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SUMMARY:Welcome to Beautiful Venice - with Philip Thorby
DESCRIPTION:Philip will introduce us to a feast of music showing Venice at her most extravagant and sumptuous best in order to welcome royal and distinguished guests.  In 1574 King Henri III of France visited the Serenissima and Andrea Gabrieli wrote the 10 part “Ecco Vinegia Bella” for the occasion. The King attended services in San Marco and we will represent this with Andrea Gabrieli’s sumptuous 16 part Gloria and Claudio Merulo’s setting of the Te Deum verse “Salvum Fac Populum”. Andrea also composed “Dal Gran Tuonante” for a distinguished lady visitor. \nIn this 2 day workshop we will also enjoy Giovanni Gabrieli’s 12 part motet “Virtute Magna” in honour of St Mark and “Udite\, Chiari” to celebrate the Sposalizio\, the annual ceremony when the Doge marries Venice to the sea. \nPhilip Thorby is a specialist in music of the Italian Renaissance\, particularly Venetian. Formerly a Professor at Trinity College\, Philip has become one of the most popular of workshop tutors. His four Zoom lectures on the music of Venice earlier this year were stunning and widely acclaimed. They can be viewed on another page of this website. \nThis workshop is for all voices\, cornets\, sackbuts\, curtals\, recorders\, viols\, violins and continuo instruments. The pitch will be 440. \nBooking now open – please scroll down for the booking form.
URL:http://memf.org.uk/event/welcome-to-beautiful-venice-with-philip-thorby/
LOCATION:Solihull School
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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SUMMARY:Renaissance Recycling: an instrumental  workshop (singers welcome) with Alison Kinder
DESCRIPTION:Reusing old material is not a new concept – Renaissance composers did it all the time\, sometimes with their own material and sometimes with someone else’s. We’ll look at two such examples in this workshop\, in both cases a kind of ‘upcycling’ from a short initial motet or chanson into an entire mass. \nThe first is a composer reworking his own material: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s beautiful 6-voice motet Tu Es Petrus is then gloriously expanded into a mass\, not once\, but twice! The first Missa Tu Es Petrus is also for 6 voices\, but then he gets a bit carried away and does a setting for 18 voices in three choirs\, still based on the same material. We’ll do the motet and a movement from the 6-voice mass\, and if we’re feeling very brave then maybe the Kyrie of the three choir version…! The second example is where one composer borrows a piece by someone else. At that time it was thought of as a compliment – today we’d call it plagiarism! The original piece is the beautiful 4-part chanson by Josquin\, Mille Regretz\, and the recycling is done by Cristobal de Morales\, who uses it as the basis for a 6-voice mass setting. \nAlison Kinder read Music at Oxford and then studied viol with Alison Crum at Trinity College of Music\, being awarded the college’s Silver Medal for Early Music Studies. Her love is of viols in all shapes and sizes\, from soundpost-less Renaissance instruments to 7-string baroque basses. Alison is an enthusiastic teacher both privately and on courses\, and she runs the Rondo Viol Academy with fellow teacher and player Jacqui Robertson-Wade. \nPlease book below:
URL:http://memf.org.uk/event/renaissance-classics-an-instrumental-workshop-with-alison-kinder/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:brass,Loud wind,Online,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190713T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190713T170000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T111101Z
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SUMMARY:The Delights of Summer
DESCRIPTION:A workshop with Tutor Alison Kinder for all voices and instruments enjoying the delights of Summer. A time when The Leaves be Green\, Fair Phyliss is to be found feeding her flock\, nymphs and shepherds are courting and dancing\, and All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded. We’ll have a predominantly English day\, with composers including Wilbye\, Farmer\, Bennett and Morley. Such as John Bennett’s ‘All Creatures Now’ (5-part)\, and the Morley ‘Hard By A Crystal Fountain’ (6-part)\, and Farmer ‘Ye Blessed Bowers’ (8-part). \nWe welcome all voices\, strings (viols and violin family)\, recorders\, brass\, housetrained double reeds and wind caps (it would be wise to have a quieter alternative instrument or voice with you too for the daintier nymph and shepherd moments…!) \nFind the details in the leaflet below.
URL:http://memf.org.uk/event/the-delights-of-summer/
LOCATION:St George’s Church\, Rugby\, St.John's Avenue\, Hillmorton\, Rugby\, CV22 5HR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190511T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190512T170000
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SUMMARY:Missa Diligam te Domine a12 by Valentini
DESCRIPTION:We welcome back Philip Thorby for this two day Workshop for voices and Instruments.  He has again uncovered a masterpiece for us with the Missa Diligam te Domine a 12 by Giovanni Valentini. Published in Venice in 1621\, this is a spectacular composition which in many ways reminds us of Monteverdi and Gabrieli\, but also has its own special qualities. \nValentini was an Italian composer\, poet and keyboard virtuoso overshadowed in history by his contemporaries Monteverdi and Sch?tz and his compositions are now unjustifiably neglected. He was probably born in Venice and was reported to have been a pupil of Giovanni Gabrieli.  \nFor this workshop we will need many voices and a variety of instruments for doubling or replacing vocal parts. These can include cornets\, sackbuts\, curtals\, recorders\, viols and continuo\, including lutes. \nPlease download the leaflet for more details and the timetable for the day.
URL:http://memf.org.uk/event/missa-diligam-te-domine-a12-by-valentini/
LOCATION:Solihull School
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181201T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181201T170000
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SUMMARY:In Dulci Jubilo - Seasonal music by Praetorius
DESCRIPTION:Workshop for voices and all instruments exploring Christmas motets by Michael Praetorius\, tutored by Steven Devine
URL:http://memf.org.uk/event/music-to-be-announced/
LOCATION:West Orchard United Reformed Church\, 83 Baginton Road\,Styvechale\, Coventry\, CV3 6FP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181013T100000
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SUMMARY:Laetatus Sum - Music of the Italian Renaissance
DESCRIPTION:Workshop for voices and instruments @ pitch A440 with Philip Thorby. A buffet lunch will be provided at this specially chosen workshop in recognition of Mike Ashley’s long service on the MEMF committee.
URL:http://memf.org.uk/event/laetatus-sum-music-of-the-italian-renaissance/
LOCATION:St.Faith & St.Laurence Church Hall\, Balden Road\, Harborne\, Birmingham\, B32 2EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Voices
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