponents of medieval song.

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This performance has developed out of a researchproject at the University of Southampton funded bythe Arts and Humanities Research Council directed byMark Everist. The concert also marks the launch of aseries of associated recordings made at the NCEM byHyperion Records and the premiere of MichaelLynch’s film, supported by the National Lotterythrough Arts Council England that intertwines themusic with visual images from the period.

TRANSPORT TO HAREWOOD: See page 22.

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9.30pm – c.10.20pmCONCERT BY CANDLELIGHTAll Saints’ Church, Harewood£15.00 (concessions £13.00)

John Potter,Christopher O’Gorman tenors

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7.00pm – c.8.45pmThe Gallery, Harewood HouseReserved seating: £25.00 (concessions £20.00)including a glass of wine in the interval.

Mhairi Lawson soprano

Matthew Brook bass

Peter Seymour fortepiano

Heroism, Love, Mythologyand the ClassicsFor Schubert and Haydn, as for their predecessors andcontemporaries, the study of Greek rhetoric andmythology was an integral part of their general andmusical education. It is no surprise then that some ofSchubert’s most dramatic and inspired songs derivefrom his focus on opera librettos telling tales ofheroism from kings, queens and knights of theCrusades, or from the heroes, gods and goddesses ofOlympus. Alongside these blood-and-thunder heroes,love - fulfilled or unrequited - unsurprisingly alsofinds a place. Haydn’s ambitious dramatic cantataArianna a Naxos portrays the turbulent emotions ofthe famous abandoned heroine.

“Matthew Brook turns anything he sings to gold”The Guardian

“Mhairi Lawson, a crystal stream of pure, limpidsoprano sound..” Sunday Times

Supported byBestWestern Dean Court Hotelwww.deancourt-york.co.uk

By kind permission ofLord & Lady Harewood

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Wednesday 11 July

1.00pm – c.2.00pmSt George’s Church, Peel Street£12.00 (concessions £10.00)

The EnglishCornett andSackbut EnsembleGawain Glenton, Sam Goble cornettsEmily White, Claire McIntyre, Philip Dale,Adrian France sackbuts

Ye Gods, What a Man!These were the words used by Schütz to describe histeacher, Giovanni Gabrieli, a man whose reputationattracted pupils and imitators from across Europe.Gabrieli’s grand, expressive music for St Mark’sBasilica in Venice became so admired that countlessEuropean courts and chapels wanted it for theirown, and his influence spread to all parts ofChristendom, with German-speaking countries inparticular falling under his spell. Most strikingly,imperial Vienna was transformed into a virtual'Second Venice' with a succession of Venetianmusicians employed there, thus keeping the style ofGabrieli alive even into the 18th- century. Thisrecital features music by Gabrieli, Priuli, Valentini,Schütz, Hassler, Praetorius and Scheidt.

“this fabulous English Ensemble would havemade Monteverdi proud with their skill andsensitivity” Toronto Star

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7.30pmSir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University ofYorkReserved seating: £25.00 (concessions £20.00,students £5.00)

Ensemble Villancicodirected by Peter Pontvik

Jessica Bäcklund, Annasara Jaensson sopranosDan Johansson countertenor Gonca Yazan altoLove Enström, Carl-Fredrik Jaensson tenorsYamandú Pontvik baritoneGustav Nordlander bass Markus Ström flutesKarl Nyhlin baroque guitar and luteMagdalena Mårding bass violRolf Landberg percussionwith baroque dancersDaniela Valero, Kaj Sylegård

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Ensemble Villancico

Wednesday 11 July Thursday 12 July


1.00pm – c.2.00pmSt Olave’s Church, Marygate£12.00 (concessions £10.00)

JoglaresaJennie Cassidy voice Jean Kelly harpRuth Fraser voice, harp Belinda Sykes voice, director

Love in the time of UnicornsReflecting the medieval theme, and celebrating York 800,we present a programme that lives up to all your medievalfantasies: knights, ladies, lovers, nightingales, minstrels, andunicorns. Some of the most beautiful medieval melodiesare to be found in the courtly love-drenched world of thetrouvères. Courtly love (or fin amors) has so affected theculture and imagination of Europe throughout the lastthousand years that C.S. Lewis described it as a 'revolution',compared to which 'the Renaissance was a mere ripple onthe surface of literature’.

"sound scholarship, a combined experience of manymusical cultures, and a spirited delivery of stories."Early Music Today

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Supported byThe Queens Hotelwww.queenshotel-york.com

¡Una tonadilla nueva!Baroque Music fromEcuadorFrom the historic meetings between Europeanmusicians, American Indians and African slavesarose a repertoire that includes many contrastingelements, in which dance music meets sacredChristian traditions, native languages meetSpanish local dialects, and African rhythms andIndian folk melodies meet European renaissanceand baroque traditions. This concert, by a Swedishensemble that has earned a global reputation forits interpretations of early Latin American music, isbased on the Codex Ibarra, a manuscript whichhad slumbered for more than 300 years in acloister in the Andean town of Ibarra before itsrediscovery in 2006.

“Ensemble Villancico nicely varies both the sizeof the vocal forces and the instrumentalaccompaniments. (…) It's certainly never dull.”The Guardian

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Thursday 12 July


Entrance from 8.00pm, performance starts 8.30pm, finishing 9.30pmYork Minster Central Nave£25.00 (concessions £20.00)Admission through theWest DoorNBThere is no fixed seating for this promenade performance

I FagioliniRobert Hollingworth conductor

withThe English Cornett and Sackbut EnsembleRose Consort of ViolsFretworkThe City MusickUniversity of York Chamber Choir

Striggio Ecce beatam lucemStriggio Mass in 40 parts: Kyrie/Gloria/Sanctus & Benedictus/Agnus II (a 60)Tallis Spem in aliumG.Gabrieli Magnificat a 20.28 con il sicut locutus

This event embraces three pivotal moments in the history of multi-choir music: in 1561 Striggio writes an experimental and massivesacred conversation for an unheard-of 40 individual parts as areflection of Medici power.

He then bases a mass on it, expanding the 40 to 60 parts for thefinal movement. He visits England with it and the father of Englishmusic, Thomas Tallis, is encouraged to outdo him, resulting in hisiconic Spem in alium. Back in northern Italy the lure of polychoralmagic prompted an anonymous musician to make an extraordinaryarrangement for seven choirs of a GabrieliMagnificat.

This ‘Prom’ performance, developed in collaboration with imove, aCultural Olympiad programme in Yorkshire, is given by a rare mix ofthe UK’s finest artists, and invites you to experience this astonishingmusic in a unique and revelatory way as the kaleidoscopic texturesof voices, winds, strings and brass mingle with light playing amongthe tone-colours of the Minster’s centuries-old stone and glass. Letit flow over you, or feel free to be guided by the performers in achance to experience it from different locations – close up, faraway, in front, behind, in between…

“a masterpiece.” The Observer


Thursday 12 July


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Commissioned by imove, a Cultural Olympiad programme inYorkshire.www.imoveand.com imove has been primarily fundedby LegacyTrust UK, creating a lasting impact from the London2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by funding ideas and localtalent to inspire creativity across the UK. imove is also funded byArts Council England.

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I Fagiolini’s Striggio Tour is supported by the National Lotterythrough Arts Council England.Conceptual lighting design – Joe Brook, National MediaMuseum. Associate producer imove, Steve Dearden

10.15pm - 11.00pm

York Minster Central Nave£15.00 (£10.00 under 30’s, £5.00 concessions& party bookings for 10 or more tickets)NBThere is no seating for this late night promenadeperfromance

I Fagioliniwith The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

Rose Consort of Viols, Fretwork, The City Musick and

University of York Chamber Choir

Striggio Ecce beatam lucemStriggio Mass in 40 parts: Agnus II (a 60)Tallis Spem in aliumG.Gabrieli Magnificat a 20.28 con il sicut locutus

A once-in-a-lifetime union of music,creative lighting and architecture.Ever wondered what it’s like to lie on your back in York Minsterafter hours and let the music take control? Come to this speciallate-night informal edition of the early-evening concertdeveloped for imove's creative programme exploring the art ofhuman movement in the countdown to the London 2012Olympics and Paralympics, and let it touch your soul as some ofthe greatest vocal-and-instrumental sounds ever created bounceoff the walls and reach into the crevices of England’s mostawe-inspiring ancient building.

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Friday 13 JulyThursday 12 July


10.30am – c.11.30amYork Mansion House, St Helen’s Square£7.50 including coffee on arrival

Pietro Metastasioand the Olympic GamesAn Italian opera libretto with an Olympic theme,written for a royal festive occasion in Vienna in1733, has certain resonances with similarcelebrations and events in the UK in 2012. Thislecture, given by Dr Graham Cummings, Reader inHistorical Musicology at the University ofHuddersfield, will examine L’ Olimpiade, one of themost popular dramatic works by the greatest Italianpoet of his age, Pietro Metastasio, with musicalillustrations from some of its earliest settings byAntonio Caldara (Vienna, 1733), Vivaldi (Venice,1734), and Pergolesi (Rome, 1735).

1.00pm – c.2.00pmNCEM, St Margaret's ChurchReserved seating: £15.00 (concessions £13.00)

Rose Consortof ViolsJohn Bryan, Alison Crum,Andrew Kerr, Roy Marks viols

Competing, Consenting,ConsortingExploring the colourful variety of styles that jostledfor viol players’ attention across RenaissanceEurope, with music from Germany, France, Italy andEngland, coalescing into the fantasia thattranscended national boundaries.

“the Rose Consort play in a sublimely, unfussy,unfettered manner worthy of the music”Gramophone

www.roseconsort.co.uk

9.30pm Bedern Hall, Bedern offGoodramgateFriends £15.00 Guests £20.00

Supper Party

The Friends are dedicated to supporting thesummer festival. Membership brings manybenefits, including advanced booking,discounted tickets, reserved seating(wherever possible) and of course the annualsupper party.

To join the Friends, please contact theadministrator Jillian Johnson by ringing01904 632220,email [email protected] www.ncem.co.uk/friends

FRIENDS

Festival Lecture SeriesYEMF EVENT 23



Friday 13 July

7.30pmSt Michael le Belfrey Church, High Petergate

Reserved seating central nave: £25.00 (concessions £20.00)Unreserved seating side aisles and balcony: £20.00 (concessions £17.00, students £5.00)

Yorkshire Baroque Soloistsunder the Direction of

Peter SeymourThe Music by Several Eminent Italian Masters: Signors Pergolesi, Caldara, Vivaldi and Jommelli

L’Olimpiade “An Opera”“The Poetry of this Opera originally belonged to Metastasio; to which, without prejudice to the principal

action, an entire new turn is given, some airs changed…”

This announcement from a London libretto and translation in 1769 provides the impetus for a performance ofparts of Metastasio’s text as set by four major composers. The announcement makes clear that it was the

18th-century fashion to mix favourite airs from different compositions. The libretto outlines King Clisthenes’sdecree that the victor at the next Olympic Games may marry his daughter, Aristea. Favourite among theprospective suitors is her twin brother, Lycidas, who has been presumed dead, but who now returns

unrecognised…

A team of acclaimed young singers, including a soprano/mezzo-soprano invited from the finalists of thisyear’s London Handel Singing Competition, will help unravel this intricate plot.

“(YBS) .. as dramatically coherent and satisfying as I've heard… the essence of meaning is embedded in every sinew of the lines” The Gramophone


Peter Seymour

20 Box Office 01904 658338 www.ncem.co.uk /yemf

Saturday 14 July

1.00pm – c.2.00pm | NCEM, St Margaret's Church | Reserved seating: £15.00 (concessions £13.00)

Profeti della QuintaDoron Schleifer, David Feldman countertenors Dino Lüthy alto Dan Dunkelblum tenorElam Rotem bass, harpsichord Katya Polin, Eva Saladin violins Ori Harmelin theorbo Ryosuke Sakamoto archlute

‘il Mantovano Hebreo’: Music by Salomone RossiThe winners of last year’s York Early Music International Young Artists Competition celebrate themany-faceted art of the Italian-Jewish composer Salomone Rossi, a court musician inthe service of the Gonzaga family at the time of Monteverdi. Rossi wasone of the first masters of the trio sonata, his beautiful and refinedmadrigals create a bridge between the 16th-centurypolyphonic madrigal and the new musical style of theearly 17th-century, and with his polyphonicsettings of Hebrew prayers and psalms hebrought both modernity and elegant simplicityto the music of the synagogue.

The NCEM runs three Yorkshire based Early MusicFestivals, a year-round national education programmeand a season of world, jazz and folk concerts.

Supported by a range of organisations including theArts Council, the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, YouthMusic and the City of York, the NCEM is celebrated forits diversity and artistic creativity, working withpartners including BBC Radio 3, the University of York,Harewood House, the National Media Museum andYork Theatre Royal. This wide ranging network enablesthe NCEM to develop its programmes to the highestlevels, engaging audiences of all ages and showcasingsome of the finest musicians in the world.

Our musical plans, particularly for the education of ouryoung musicians, are ambitious but we have anexcellent track record of attracting partners and tohelp encourage others to support us, we have recentlylaunched an NCEM Patrons Scheme. If you would liketo join us on this musical journey and help make adifference to the lives of young musicians, pleasecontact me at [email protected].

For more information about our Patrons Scheme,please go to www.ncem.co.uk/patrons

DelmaTomlin MBEDirector, NCEM


SupportingThe National Centre for Early Music

Diary Dates

Tuesday 27 March @ NCEM

Orchestra of the Ageof Enlightenmentwith the University of York Baroque Ensemble andChamber Choir

Vivaldi Gloria, JS Bach Wachet Auf and JamesRedwood My Cry.

Saturday 5 May @ NCEM

Baroque Day withCompagnia d’IstrumentiBaroque Passions: music by Biber, Buxtehudeand Purcell

Thursday 24 May @ Beverley Minster

Stile Antico‘The Rose in Flower’Masterpieces from the Tudor Era

Friday 25 May @ Beverley Minster

La Serenissima directed byAdrian ChandlerVivaldi ‘Four Seasons’

Saturday 26 May @ Beverley Minster

Grand DésirA medieval banquet of musical delights

Sunday 17 June @ NCEM

Brazilian Carnival DayThe excitement of the Brazilian carnival comes to Yorkin the company of composer/percussionist Claudio Kron

Monday 18 June @ NCEM

Bolivian ConnectionsAshley Solomon celebrates the music of Bolivia in alecture illustrated by members of the University ofYork Chamber Choir.

York Early Music International Young

Artists Competition

Applications are now invited for the 2013 YorkEarly Music International Young ArtistsCompetition which takes place during the YorkEarly Music Festival from 11 – 13 July. Thisprestigious biennial competition spotlights thenext generation of talented young early musicensembles who come to York from all over theworld, attracted by the major boost to careersthat the competition offers.

Closing date for applications:23 January 2013.Full details fromwww.ncem.co.uk/youngartists2013


YoungCompetition2013

Early Music Festival

24 – 26 May 2012

1 – 15 December 2012

Artists include The Tallis Scholars, ExCathedra and Alamire, with highlightsincluding performances by Les Ombres,Den Haag Piano Quintet and the BorrominiString Quartet.& East Riding

Booking Information

On-line: Visit our web site at www.ncem.co.ukand 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 thata 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:All seats are unreserved except for the NCEM,SJLCH and the Gallery, Harewood; centre nave seatsfor Event 02 and at St Michael le Belfrey Church.

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.

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 for your patience.

Concession prices: These are shown in brackets.They apply to senior citizens, students and registereddisabled and their carers.

Friends of the Festival: The Friends enjoy additionaldiscounts, priority booking, reserved tickets (whereverpracticable) and good company.Please ring 01904 658338 for details oremail [email protected]

Friends of the Festival SaverTicket: £265.00(concessions £225.00). This applies to events 01, 02,05, 07, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25and 26. Friends of the Festival are invited to purchasetickets for these 18 concerts and save up to 20%.Please note that all concerts must be booked at thesame time and the offer is subject to availability.

Festival Lecture SaverTicket: £24.00 Book ticketsfor all four lectures and save 20% (comprisingevents 04, 10, 14 and 23).

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 useof cameras/recording equipment is prohibited.

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

website www.ncem.co.uk is accessible to thepartially sighted and the NCEM has the benefit ofan RNIB Braille map of York available on requestfrom the box office. The York Blind and PartiallySighted Society has installed a number of ‘talkingsigns’ around the City giving information ondirections to buildings, public loos etc. AssistanceDogs are welcome at concerts.

For detailed information, please ring01904 632220. The NCEM is a TypetalkApproved business.

Transport:Harewood House is 20 miles to the westof York. A festival coach will leave Union Terrace CarPark (see map) at 5.45pm and return to York afterevent 17 c.10.30pm. Coach tickets cost £6.00 (free toFriends of the Festival) and should be booked inadvance.

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


Booking opens on Monday 12 March to Friends of the Festivaland on Monday 19 March to the general public

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Map of Venues

1 National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate YO1 9TL

2 Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, Fossgate YO1 9XD

3 Unitarian Chapel, St Saviourgate YO1 8NQ

4 York Mansion House, St Helen’s Sq. YO1 9QL

5 Bedern Hall, Bedern YO1 7AL

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

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8 City Screen, Coney Street YO1 9QL

9 St Olave’s Church, Marygate YO30 7BH

10 Union Terrace Car Park, Union Terrace YO31 7ES

11 Fountains Lecture Hall, Clarence St. YO31 7ES

12 To Harewood House, Harewood LS17 9LG

13 St George’s Church, Peel Street, YO1 9PZ

14 St Mary’s Church, Bishophill Junior YO1 6EN

15 Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York YO10 5DD

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2012

Friday 6 July

The Sixteen

Saturday 7 July

Florilegium andArakaendar BoliviaChoir

Sunday 8 July

Early Music ShowJordi SavallHespèrion XXI

Monday 9 July

GallicantusXavier Díaz-Latorre

Tuesday 10 July

Mhairi Lawson,Matthew BrookJohn Potter,Christopher O’Gorman

Wednesday 11 July

The English Cornett &Sackbut EnsembleEnsemble Villancico

Thursday 12 July

JoglaresaI Fagiolini

Friday 13 July

Rose Consort of ViolsYorkshire BaroqueSoloists

Saturday 14 July

Profeti della Quinta

Documents

York Early Music Festival Brochure 2012