BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Midlands Early Music Forum - ECPv6.8.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://memf.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Midlands Early Music Forum REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210202T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210202T203000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20201227T164239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T174819Z UID:2456-1612294200-1612297800@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:South American Adventures; in Search of Music with Jeffrey Skidmore DESCRIPTION:An online workshop with Jeffrey Skidmore\, OBE\, Director of Ex Cathedra. \nJeffrey Skidmore OBE talks about his travels in Mexico\, Bolivia and Brazil over the last 20 years and will share the music and manuscripts he found and the people he met – singers\, players\, musicologists and librarians. Beaches\, jungles\, pyramids\, volcanos\, caipirinhas\, margaritas and mate de coca also play their part! \nYou will have the opportunity to sing along to some of the pieces that have become the ‘classics’ of the repertoire\, singing in Nahuatl\, Quechua\, Chiquitan\, Spanish\, Portuguese and Latin. \nJeffrey Skidmore has been Artistic Director of Ex Cathedra for over 50 years and has an international reputation for the quality and range of his work. Baroque music from Latin America has featured prominently in recent years and he has given many magical performances in beautiful venues around the world\, he has recorded four  CDs\, created many new editions and explored a whole new world of performance practice. \nPlease book below. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/south-american-baroque/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210130T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210130T120000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20201208T203000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210124T212956Z UID:2421-1612004400-1612008000@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:SingTheScore EXTRA with Robert Hollingworth DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of webinars with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and a mystery guest. Robert is a natural chat show host and these Saturday mornings are always entertaining and informative. Robert will talk about the music he has chosen and you will have a chance to sing it through twice. \nWe are currently smack bang in the middle of Carnival – the period between Christmas and Lent so there will be a slight focus on that this week.  Feel free to bring a mask! We will sing another movement from the madrigal comedy ‘The little carnival party’ by Adriano Banchieri: – a ‘giustiniano’ – an old man’s song. To balance that another song from a comedy but a beautiful and quite involved lament: Vecchi’s ‘Ecco che piu non rest speranza.’ Really the most wonderful piece\, translation on the score. \nThe full DVD of the masked show (with I Fagiolini and Simon Callow) can still be bought here: right back in 2003 but something they’re still proud of (and great fun) filmed LIVE at Dartington Summer School. \nMusic links will be sent out in advance when you book below. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-6/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210116T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210116T123000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20201208T203220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201227T163348Z UID:2423-1610794800-1610800200@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:"Let us Seek with the Shepherds" with Rory McCleery. DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, Rory McCleery\, Artistic Director of The Marian Consort\, explores the fascinating history and rich musical lineage of Jean Mouton’s exquisite motet Quaeramus cum Pastoribus. \nComposed at the very beginning of the sixteenth century\, Mouton’s work would remain in the repertoire of the Cappella Sistina for over a hundred years\, as well as travelling in print and manuscript as far afield as Aberdeen and Guatemala and inspiring parody compositions by several later generations of composers\, including Cristobal de Morales\, Pedro de Cristo and Annibale Stabile. We will be singing some of these works\, as well as Mouton’s original – which Rory says is ‘one of his all-time favourite pieces!’ – as part of the workshop\, with pdf scores circulated in advance. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/quaeramus-cum-pastoris-by-jean-mouton-with-rory-mccleery/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210109T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210109T120000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20201208T202654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210107T220334Z UID:2419-1610190000-1610193600@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:SingTheScore Extra with Robert Hollingworth DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of webinars with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and a special guest. Robert is a natural chat show host and these Saturday mornings are always entertaining and informative. Robert will talk about the music he has chosen and you will have a chance to sing it through twice. Music links will be sent out in advance when you book. \nThis week’s guest is Ekaterina Antonenko who is the director of Intrada Choir in Moscow. They are giving the final Live From London Concert on Thursday 8th January at 7pm. \nPlease book below – you will receive the music links after you have booked as we do not have them yet. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-5/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201220T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20201001T144336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201203T215224Z UID:2084-1608494400-1608498000@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:The Music of Epiphany Part 1: Gifts and Stars with Patrick Craig DESCRIPTION:Another of Patrick’s entertaining talks illustrated with pictures and music. \nEpiphany is a season of revelation – not only of the gifts of gold\, frankincense and myrrh\, but even of life itself. We are called to respond with gratitude and there will be much of that in this evening’s music. It was a star that led the Magi to the stable\, and composers have been inspired to describe this heavenly light in ever more inventive ways. Enhanced by the beautiful art of Epiphany\, we shall hear performances from many of Early Music’s greatest stars\, including the music of Palestrina\, Handl\, Byrd\, and Victoria.\nBooking is now open (see below). \nPart 2 – Journeys and Dreams – will be hosted by TVEMF and EEMF on 14th January 2021. You will need to book this on either of their websites. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/music-of-epiphany-with-patrick-craig/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T120000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20201031T195044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201207T222739Z UID:2219-1607770800-1607774400@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:SingTheScore EXTRA with Robert Hollingworth DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of webinars with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and a MYSTERY guest. Robert is a natural chat show host and these Saturday mornings are always entertaining and informative. This week you can sing along with –\nPygott Quid petis o fili and\, as a Christmas cracker\, two short movements from a Banchieri madrigal comedy. You will receive the music links and the joining instructions when you book – see below. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-4/ CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201128T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201128T120000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20201001T143432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T184555Z UID:2079-1606561200-1606564800@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:SingTheScore EXTRA with Robert Hollingworth DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of webinars with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and a surprise guest. Robert is a natural chat show host and these Saturday mornings are always entertaining and informative. Plus there is something to sing along with – music links are sent out in advance once you have booked – see below. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201120T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201120T210000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20201001T143827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201106T160507Z UID:2081-1605900600-1605906000@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:Bach and Handel with Patrick Craig DESCRIPTION:Bach and Handel – Separated at Birth. 1685 was an extraordinary year for music. Two world class composers were born 130km and just one month apart. Much of their childhood development mirrored the other\, but their careers took very different directions\, and they never met. Patrick will reunite these two giants\, with a special focus on their vocal music\, which has inspired his career as both a countertenor and a conductor. \nPatrick has been a Vicar Choral at St Paul’s Cathedral for twenty five years and sings regularly with the award winning early music ensemble\, the Cardinall’s Musick. For twenty years he sang across the world with the Tallis Scholars. Highlights as a soloist have included memorable performances of Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s St John Passion in St Paul’s\, and recent recitals featuring settings of the poetry of Wilfred Owen and performances with the harpist Frances Kelly. While Organ Scholar of Selwyn College\, Cambridge\, he founded the all female professional choir Aurora Nova\, who have sung regular Sunday services in St Pauls Cathedral for over twenty years. Patrick regularly leads choral workshops which explore music in its historical and cultural context. \nHe has developed a series of online illustrated lectures of which this is one to help us cope with the current conditions. All donations will go directly to Patrick and he very generously donates a portion to ‘Help Musician’s Coronal Hardship Fund’ so please donate what you can. \nBooking now open below. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/bach-and-handel-with-patrick-craig/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201114T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201115T110000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20201001T144606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201111T135905Z UID:2086-1605348000-1605438000@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:SingTheScore EXTRA with Robert Hollingworth DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of webinars with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini with special guest Belinda Sykes\, director of Joglaresa\, singer and player of wind instruments. Robert is a natural chat show host and these Saturday mornings are always entertaining and informative. Plus We will be singing Loquebantur variis linguis an eight part piece by the Spanish composer Don Fernando de las Infantas. The link to the score will be sent when you sign up (booking form is below). \nPlease note starting time this time is 10am URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-3/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201031T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201031T120000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20201001T142856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201026T154311Z UID:2076-1604142000-1604145600@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:SingTheScore EXTRA with Robert Hollingworth DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of webinars with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and a special guest. Robert is a natural chat show host and these Saturday mornings are always entertaining and informative. This week’s guest is James Weekes\, director of Exaudi\, writer of I Fagiolini’s Monteverdi series sleeve notes\, also a composer and raconteur! Plus there is something to sing along with – music links are sent out in advance once you have booked. See form below. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-2/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201024T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201024T123000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20200909T112118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201021T164543Z UID:2007-1603537200-1603542600@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:Tallis' Seven(-part) Wonders of the World with Will Dawes DESCRIPTION:The four works scored for seven parts by Thomas Tallis are amongst his most spectacular compositions. They are Loquebantur\, Suscipe Quaeso\, Missa Puer Natus est Nobis\, and Miserere nostri. Each is perfectly created and two of them contain some exceptionally clever compositional devices. This session will give a little history to each of the pieces and allow you the opportunity to sing (along) with Stile Antico\, the Sixteen\, and the Tallis Scholars. \nWill Dawes is Director of Chapel Music of Somerville College\, Oxford\, Director of Music at the church of St Mary Magdalen\, Oxford\, Conductor of Ensemble 45\, and was the Director of Frideswide Voices (Oxford’s first liturgical choir for 7-14 year-old girls) from its inception in 2014 till July 2019. \nHe studied Choral Conducting and Voice at the Royal Academy of Music under the direction of Patrick Russill\, Paul Brough and David Lowe. On graduating\, he was awarded the Thomas Armstrong Prize for Choral Direction. He was made an Associate of the RAM in 2018\, an honour awarded to RAM alumni for making a significant contribution to the music profession. \nAside from his career as a conductor\, Will is active as a consort singer and is a member of the internationally acclaimed and multiple-Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Stile Antico. The group performs all over the globe\, so far including concerts at the Wigmore Hall\, BBC Proms\, nearly 100 concerts in the USA\, as well as performances in South Korea\, Colombia\, Mexico\, and Canada and all over the EU. They performed at the 2018 GRAMMY ceremony in Madison Square Garden in NYC. \nFor further information\, check out www.willdawes.co.uk or follow him on twitter @wjbdawes \nPlease book below. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/four-seven-part-pieces-by-thomas-tallis-a-zoom-workshop-with-will-dawes/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T110000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20200929T171420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T204036Z UID:2067-1602928800-1602932400@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:SingTheScore EXTRA with Robert Hollingworth DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of webinars with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini. This week’s guest is Deborah Roberts\,\nSoprano and co-founder/director of the Brighton Early Music Festival. She has also sung with the Tallis Scholars and has appeared as soloist with the Deller Consort\, London Baroque\, Consort of Musicke\, and the English Concert. \nRobert is a natural chat show host and these Saturday mornings are always entertaining and informative. Plus there is something to sing along with – links to this week’s music\, Bennet: All Creatures now and Revenscroft: Three Ravens\, are available once you have sent off the booking form below. \nPLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WEEK’S SESSION BEGINS AN HOUR EARLIER AT 10AM URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201010T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201010T120000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20200909T110611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200918T201818Z UID:2002-1602327600-1602331200@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:Prima la Parola - a Zoom talk by Emma Kirkby DESCRIPTION:Prima la Parola – In praise of Speaking Harmony. \nUnder this title\, misquoting Salieri and stealing a phrase from Dowland\, Emma aims to celebrate the power and joy of song lyric. Poems in Tudor England were often published as “Songs”\, and “lyric” means “apt for the lyre”. Though the human voice was dutifully admired as the perfect instrument because it was entrusted with the words\, it was the alchemical blend of a voice with an instrument that had\, as Dowland said\, “higher authority and power”. \nThese days the lucky singers of what we call “early music” have a plethora of historical instruments eager to accompany them\, in a balance perfect for delivering the text. Emma has benefitted from this for decades now\, finding endless interest and excitement in her search for ever more effective ways to “embody” a lyric. \nIn her presentation for MEMF she will share her ideas on this\, and play tracks of singers she admires\, both those who inspired her early on\, and the new voices that excite her now. \nPlease book below. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/prima-la-parola-a-zoom-talk-by-emma-kirkby/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200915T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200915T210000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20200722T122612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T110923Z UID:1847-1600198200-1600203600@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:O Quam Tristis: music for the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows\, online with David Allinson DESCRIPTION:We are delighted that David Allinson will be running this online workshop for us. David will explore two of the greatest Renaissance settings of the Stabat Mater\, written roughly a century apart\, by John Browne and Palestrina.The Stabat Mater is a medieval hymn which re-imagines the intensity of Mary’s experiences at the foot of the Cross. In its drama\, solemnity and pathos it offers composers ample opportunities for inspired writing. \nIn this workshop\, David celebrates the astonishing setting for six voices by John Browne\, perhaps the greatest talent in the late 15th century Eton Choirbook\, and Palestrina\, leading composer in Rome during the Counter-Reformation. Where Browne is profuse and turbulent\, Palestrina’s double choir setting is direct and poignant. \nExpect a talk laced with humour (despite the subject matter!) that mixes historical\, analytical and practical musical thinking. \nYou will receive links to the scores after you have booked below. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/david-allinson-topic-to-be-confirmed/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200822T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200822T120000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20200722T122956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200817T103602Z UID:1849-1598094000-1598097600@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:For the Honour of City & Court with William Lyons DESCRIPTION:We saw William doing a very short guest session on Robert Hollingworth’s SingTheScore Extra a few weeks ago. It was so interesting\, we asked him to do a whole workshop for us on these fascinating instruments. \nHis talk will discuss the various and varied roles of wind and brass players in civic and court bands in the 16th and 17th centuries. The splendid sight and sound of shawms\, sackbuts\, cornetts\, trumpets and other wind instruments was considered an essential element in demonstrating wealth and status and Bill will examine the instruments and repertoire of the official bands in European cities and courts\, playing examples and demonstrating his own specialised instruments: recorders\, flutes\, shawms\, dulcians\, crumhorns and the rackett. \nWilliam is the Director of the City Musick and the Dufay Collective and is a regular performer with other early music groups. He can be heard on numerous film soundtracks and has composed and arranged music for film and TV\, including the original music for the film The Favourite. He has a long association with the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre as a composer\, performer\, Musical Director and Historical Music Adviser. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/for-the-honour-of-city-court-the-role-of-wind-and-brass-players-in-renaissance-europe/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200725T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200725T120000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20200722T123245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200724T134825Z UID:1853-1595674800-1595678400@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:SingTheScore EXTRA with Robert Hollingworth DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of webinars with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and a surprise guest. Robert is a natural chat show host and these Saturday mornings are always entertaining and informative. Plus there is something to sing along with (music is sent out in advance) – this week Byrd’s Though Amaryllis Dance in Green and Ignazio Donati’s Dulcis Amor Iesu . Sign up below. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/sing-the-score-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-2/ LOCATION:Online(Zoom) CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200720T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200720T203000 DTSTAMP:20260825T204653 CREATED:20200710T170650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200710T170650Z UID:1803-1595273400-1595277000@memf.org.uk SUMMARY:St Paul's: Resurgam - an illustrated talk by Patrick Craig DESCRIPTION:The last time St Paul’s Cathedral was deprived of music for this long was after the devastating Fire of London in 1666. But in 1697 Christopher Wren was able to triumphantly declare RESURGAM as the phoenix rose from the ashes. Patrick will look at music from either side of this momentous event. He will also guide us through the finest repertoire from across the Cathedral’s liturgical year. Escorted by a selection of his favourite photographs\, music and videos he will aim to convey the glories of twenty-five years of singing in this extraordinary building. \nPatrick\, with his flowery shirts\, is one of our popular workshop tutors and is an engaging speaker. Do join us. URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/st-pauls-resurgam-an-illustrated-talk-by-patrick-craig/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR