BGS Meeting: Saturday 18th April

As promised in the last newsletter we have set aside one hour of the meeting for a recital from two of Gary Ryan's students, Manus Noble (and Amie Owen.

They will be presenting the following program

Duo:Sonata K516 (D minor) - Scarlatti

Amie:

Prelude No. 1 - Villa Lobos

Prelude No. 5 - Villa Lobos

Sonatina - Lennox Berkeley

Duo :Sonata K481 (B minor) - Scarlatti

Manus:

Mallorca - Albeniz

Nightshade Rounds - MacCombie

Rockweed - Ryan

Please note that there will be a contributory charge of a pound per member to contribute to the costs of these two promising young students for their performance.

Ensemble Practice

Remember to keep up your practice on Mr De Witt's piece because I understand that Ray is extremely keen to see how we are all getting on....especially with the Sarabande!

Lute Society Update

They are busy little customers at the Lute Society!! Goes to show that 'you can't tie a good lutenist down unless you nick his strings', (as John Dowland was once heard to remark ..)

Check out the dates below!

1. Don't miss the very last biennial Lute Society Lute Exhibition, Hackney, London, this weekend April 4th–5th

If you have ever told yourself that you ought to get to London to go along to our biennial lute exhibition in Hackney, east London, but never quite get round to it, then you really should not miss the forthcoming exhibition, as it will be the last to be held there. Our host, Gordon Gregory, feels that it is time for a change, perhaps for such events to be held elsewhere, we know not where. This last exhibition will be held at Gordon Gregory’s house, 18 Meynell Crescent, Hackney, London E9 7AS, on Saturday April 4th from 11.00 am to 6.00 pm, and Sunday April 5th from 11.00 to 4.00 pm. Contact: gordon@gordongregory.co.uk and see the exhibition webpage: www.lutesoc.co.uk/exhibition.htm

2. Lute Society meeting, Swedenborg Hall, Bloomsbury, London Saturday April 18th

If you happen to be in London, come along! Nigel North is giving the main recital, and we will have a full range of French Lute Society music on sale, plus our own new book of 70 Easy Pieces.

The timetable for the day will be:

10.30 Coffee

11.00 Dowland, his music and musical style, a talk by Nigel North

12.00 Demonstration of lutes from the biennial lute exhibition, played by Anna Langley
12.30 Mini-recital, of lute duets played by Luke Emmet and Kevin Drake
1.00 Break for lunch

2.15 Annual General Meeting; agenda and minutes as circulated with December Lute News3.15 Mini-recital, of baroque guitar music by Bartolotti, played by Gordon Ferries

3.45 Tea

4.15 The Lute Society recital, Nigel North plays music by John Dowland



COURSES WITH DEDICATED LUTE TUTOR OR EXTENSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LUTE PLAYING

Apr 13-19 Musica antica a Monterone/Sestone, Arezzo, with Sigrun Richter. Details: http://www.sigrunrechter.de/, tel: ++39 0575 772219

Apr 2–9 Easter Early Music Course St George’s School, Ascot, details: Geri Coop, 07950 054740, e: info@easterearlymusiccourse.org.uk

Apr 14-17 Renaissance Music at Easter, recorders only this year, apparently Wedgwood Memorial College, Station Road, Barlaston, Stoke on Trent, Contact: 01782 372105 e: Wedgewood.memorial@swann.stoke.gov.uk web: http://www.stoke.gov.uk/

Apr 14-17 Baroque Orchestra Course, with Judy Tarling, Benslow Music Trust, Benslow Music Trust, Little Benslow Hills off Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts SG4 9RB. Tel: 01462 459446 (fax: 440171). Email: info@benslow.org

Apr 17–19 Motet to Oratorio, motets of the 16th century, with Philip Thorby, early music workshop, Copenhagen, e: ric@mail.dk http://www.ricc.dk/

Apr 25–May 2 Lute, song and guitar course, Gerano, Italy with Evelyn Juten, http://www.evelinejuten.nl/; http://www.keesarntzen.nl/

May 8–10 Lautenakademie, Bremen with Ariel Abramovich, Michael Freimuth, Paul O’Dette, Lee Santana, Hochschule fur Kunste Dechanatstr 13–15, D 23195 Bremen tel: ++49 421 9595 1506 / 07 e: a.heibuelt@hfk-bremen.de http://www.hfk-bremen.de/

May 8–10 Barocco Europeo course at Sacile (PN) with Paolo Cherici, Claudine Ansermet tel: ++39 0434 734810 http://www.barocco-europeo.org/ e: info@barocco-europeo.org

May 16-17 Madrigal weekend with Glenda Simpson, for voices, viols, recorders, lutes, early music workshop, Copenhagen,
e: ric@mail.dk http://www.ricc.dk/

May 22–24 Badenweiler Lautenkurs, with C Zimmermann, Matthias Wagner, tel: ++49 7632 828695
www.lutes-strings.de/workshop_Zimmermann-2009.php

June 4–17 Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Music Institute, with Lucas Harris, lute continuo class, University of Toronto, Canada, tel. ++1 416 964 9562, ext: 401 e: tbsi@tafelmusik.org web: http://www.tafelmusik.org/

Jun 10–14 Kloster Schlehdorf, Kurs Alte Musik, with Axel Wolf, Marion Teupel-Franck, tel: ++49 89/ 6012755 e: schlehdorf@flautotraverso.de http://www.flautotraverso.de/

Jun 14–20 Baroque Music Workshop Music in the Italian Cities in the 17th and 18th centuries, incl. baroque orchestra,
Sonoma State University, CA, contact: San Francisco Early Music Society, PO Box 1015, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA,
tel: ++1 510 528 9808 email: sfems@sfems.org web: http://www.sfems.org/

Jun 25–Jul 5 Oberlin baroque performance institute, Music in London 1659–1759. with Lucas Harris. Contact: Baroque Performance Institute, Conservatory of Music, 39 West College Street, Oberlin, Ohio 44074 1576, USA, tel: Anna Hoffmann ++1 440 775 8044/fax: 8942 e: Anna.Hoffmann@oberlin.edu web: www.oberlin.edu/con/summer/bpi

Jun 28–Jul 4 Mediaeval and Renaissance Workshop Stories and Legends with Tim Rayborn, Sonoma State University, CA, contact: San Francisco Early Music Society, PO Box 1015, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA, tel: ++1 510 528 9808 email: sfems@sfems.org web: http://www.sfems.org/

July 5–12 International Summer School of Early Music, Valtice, Czech Republic. with Brian Wright, Contact: The Czech Music Society, Radlicka 99, CZ 15000 Praha 5, Czech Republic. Tel/ fax: ++420 2 35 351942 /fax: 2 515 52453 e: valtice.veronika@centrum.cz http://www.early-music.cz/

July 6–12 Seminaire Estival de Musique Ancienne en Wallonie, with Vincent Dumestre. Contact: 4 Dreve Flovana, 5020 Flawinne, Belgium tel/fax: ++32/0 87 77 48 82 e: contact@metamusique.com web: http://www.semusanc.be/

July 12–19 Early Music Summer School at Prachatice no lute teacher this year, Czech Republic. Contact: Jan Kvapil, Bachrova 15, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic tel:++420 604 280 490 fax: ++420 2 585 757 109 e: kvapil@mybox.cz web: www.mybox.cz/kvapil

July 17–26 XI Early music Summer Course in Gijón [Spain] with, Eduardo Eguez, contact: Central de Cultura Antiguo Instituto, Jovellanos 21, E 33201 Gijon, Asturias, Spain. Tel: ++0034 985 18 10 55 / fax: 17 97 64 e: tallerdemusicos.fmc@gijon.es
web: http://www.musicaantiguagijon.com/

July 18–27 International Early Music course, Urbino, with Paul O’Dette et al, contact: Fondazione Italiana per la Musica Antica, Via Col di Lana 7, C.P. 6159, 00195 Roma, Italy Tel/fax: ++39 063210806 e: fima.rm@agora.it http://www.fima-online.org/

July 19–25 Beauchamp House Early Music Week, Music from Eastern Music, incl. continuo course, Beauchamp House Music Courses, c/o Gloucester Academy of Music, 11a Westgate Street, Gloucester GL1 2NW tel: 01452 522170 e: holidaycourses@gamusic.co.uk

July 19–26 Amherst Early Music Festival at Connecticut College, New London, CT, with Doug Freundlich, Grant Herreid, Ronn McFarlane, Contact: Amherst Early Music Inc. 47 Prentiss St, Watertown MA 02472, tel: ++1 617 744 1324 / fax: 1327
e: info@amherstearlymusic.org web: http://www.amherstearlymusic.org/

July 20–24 Early Music for Youth Summer School, with Katalin Ertsey, Warwick School, contact Alison Kinder tel: 0794 9511619 e: alison.kinder1@btinternet.com http://www.earlymusicforyouth.co.uk/

July 24–Aug 2 Baroque institute at Longy School of Music, The Venice Dresden Connection, with Lucas Harris, contact Longy School of Music, One Follen St. Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, tel: ++1 617 876 0956 e: karen.burciaga@longy.edu web: http://www.longy.edu/

July 25–31 XXXII Ringve Museum International Summer School Inderoy, Norway. tutors include Thomas Boysen; contact: St Olav Festival in Trondheim, Dronningens gt. 1B, N-7410 Trondheim, tel/fax: ++47 404 04 584 http://www.ringvecourse.no/ e: toreaune@online.no

July 25–Aug 1 Dartington International Summer School, week 1, Music of Louis XIV, and Lute class with David Miller. Contact: DISS, The Barn, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6DE tel: ++44/(0)1803 847080 (/fax: 847087). email: info@dartingtonsummerschool.org.uk http://www.dartingtonsummerschool.org.uk/

July 26–31 Vancouver Early Music Programme, lute workshop, R Barto, J Heringman, P O’Brien, N. North, Contact: Jose Verstappen, Vancouver Early Music Program and Festival, 1254 W 7th Ave, Vancouver BC V6H 1B6, Canada, tel: ++1 604 732 1601 / fax: 1602 e: workshops@earlymusic.bc.ca, http://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/ The Baroque vocal programme with Ray Nurse and Ellen Hargis runs through to Aug 7.

July 26–Aug 1 Stage de musique baroque, with Leonardo Loredo, Centre les Coulmes, Col de Romeyere, F 38680 Rencurel, France, tel: ++33/0 4 75 76 42 82 e: clemence.comte@wanadoo.fr web: http://www.lars.fr/

July 26-Aug 2 Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools: week 1, Handel in England baroque music with the Parley of Instruments, Contact: Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools, Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ tel: 01223 847330 e: info@CambridgeEarlyMusic.org website: http://www.cambridgeearlymusic.org/

Jul 25–31 North West Early Music Forum School, with Martin Eastwell, Ambleside, contact: Roger Wilkes, Director NWEMF Summer School, 28 Carlisle Close, Mobberley, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 7HO, tel: 01565 872650, email: president@nwemf.org.uk http://www.nwemf.org.wk/

Aug 1–8 Dartington International Summer School, week 2, Bach Xmas oratorio with baroque orchestra; lute and lute song with Michael Fields, contact: as week 1

Aug 1-8 Northumbrian Recorder and Viol School XXXIX (NORVIS), incl. Dido & Aeneas, College of St Hild & St Bede, Durham, with Martin Eastwell, Stewart McCoy, Contact: 01652 678230 e: enquiries@norvis.org.uk http://www.norvis.org.uk/

Aug 2–8 Dolmetsch summer school, at Llandovery college, opportunities for ensemble playing?, contact: Dolmetsch Foundation, Heartsease, Grayswood Rd Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 2BS, tel: ++44/0 1428 643235 e: brian@dolmetsch.com web: http://www.dolmetsch.com/

Aug 2–9 Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools: week 2 renaissance music, Renaissance Music for Voices and Instruments, Contact: Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools, Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ tel: 01223 847330 e: e: info@CambridgeEarlyMusic.org website: http://www.cambridgeearlymusic.org/

Aug 2–9 Internationales Seminar fur Alte Musik , Music 1730-1800, with Hubert Hofffmann, Schloss Zrel an der Pram, Oberosterreich, Austria, contact:Christa Pesendorfer, Hauptstr. 61b/8, A 3001, Mauerbach bei Wien, Austria, tel/fax: ++43 1 979 5898 e: alte-musik@music.at http://www.alte-musik.music.at/

Aug 2-9 32nd Baroque Week, Oxford, baroque chamber playing. Contact: Peter Collier, 13 Brackley Road, Monton, Eccles,
Manchester M30 9LG, tel: 0161 281 2502. e: p.b.collier@googlemail.com web: www.newn.cam.ac.uk/prlw/BaroqueWeek/

Aug 3–8 Sommerakademie fur alte Musik, with Jakob Lindberg, Neuburg an der Donau, Contact: Sommerakademie Neuburg, Amt fur Kultur & Touristik, Residenzstr. A 66, D 86633 Neuburg am Donau, tel: ++ 49 8431 55 234
e: kultur@neuburg-donau.de, http://www.sommerakademie-neuburg.de/

Aug 5–13 V Savaria early music summer course with Istvan Konya, RZM Szombathely PF 397, Hungary, H-9700 tel: +3630 3110435 e: info.rzm@gmail.com, web: http://www.rzm.hu/

Aug 6–16 La Pellegrina summer school, Monteverdi and Czech contemporaries Bechyne, Czech republic, Contact: La Pellegrina, Dirkjan Horringa, Merwedeplansoen 73, 3522 JZ Utrecht, Netherlands, tel: ++31 30 2382535 e: info@pellegrina.net web: http://www.pellegrina.net/

Aug 8-16 Lute building summer school, with David van Edwards, Norwich, to work together and build two 7-course lutes to donate to the Lute Society for schools project, contact David van Ewards, 6 Whitwell Road, Norwich NR1 4HB, tel: 01603 629899 e: david@vanedwards.co.uk www.vanedwards.co.uk/summers.htm

Aug 11-16 11th Chalemie Summer School of Early Music, Dance and Commedia, Oxford, with Matthew Spring et al. Contact: Barbara Segal, tel: 020 7700 4293 / f: 7700 5877, or Chalemie Summer School, 3 Thornhill Square, Islington, London N1 1BQ, e: chalemie@thorn.demon.co.uk web: http://www.chalemie.co.uk/

Aug 11–20 Stage ‘Cordes et vents en Ardeche’ Purcell King Arthur, tel: ++33/0 4 75 39 69 91 e: c.escure@gmail.com http://www.lacompagnieduglobe.com/

Aug 13–23 Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera, Academia d’Amore with Stephen Stubbs, continuo, Elizabeth Brown, lute, Contact: Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera, 1525 NE Elshin Pl, Seattle WA 98125 tel/fax: ++1 206 913 2073 e: info@seattleacademyofbaroqueopera.org http://www.seattleacademyof/ baroqueopera.org

Aug 15–22 Early Music Week at Pinewoods, nr Plymouth MA, Contact: The Country Dance and Song Society, PO Box 338, Haydenville, MA 01039-0338 USA, tel: ++1 413 268 7426 ext 3 /fax: 268 7471, e: camp@cdss.org web: http://www.cdss.org/

Aug 23–30 7e Atelier de musique ancienne, [making an organistrum rather than a lute this year], plus lectures and courses, Gruyeres, Fribourg, Switzerland. Contact: Association Guitare et Luth, Case Postale 2254, 1630 Bulle 2, Switzerland.tel: ++41 79 400 6462 e: atelier.lutherie@bluemail.ch
Web: www.anselmus.ch/fr/association/atelier2007.htm

Oct 16–21 Sing from the heart at West Dean, with Michael Fields and Evelyn TubbWest Dean College, West Dean, Chichester PO18 0QZ tel 0844 4994408 or from overseas ++44 1243 811301 / fax: 811343 e: short.courses@westdean.org.uk web: http://www.westdean.org.uk/

Oct 17–18 Mulheim/Baden Spielertreffen, with Carsten Timpe, Haydnweg 21, D 79395, Neuenburg; e: inehac1@gmx.de

Nov 26–29 Lute course at Castle Alteglofsheim with Stefan Lundgren, Stewart McCoy and Miguel Serdoura, Contact:
S Lundgran, O Alvarsdalsvagen 32, SE 38792 Borgholm, tel: ++46 485/563207 e: ekebo07@glocalnet.net http://www.luteonline.se/
e: SLundgrenLaute@t-online.de, web: http://www.luteonline.de/ or www.musikakademie-alteglofsheim.de/

Craig Ogden and Gary Ryan performing at Beechwood

(Thanks to Ray Love)

Beechwood '09 are presenting a concert of guitar solos and duets with Gary Ryan and Craig Ogden at the Beechwood Sacred Heart School (Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells Kent)

Born in Australia, Craig Ogden has been a resident in the UK for a number of years and is currently principal lecturer in the guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music. His playing career has involved numerous international concert tours, television and radio broadcasts and the release of several CD's on the Chandos label.

Gary Ryan is also highly regarded for both his playing and composing and he is now firmly established as one of the country's most exciting performers.

With a selection of solos and duets (including a new duet by Gary), the concert promises to be a treat for all lovers of guitar music.

Tickets will be available at the door priced £12 for adults, and £8 for the usual concessions. Early bookings will see the price reduced by £2

For further information please call 01732832459 or download this flyer.

BGS Meeting 21st March

The Widmore Consort gave a wonderful performance at the March Meeting of the BGS. We were treated to a great selection of pieces under the baton of consort master Paul Brown and for those members of the BGS who attended, it was an enjoyable evening.

Paul and his group had obviously put a lot of time and effort in the preparation and delivery of an entertaining program and we would like to thank them for a great evening. I am sure that Paul would be happy to hear from BGS members who might like to join his consort.

After Paul and his consort departed we had a mixture of solos from the members. Pieces played included Barrios, Tarrega, Bogadanovich, Villa Lobos, and Merz. Len Ivell took us to the Wild West with a rendition of old favourites and Fred gave us a bit of Jazz guitar with a sterling performance of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Unfortunately no sound recordings this time.

No Ray to chivvy us with the De Witt piece but Denis stepped up to the plate and we made a fair go of it. Mind you the Sarabande still needs a bit of work.

We can't make a secret that we were a little disappointed at the turnout for this meeting and we hope that we get more members attending the next meeting which will be a real cracker. We will have two 20 minute performances from Gary Ryan's top students so this is one not to miss!!

See you in April!!

Concert Updates

1 CONCERT IN LONDON
Sonatas for violin and viola d'amore by Biber and theorbo music by Piccinini
Jennifer Bennett (baroque violin and viola d'amore)
Yair Avidor (theorbo)
Sunday 22 March 2 pm
Burgh House Museum, Hampstead, London
£10 /£8 on the door or from 02083402230

2. WORKSHOP IN EAST ANGLIA
Dear EEMF members,
Don't forget that William Hunt of Fretwork will be running a workshop of Verse Anthems by Gibbons and Tomkins this Sunday, 22nd March. There is space for more singers (all voices) and players (of viols, recorders, cornetts, sackbuts and curtals), so please let me know a.s.a.p. if you would like to come.

I hope you will be able to join us on Sunday.
Best wishes,
Selene
Selene Mills Membership Secretary, Eastern Early Music Forum 5 Tunwell's Lane, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB22 5LJ 01223 847330 info@cambridgeearlymusic.org

Lute Society and other news..

1 BIOGRAPHY OF DIANA POULTON - HELP WANTED!
The Life and Times of Diana Poulton
I am writing a biography of Diana Poulton, and would be grateful if any readers had any memories or materials which might help with my research. I am interested not only in her work in the reclamation of Dowland's music and the lute in general, but more widely in her time at the Slade, in publishing with Lawrence and Wishart and the connections through her mother with the art world.

You can contact me by email - thea@theas.co.uk , by post Thea Abbott, 6 Whitwell Road, Norwich, NR1 4HB or by telephone 01603 629899. I would of course acknowledge my sources, or not as they wished.
Thea

2. PAINTING OF LUTE PLAYER COMING UP AT AUCTION
Perhaps your members would be interested to know about a painting coming up for sale at Bonhams, London July 8th.

I was lucky to stumble across it. It is a painting of a 17th century lute player (nothing rare about that I suppose), but it shows the lute, almost like the head is sticking out of the canvas. Clearly showing the thickness' of the strings and how they are tied. It is not listed on Bonhams web site yet, but I guess if you look at the end of June they will have a photo of it there. Search; Jacob Oost (1601-1671) the artist.
Jim
James WestbrookThe Guitar MuseumEnglandj@theguitarmuseum.com

3. CONCERT ON 28TH MARCH

Dear All
I would like to invite you to my next concert. Departing from the world of Arabic Music for this one, this will be a special concert with my Soprano Quartet Tongue Stuff, a concert full of newly commissioned and brand new works, including some of our own compositions.

It will be on Saturday, the 28th of March 2009 at Rosslyn Unitarian Chapel in Hampstead.

It should be a fun, slightly wacky and very interesting evening, so please mark the date in your diary and come along!

Free drink included in ticket!

Please see below for more details.

All best wishes
Merit

Tongue Stuff Girls Concert

In our first full length program, the Tongue Stuff girls perform a selection of new works for soprano quartet, some written for us, some written by us, and some kindly donated, by composers including Kontz, Galloway, Vaxby, Stephanos, Dunkin-Wedd and many more.

Tickets on the door: £10 full price / £6 concessions, includes 1 glass of wine / 1 soft drink
Tongue Stuff are: Sara Underwood, Morag Galloway, Merit Stephanos & Jen Ord

Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009
Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
Street: Pilgrim’s Place, NW3 1NG
Tube: Hampstead

-- merit ariane stephanoswww.myspace.com/meritariane0044-7971-339398

4. DORSET GUITAR SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

Here is your DGS March Newsletter
http://www.dorsetguitarsociety.org.uk/Newsletters/

Widmore Guitar Ensemble Visit Saturday 21st March

Below are the programme notes and details for the performance of the Widmore Guitar Ensemble at the next BGS Meeting. (Thanks to Paul Brown for the notes)

• COME ON AND CELEBRATE Patricia Morgan


• SIYAHAMBA Traditional


• MINUETS from MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS G F Handel


• SONATA D Scarlatti


• THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU John Rutter


• JAMES BOND THEME Monty Morman


• LIVE AND LET DIE Paul McCartney


• YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE John Barry

Programme notes:

The Widmore Guitar Ensemble enjoys playing music in a wide variety of styles from rock to renaissance and from Bach to the Beatles. The ensemble began as a group of guitar students playing together in a Bromley adult education class discovering the classical guitar repertoire.

They soon found there was a much larger world of music that could be transcribed for the instrument and set about building entertaining programmes drawn from many different genres.
Under conductor Paul Brown the ensemble has now played in many local concerts and has won numerous awards in music festivals.

Lute Society and Other Concert News

1. EARLY MUSIC DAY, DURHAM, 28th MARCH

North East Early Music Forum workshop Saturday 28th March 2009, 10 for10.30am to 4.30pm : "La Batalla! The Battle Masses of Victoria, Esquiveland Cererols", led by Clive Walkley in the Exhibition Hall, DurhamSchool, Quarryheads Lane, Durham, DH1 4SZ. Cost £15/£12. Singers andinstruments including lutes, vihuelas, theorbos welcome, playing from staff notation only. Closing datefor hot lunch order (£5) is the 14th March. Downloadable applicationform available from our events page http://www.neemf.org.uk/diary.htmlwith details and map. Queries to John A. Murdie, secretary@neemf.org.ukor tel. 01904 645964 after 6pm.


2. ENFIELD GUITAR SOCIETY WEBSITE

We have now set up a new website for the society.

Please would you change all references to the Enfield Classical Guitar Website to indicate to the following.


http://www.enfieldclassicalguitarsociety.org.uk/

Regards and thanks

Ray
Chair Enfield Classical Guitar Society

3. EARLY KEYBOARD CONCERTS THIS WEEKEND
Saturday 7 March at 10:30am

Coffee Concert - Ben Charlston, PianoMusic by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and ....?!

Admission free, retiring collection

St John The Baptist Church, St John's Road, Harpenden, AL5 1DJ

Directions at http://www.stjohnsharpenden.org.uk/

Sunday afternoon 15 March at 4pm

The Town Hall, Market Place, St Albans AL3 5DJ

JS Bach Sonatas for violin and harpsichord Nos 3-6

Penelope Spencer baroque violin & Terence Charlston harpsichord

The second concert in the series, completing the cycle of works begun at the sell-out November concert.

Concert 4-5pm Bar from 3-6pm

Tickets £10

Tourist Information Centre, Market Place, 01727 864511


4. AND SOME MORE CONCERTS . . .

I thought you'd like to know about some great concerts coming up:


Wednesday 11 March, 1.05pm – Pantagruel
City of London Free Winter Series
St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8AU
Laydie Louthians Lilte - Ballads, Ayres & Dances from 17th century Scotland - one of my favourite groups for sheer exuberance!
http://www.citymusicsociety.org/Free.htm

Tickets are free for both these lunchtime concerts

Friday 13 March, 7.30pm – Concordia with Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Wigmore Hall
Mr Purcell’s Youthful Fantazies
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/
Box office 020 7935 2141

Sunday 15 March, 7.00pm – Concordia with Robin Blaze and Penelope Keith as Elizabeth I
Guildford International Festival
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
Regina Monologues
http://www.guildfordinternationalmusicfestival.co.uk/index.htm
Box Office: 01483 444334

Friday 27 March, 7.30pm – London Handel Orchestra with Daniel Taylor
Wigmore Hall
part of the London Handel Festival
Arias for Senesino

Monday 6 April, 7.30pm – Juice
Wigmore Hall (PLG)
shared with Hannah Marcinowicz (saxophone) & Daniel Swain (piano)

Friday 10 April, 2.30pm – Polyphony directed by Stephen Layton
with James Gilchrist (Evangelist) and James Rutherford (Christus)
and the Academy of Ancient Music
St John’s Smith Square
J S BACH: St John Passion