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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200915T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200915T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20200722T122612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T110923Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201010T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201010T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20200909T110611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200918T201818Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201017T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20200929T171420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T204036Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201024T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201024T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20200909T112118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201021T164543Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201031T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201031T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20201001T142856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201026T154311Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201114T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201115T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20201001T144606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201111T135905Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201120T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201120T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20201001T143827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201106T160507Z
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201128T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201128T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20201001T143432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T184555Z
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201212T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20201031T195044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201207T222739Z
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201220T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20201001T144336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201203T215224Z
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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:20210109T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210109T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
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:20210116T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210116T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20201208T203220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201227T163348Z
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210130T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210130T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20201208T203000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210124T212956Z
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210202T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210202T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20201227T164239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T174819Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210206T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210206T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210112T153249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T181129Z
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SUMMARY:Venice 1: The Barber's Son: the Life of Silvestro Ganassi -a talk by Philip Thorby
DESCRIPTION:The life of Silvestro Ganassi\, the son of a barber from Bergamo\, became the most famous musician in Venice as well as being a renowned painter. We will look at the Venice he knew\, the Doges for whom he worked\, his rich patrons and his family band. We will\nsee what his contemporaries wrote about him\, both in biography and in fiction\, and follow his life from his birth to immigrant\nparents above a humble barber’s shop near the rialto to his death as a proud Venetian cittadino. \nIf you know Philip you will know his love of Venice\, Silvestro Ganassi and Adriaan Willaert: Venice for its innate beauty and its unique place in the history of the renaissance\, Ganassi as the most famous and revered Venetian musician of his day\, and Willaert as the gentle Fleming who expressed the Venetian ideals in his music and his character. Philip is going to share this passion in two on-line lectures and two webinars in which you are welcome to take part with comments and questions. Each one will stand alone\, but taken together they will present a fascinating view of Venice in the early 1500s\, where the lives of Ganassi and Willaert intertwined with the aristocratic Pietro Bembo\, the great printer Aldo Manutio and the incomparable verse of Francesco Petrarca. \nPlease book below. \nThe remaining three talks will be:\n2. The New Prometheus of Celestial Harmony on Saturday 20th February 7pm\n3. Bellezza e Bontà on Saturday 6th March 7pm\n4. Musica Nova on Saturday 20th March 7pm
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/venice-1-the-barbers-son-the-life-of-silvestro-ganassi-a-talk-by-philip-thorby/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210213T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210213T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210207T191659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210207T191910Z
UID:2582-1613214000-1613217600@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:SingTheScore Extra with Robert Hollingworth
DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of Zooms with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and this week’s guest William Hunt\, viol player and more. 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 – this week Byrd’s Ne Irascaris Domine. Music links will be sent out in advance when you book. \nBooking now open – see below.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-8/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210220T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210220T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20201227T164745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210203T161547Z
UID:2458-1613818800-1613822400@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Petrucci Canti B Project - a talk by David Hatcher
DESCRIPTION:An online talk by David Hatcher about his Petrucci Canti B project which has involved his students at the Birmingham Royal Conservatoire\, and which has been sponsored by MEMF and BMEMF. \nThis should be a fascinating session.  Firstly David will tell us about the recording project that took place in November 2020 at Alpheton New Maltings\, Suffolk\, where the Linarol Consort recorded some of the Petrucci Canti B music.  He will play video clips of rehearsal and recording sessions and explain a little of the processes involved\, the choice of instruments and difficulties of social distancing. \nThen he will tell us about the manuscript with illustrations and how he used it to help The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire students produce modern editions as part of their course work.  He will then go on to explain and demonstrate the instruments; the renaissance viol compared to the baroque viol and the renaissance and baroque recorder.  Finally we will finish with a sing through of Baises moy by Josquin (score provided with joining information). \nPlease book below. \n  \n 
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/the-petrucci-canti-b-project/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210220T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210220T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210207T192650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210208T131339Z
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SUMMARY:Venice 2: the New Prometheus of Celestial Harmony with Philip Thorby
DESCRIPTION:The second in Philip’s talks about Venice in the 1500s. The New Prometheus of Celestial Harmony is how Silvestro Ganassi described the great Flemish composer Adriaan Willaert\, who became Maestro di Capella of St.Marks in 1527 and stayed there until his death in 1562. We will follow his progress from Flanders via Paris and Ferrrara to Venice. This lecture is brought to you by the letter “P” – not only Prometheus\, but also the Patrician (Pietro Bembo)\, the Poet (Petrarch) and the Printer (Aldo Manutio)\, all of whom come together in the Venetian palazzo of a rich  Florentine exile\, where\, in an atmosphere of great secrecy\, Willaert explores an entirely new kind of music. \nPlease book below.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/venice-2-the-new-prometheus-with-philip-thorby/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210227T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210227T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20201227T165029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T130628Z
UID:2461-1614423600-1614427200@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:SingTheScore EXTRA with Robert Hollingworth
DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of Zooms with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and a mystery guest – this week a violinist. 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.  This week we will be singing  Byrd – Laudibus in sanctis (all three sections) and Byrd – O salutaris (if there is time) \nPlease book below – the scores will be attached to your confirmation email.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-7/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210306T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210306T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210222T144854Z
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SUMMARY:Venice 3 - Bellezza e Bonta\, a talk by Philip Thorby
DESCRIPTION:This is the third of Philip’s talks about Venice in the 1500s. As we saw in the first lecture\, Ganassi is at the centre of the musical establishment in a republic which exported its music and its musicians to the rest of Europe. We are lucky that he wrote three books on technique and performance practice\, La Fontegara\, Regola Rubertina and Lettione Secunda. What do his three books tell us about how music was sung and played in Venice in the first half of the sixteenth century? Well\, quite a lot – and not all of it sits comfortably with how we see and hear renaissance music today. Philip will summarise the information from the books and put them into the context of other writers. Then\, feel free to join in the conversation! \nPlease book below.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/venice-3-bellezza-e-bonta-a-talk-by-philip-thorby/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210313T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210313T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210223T125829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T215034Z
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SUMMARY:"Fly on the Wall" with Robert Hollingworth
DESCRIPTION:As I Fagiolini is rehearsing for their concert in the Polyphonic concert series\, Robert is unable to present a SingTheScore Extra today. \nHe writes: “On Saturday March 13th I Fagiolini will be rehearsing in York for our Polyphonic Concert Club event the next day (to be broadcast in a couple of weeks).  We’d like to invite you to drop in (free) online for 30 mins at 3pm.  It’s a lovely line-up of singers – welcoming back Matthew Brook for the first time since 2007 as well as Julia Doyle who was a feature in the late noughties.  We won’t stop to talk and take questions: I’ll simply open the laptop and you’ll eavesdrop!  I’ll set it for you to enter muted and with camera off (you won’t have to do this – it’ll have been set up to start like that) as that ought to increase the quality of the sound/pic. ” \nPlease book below and follow the instructions for the session.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-9/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210320T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210320T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210222T145358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T175846Z
UID:2626-1616266800-1616270400@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:Venice 4 - Musica Nova\, a talk by Philip Thorby
DESCRIPTION:The last talk/discussion will focus on the “sacro e divino collegio”: Ganassi’s description of those meetings where Adriano (as the Venetians called Willaert) directed voices and viols in his new kind of music – sacred motets and settings of Petrarch\, music which became the most sought-after and costly musical real-estate in Europe. Philip will talk about the repertoire and the newness of this musical style and give a personal view of how a meeting of the secretive collegio might have worked. Afterwards your comments and questions will be welcome. \nThis final talk will again be recorded\, but in smaller sections\, with Philip in person talking and taking questions between each section. Each of the four sessions stands alone\, but taken together they will present a fascinating view of Venice in the early 1500s\, where the lives of Ganassi and Willaert intertwined with the aristocratic Pietro Bembo\, the great printer Aldo Manutio and the incomparable verse of Francesco Petrarca. \nPlease book below.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/venice-4-musica-nova-a-talk-by-philip-thorby/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210322T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210322T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210222T145759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210310T130216Z
UID:2628-1616441400-1616445000@memf.org.uk
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:https://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:20210327T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210327T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210310T125330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210325T210715Z
UID:2810-1616842800-1616846400@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:SingTheScore Extra with Robert Hollingworth
DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of Zooms 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. \nPlease book below.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-10/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210417T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210417T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210222T150109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210401T125432Z
UID:2630-1618657200-1618660800@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:Salamone Rossi - an online workshop with Elam Rotem
DESCRIPTION:Elam will begin the session by telling us a little about himself and how he became interested in Early Music. He will then go on to a presentation on Salomone Rossi and the Jewish musical scene in Italy in the early 17th Century. We will sing together two pieces by Salomone Rossi\, one Italian Madrigal (Udite lacrimosi spirit d’averno) and one Psalm in Hebrew (Lamnatseach al haggittit / Psalm 8). After that Elam will share with us how Rossi’s unique endeavours inspired him to compose new compositions in the style of the early 17th century and we will hear some examples. \nDr Elam Rotem is a harpsichordist\, composer\, and singer. He is the founder and director of his choir Profeti della Quinta.  He specialized in historical performance practice at the Schola Cantorum in Basel and graduated with a master’s degree in continuo playing and another in improvisation and composition.  In 2014 he established the award-winning resources website Early Music Sources. In 2016\, he finished his PhD thesis with distinction “Early Basso Continuo Practice: Implicit Evidence in the Music of Emilio de’ Cavalieri“\, within a new collaborative program between the Schola Cantorum in Basel and the University of Würzburg\, Germany. \nPlease book below.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/salamone-rossi-an-online-workshop-with-elam-rotem/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210424T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210424T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210310T130018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T135043Z
UID:2814-1619262000-1619265600@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:SingTheScore Extra with Robert Hollingworth
DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of Zooms with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and guest trumpeter\, Russell Gilmour.  Robert is a natural chat show host and these Saturday mornings are always entertaining and informative. He will talk about the music he has chosen and you will have a chance to sing it through twice. This week we will be singing Monteverdi’s Beatus vir and “Departure is my chief pain” (Henry VIII manuscript) – anon . You will receive links to the music when you book. \nPlease book below.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-11/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210427T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210315T131134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210415T120325Z
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SUMMARY:Requiem for a King - a workshop for voices and instruments (A=415) with Jeffrey Skidmore
DESCRIPTION:Jeffrey Skidmore explores music by Michel-Richard de Lalande including two magnificent Grand Motets written for Louis XIV to be performed in the golden splendour of the Chapelle Royale in the palace of Versailles.  The workshop includes the powerfully moving Requiem from De Profundis\, which was performed at the Sun King’s funeral in 1715\, and the uplifting Hymn for Easter Day O filii et filae. He will take a look at primary source material\, discuss research and explore some important features of French Baroque style – ornamentation\, pronunciation and notes inégales. \nWe will sing these two pieces at A 415 – SATBB chorus\, backed by an orchestra of strings\, oboes\, bassoons\, flutes\, recorders\, organ and theorbo. (Instrumental parts will also be available) \nThe powerful music of Lalande is still the least well-known of the great Baroque composers.  With a major anniversary creeping up in 2026 NOW is the time to start putting things right.  His music is consistently incroyable! \nJeffrey Skidmore OBE 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/ex-cathedra-an-illustrated-talk-by-jeffrey-skidmore/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:A415,Online,Recorders,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210508T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210508T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210408T115608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T144125Z
UID:3078-1620471600-1620475200@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:SingTheScore Extra  with Robert Hollingworth
DESCRIPTION:Another in our popular series of Zooms with Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and guest.  Robert is a natural chat show host and these Saturday mornings are always entertaining and informative. He will talk about the music he has chosen and you will have a chance to sing it through twice.  The guest this week is Greg Browning who will enthrall us with tales of his filming exploits with I Fagiolini over the last 20 years! He will play clips to us of his favourite moments and perhaps even the odd out take!  His direction\, production and filming of The Polyphonic Concert Club was quite something.  He will also be open to questions so have any you might want to ask ready. \nPlease book below.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/singthescore-extra-with-robert-hollingworth-12/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210515T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210515T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T235242
CREATED:20210408T121302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210428T124514Z
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SUMMARY:Definitely not the Pope - an online workshop with Rory McCleery
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, Rory McCleery\, Artistic Director of The Marian Consort\, examines the music of Clemens non Papa and his elusive biography\, including the origins of his intriguing soubriquet.  We will be exploring some of Clemens’ lesser-known Marian motets\, including Videte miraculum and O Maria vernans rosa\, as well as the famous Ego flos campi and the chanson that seems to have given him his nickname\, found in the colourful manuscript songbook of Zeghere van Male. We will be singing these as part of the workshop\, with pdf scores circulated in advance. \nRory McCleery began his musical career as a chorister at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral\, Edinburgh. He gained a double first in music at Oxford University as both Organ and Domus Academic scholar of St Peter’s College\, subsequently completing an MSt in Musicology with Distinction.   Rory is the founder and director of The Marian Consort\, with whom he performs across the UK\, Europe and North America. Under his direction\, The Marian Consort has become renowned internationally for its compelling interpretations of a wide range of repertoire\, particularly the music of the Renaissance and early Baroque\, but also of works by contemporary British composers\, and in 2017 was nominated for a Gramophone Award.  As a countertenor\, Rory greatly enjoys performing as a soloist and consort singer with other ensembles including The Dunedin Consort\, Contrapunctus\, The Monteverdi Choir\, The Sixteen\, The Gabrieli Consort\, Le Concert d’Astre?e\, The Academy of Ancient Music\, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Cardinall’s Musick. He also enjoys a solo career in venues across the UK and Europe\, has appeared as a soloist for broadcasts on UK and European radio\, and collaborates regularly with the Rose Consort of Viols.  Rory is much in demand as a guest conductor\, workshop leader and programming consultant\, and has led workshop sessions\, study days and singing courses across the UK\, Germany\, Spain and the USA\, working with choirs of all ages and sizes in repertoire from 16th to 21st century. He is a passionate believer in the importance of music education and singing for young people and is director of choral music at City\, University of London. \nBooking will open in May.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/definitely-not-the-pope-music-of-clemens-non-papa-with-rory-mccleery/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Online,Voices
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