1. IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP
A RISKY BUSINESS - An introduction to the art of improvisation, ornamentation and decoration.
22 May 2010 at St Mark's Church, Leamington Spa - 10am to 5pm
Paula Chateauneuf is conducting a day workshop on the above, sponsored by MEMF (Midlands early Music Forum). Paula recently received great acclaim for the Southbank Centre's "Take the Risk" weekend of early improvisation, which she curated, including several broadcasts on BBC Radio 3.
In this workshop Paula will introduce various topics based on 16th and 17th century guides to improvisation, and participants will be encouraged to throw away inhibitions and just have a go! All types of singers and instrumentalists are welcome.
If you are interested please contact Mike Ashley on mashley256@aol.com or 01564-778631
2. PANTAGRUEL TOUR
Dear Friends,
If you live or happen to be visiting the U.K. at the end of this month then you can maybe catch us on our 4 date tour..
29th April LONDON more info30th April MALVERN more info1st May SOUTHWELL(near Nottingham) more info2nd May NORWICH more info
We will be playing lots of new material from our forthcoming CD NYMPHIDIA and a few of our old favorites.
It is back back in the UK in July to play at the Winchester Festival (16th july) and Aust (17th July) and for a longer tour in September including 2 performances at the Ripon International Festival and the Saltaire Festival, where we will be presented by the Early Music Shop.
We are very proud and generally chuffed that we have been chosen as one of the recommended artists by the UK organisation Making Music for the 2011-2012 season of their Concert Promoters Network. Each year the Making Music Concert Promoters' Committee chooses a number of ensembles and soloists, in recent years these have included such renowned early music ensembles as London Baroque, Joglaresa & Charivari Agréable.
In June we are of to Paris, in September we are playing a series of concerts in Croatia and Slovenia and then of to Denmark in October.
We will also be playing 3 concerts as part of the RUHR 2010 European capital of Culture in Germany - Gelsenkirchen (7th June & 12th November) & Essen (11th July).
In between these trips we are working on 2 new CD projects that we hope to release in September 2010 and early 2011. For those of you that do not have our last CD "Laydie Lothians Lilte", we only have a few left and when they are gone...that's it...it will never agin be released in this form...ever again!
There is a new video at YouTube from our concert in Mülheim, Germany a few weeks ago...
www.pantagruel.de/videos.html
Plus a tiny one minute video of bits and bobs from a fun night we had in Copenhagen...
http://www.pantagruel.de/concerts_details_015_copenhagen.html
Hope you are all healthy and wellt, doing "what thou wilt" to your hearts content..
All the best
Pantagruel
3. MANDOLIN FESTIVAL CONCERTS
Come watch the 2010 Second London Mandolin Festival Concerts!
Due to the success of the 2009 Festival concert the London Mandolin Festival returnsUniting voluntary plucked string players all over London in one mass orchestraPromoting plucked string instruments and the ailing Mandolin and Guitar groupsShowcasing the range and beauty of music for Mandolin OrchestraFrom Folk to Klezmer to Contemporary, Japanese to Cuban
The theme for the 2010 Second London Mandolin Festival is "Rumba: Rhythm + Dance"where the Rumba rhythm is featured in 4 of the orchestral pieces out of 6 Will you determine the 2 the pieces that do not contain the Rumba rhythm??
Sunday 23rd May 2010, two concerts 3:00PM - 5:00PM and 6:00PM - 8:00PM At St. Sepulchre-Without-Newgate cnr of Holborn Viaduct and Giltspur Street EC1A 9DENear tube stations Farringdon, St Paul's and opposite City Thameslink station.
Students £5, Concession £8, Non-Concession £10Book your tickets now as the concert may sell out on the day!Email londonmandolinfestival@googlemail.com for more details
http://www.londonmandolinfestival.org.uk/
4. GUITAR QUARTET CONCERT
Our next concert is at The Point in Eastleigh on Saturday 1st May 2010 and we are pleased to welcome the Vida Guitar Quartet, details as follows:-
The Vida Guitar Quartet brings together four guitarists of exceptional ability and virtuosity sharing a passion for chamber music. After their spectacular debut at the first World Youth Guitar Festival in 2007, the quartet have already built a reputation as one of the world's most exciting guitar ensembles.
Consisting of established players such as the world famous Eden Stell Guitar Duo, Mark Ashford and Helen Sanderson, all four became friends while studying together at music college. What started as just a bit of fun has developed into a seriously good music experience that should not be missed.
Their programme will include works by Bellinati, Turina, Falla, Attaingnant and Bizet
VENUE: The Point Eastleigh (1 mile M3/J13 or 1mile from M27/J5)
DATE: 1st May 2010 8pm
TICKETS: £12.00 (usual concessions £10) Box Office 023 8065 2333
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Many thanks
Lynn Beckwith
Publicity Officer Southampton Classical Guitar Society 01489 589235
www.scgs-guitar.org.uk
BGS Concert: Nora Buschmann
I suppose people will remember the weekend of April 17th for many reasons. Most likely it will be for the disruptions caused by the volcano with the unpronounceable name in Iceland. For us, lucky lot at the Bromley Guitar Society, it will be the memory of the wonderful UK debut for guitarist artiste Nora Buschmann.
And the God who smiles upon all classical guitar lovers was hard at work beforehand! The Icelandic volcano held its fury back long enough for Nora and her husband Fernando to arrive safely at Gatwick from Berlin thereby ensuring the success of the BGS concert!! (Hopefully they won’t have too much trouble returning!!)
The program was an eclectic mixture of pieces reflecting Nora’s passion for the musical influences associated with the Middle East along side the haunting vibrant themes associated with South America. Her guitar was especially crafted for her by the late Alejander Van Der Horst and, in Nora’s hands, it sang sweetly. There is an absolute truth and beauty in her performance. Some guitarists ‘scratch’ or claw at the strings. (I know because I tend to do it). Nora cajoles and insinuates. She gently draws out the melody in a way that catches your breath. She set the opening mood with a two lovely pieces -Fantasia in A minor by Kellner followed by a beautiful rendition of Elegie by Mertz.
Then, under Nora’s spell, we were transported to a variety of landscapes beginning with a musical homage to South America with Villa Lobos Suite Populaire Bresielenne.
The titles of these pieces, each of which combines a European form with a Brazilian dance, the chôro, reflect a mix of popular and classical styles and forms that were part of the tapestry of the music of the cinemas, nightclubs and cafes of the early part of the century that played such a strong influence on the composer . (Such hybrids were characteristic of Brazilian popular dance music at the time.) Nora captured these impressions with the opening Mazurka-Chôros, with its somewhat nostalgic tone, followed by a Schottisch-Chôros (the schottisch was a kind of polka-like dance popular in the nineteenth century), a bittersweet Valsa-Chôros, and a lovely, almost classically styled Gavota-Chôros. The concluding Chôrinho, a miniature chôros, is a bit darker-hued and dramatic than the previous four pieces.
As a student of Domeniconi, it was to be expected that Nora would include one or two of his compositions. We were treated to a technically flawless performance of Toccata in Blue a piece that was influenced by the style of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Toccata in Blue with its opening of high drama, eases into a more lyrical vein but towards the end there is a flurry of arpeggios and pedal point. It is a fiendishly difficult piece requiring firm mastery which Nora displayed easily.
After interval we returned back to the musical landscape of the South American tundra with a spell binding performance of three pieces by Augustin Barrios Mangore, Gran Tremelo, Maxixe and Vals No4 Optus 8 followed by Paolo Bellenati’s Un amor de Vals and the percussive fiery little piece Jongo (As I write this I am reliving the experience listening to the pieces on Nora’s CD Appassionata Latina. )
However, for me personally, the biggest treat of the evening was the performance of Koyunbaba, Domeniconi’s homage to his love of Turkish culture. The name is actually Turkish and literally translates as "sheep-father" (koyun-baba), or "shepherd", some sources also translate it to "the spirit of the sheep", but also refers to many other things, including a 13th century mystical saint-like figure.
And, like most of Domeniconi’s compositions, this is not one for the faint hearted. It requires firm but gentle mastery of the instrument.
Nora captured the intense moodiness and drama of the piece with its contrasting tempos and dynamics. Not a cough nor splutter from the audience during this performance!! Even the catankerous boiler at St Marks managed to remain silent!!
Because Koyunbaba requires the guitar strings to be tuned unconventionally to a C#minor chord, our Treasurer, Steve Pearson very generously and graciously loaned Nora his Rolf Eichinger guitar for the performance of Koyunbaba. And because of the amazing quality of the performance I will be surprised if he returns the guitar back to its traditional tuning.
All in all it was a fantastic evening and was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. It was her UK debut and we are extremely proud that we can say that Bromley Guitar Society provided the platform for her introduction to the UK Classical Guitar Scene.
As with all BGS concerts, they don’t just happen by magic. Usually you don’t see the hard work that goes on behind the scenes by the BGS Executive whose only reward is the audience’s enjoyment and excitement of the performance itself. It is time to mention those people and thank them for their hard work.
I’ll leave this part up to our chairman Denis Stockton whose kind email I have included below
“I would like to express my thanks to all of you for the tremendous amount of hard work that went into last Saturday's recital.
I am sorry that Shirley missed out, due to circumstances beyond anyone's control. However, both Shirley and Vince did a superb job regarding the ticketing, particularly with Vince "saving the day" at the last minute.
Steve Pearson handled the funding perfectly and the programme that he produced, together with his very talented daughter, is worth a special mention. Also, thank you for providing accommodation for Nora and Fernando. Please pass these thanks on to your parents.
Andrew Ferrier set the whole thing up and dealt with every detail from day one. Co-coordinating that enterprise must have been a nightmare so, well done Andrew. Also, thank you and Fran for wining and dining Nora and Fernando, and for showing them around Kent and Sussex.
Thanks to Trevor, as always, and to Steve Dowdell and Dave Hampton for their transporting of the stage.
All that I had to do was to make the closing address. It's good to know that, as I get older and less able to do the physical and organisational things so much, I can rely on such a dedicated team.”
And the God who smiles upon all classical guitar lovers was hard at work beforehand! The Icelandic volcano held its fury back long enough for Nora and her husband Fernando to arrive safely at Gatwick from Berlin thereby ensuring the success of the BGS concert!! (Hopefully they won’t have too much trouble returning!!)
The program was an eclectic mixture of pieces reflecting Nora’s passion for the musical influences associated with the Middle East along side the haunting vibrant themes associated with South America. Her guitar was especially crafted for her by the late Alejander Van Der Horst and, in Nora’s hands, it sang sweetly. There is an absolute truth and beauty in her performance. Some guitarists ‘scratch’ or claw at the strings. (I know because I tend to do it). Nora cajoles and insinuates. She gently draws out the melody in a way that catches your breath. She set the opening mood with a two lovely pieces -Fantasia in A minor by Kellner followed by a beautiful rendition of Elegie by Mertz.
Then, under Nora’s spell, we were transported to a variety of landscapes beginning with a musical homage to South America with Villa Lobos Suite Populaire Bresielenne.
The titles of these pieces, each of which combines a European form with a Brazilian dance, the chôro, reflect a mix of popular and classical styles and forms that were part of the tapestry of the music of the cinemas, nightclubs and cafes of the early part of the century that played such a strong influence on the composer . (Such hybrids were characteristic of Brazilian popular dance music at the time.) Nora captured these impressions with the opening Mazurka-Chôros, with its somewhat nostalgic tone, followed by a Schottisch-Chôros (the schottisch was a kind of polka-like dance popular in the nineteenth century), a bittersweet Valsa-Chôros, and a lovely, almost classically styled Gavota-Chôros. The concluding Chôrinho, a miniature chôros, is a bit darker-hued and dramatic than the previous four pieces.
As a student of Domeniconi, it was to be expected that Nora would include one or two of his compositions. We were treated to a technically flawless performance of Toccata in Blue a piece that was influenced by the style of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Toccata in Blue with its opening of high drama, eases into a more lyrical vein but towards the end there is a flurry of arpeggios and pedal point. It is a fiendishly difficult piece requiring firm mastery which Nora displayed easily.
After interval we returned back to the musical landscape of the South American tundra with a spell binding performance of three pieces by Augustin Barrios Mangore, Gran Tremelo, Maxixe and Vals No4 Optus 8 followed by Paolo Bellenati’s Un amor de Vals and the percussive fiery little piece Jongo (As I write this I am reliving the experience listening to the pieces on Nora’s CD Appassionata Latina. )
However, for me personally, the biggest treat of the evening was the performance of Koyunbaba, Domeniconi’s homage to his love of Turkish culture. The name is actually Turkish and literally translates as "sheep-father" (koyun-baba), or "shepherd", some sources also translate it to "the spirit of the sheep", but also refers to many other things, including a 13th century mystical saint-like figure.
And, like most of Domeniconi’s compositions, this is not one for the faint hearted. It requires firm but gentle mastery of the instrument.
Nora captured the intense moodiness and drama of the piece with its contrasting tempos and dynamics. Not a cough nor splutter from the audience during this performance!! Even the catankerous boiler at St Marks managed to remain silent!!
Because Koyunbaba requires the guitar strings to be tuned unconventionally to a C#minor chord, our Treasurer, Steve Pearson very generously and graciously loaned Nora his Rolf Eichinger guitar for the performance of Koyunbaba. And because of the amazing quality of the performance I will be surprised if he returns the guitar back to its traditional tuning.
All in all it was a fantastic evening and was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. It was her UK debut and we are extremely proud that we can say that Bromley Guitar Society provided the platform for her introduction to the UK Classical Guitar Scene.
As with all BGS concerts, they don’t just happen by magic. Usually you don’t see the hard work that goes on behind the scenes by the BGS Executive whose only reward is the audience’s enjoyment and excitement of the performance itself. It is time to mention those people and thank them for their hard work.
I’ll leave this part up to our chairman Denis Stockton whose kind email I have included below
“I would like to express my thanks to all of you for the tremendous amount of hard work that went into last Saturday's recital.
I am sorry that Shirley missed out, due to circumstances beyond anyone's control. However, both Shirley and Vince did a superb job regarding the ticketing, particularly with Vince "saving the day" at the last minute.
Steve Pearson handled the funding perfectly and the programme that he produced, together with his very talented daughter, is worth a special mention. Also, thank you for providing accommodation for Nora and Fernando. Please pass these thanks on to your parents.
Andrew Ferrier set the whole thing up and dealt with every detail from day one. Co-coordinating that enterprise must have been a nightmare so, well done Andrew. Also, thank you and Fran for wining and dining Nora and Fernando, and for showing them around Kent and Sussex.
Thanks to Trevor, as always, and to Steve Dowdell and Dave Hampton for their transporting of the stage.
All that I had to do was to make the closing address. It's good to know that, as I get older and less able to do the physical and organisational things so much, I can rely on such a dedicated team.”
For those of you who missed the concert, Nora is playing Bellenati's Un Amor de Vals, which was included on the concert program.
Mike Edmonds Performance
Apologies for the blanket email, but I wanted to let everyone know about a charity classical guitar album I have recently recorded for a very good friend Mike Edmonds who sadly has pancreatic cancer. It has been a privilege to spend the last few weeks recording with Mike and we are both very proud and delighted with the final classical guitar album called "Milonga" which has just arrived for distribution.
Mike's performance is world class and is even more astounding considering the circumstances in which he recorded his album and his failing health throughout. We hope to raise a lot of money for Cancer Research through sales of the CD (all proceeds will go to this charity) and I hope you will be able to find a few spare minutes to visit Mike's website - http://www.mikeedmondsmusic.com/ and listen to the excerpts of each track we have posted there. All the tracks are stunning pieces of music but if you can't listen to all of them, please try the title track Milonga & Julia Florida (http://www.mikeedmondsmusic.com/listen.html) which are my personal favourites and beautiful guitar compositions. If you like what you hear, I hope you will consider purchasing a copy of the CD through the link on the "Purchase CD" page - http://www.mikeedmondsmusic.com/purchase.html and it will be posted out to you upon receipt of your order. Each CD costs £10 plus P&P and as I say ALL proceeds will go to Cancer Research UK
I would also be grateful if you could let other people know you think might be interested about this charity classical guitar CD, and email them the above links to Mike's website. The album has already started receiving good reviews (see below) and we even received a telephone call from John Williams who had listened to the excerpts on Mike's website and wanted to wish Mike well with the album - I'm sure you'll agree that this just shows what a decent man he is to have called and taken such a personal interest. Classic FM and Classical Guitar Magazine have both requested a copy of Mike's album for review and I'm hopeful we can achieve our target of selling at least 1000 copies of the album this year for such a good cause - by letting others know you could help us achieve this
I do hope you can let your members know about this CD and if you wish to post Mike a comment, there is a guestbook on his website for feedback. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have or discuss multiple CD purchases should you wish to purchase more than one CD
I sincerely hope I haven't upset you by contacting you direct (I got your email address from an online search for classical guitar clubs) and thank you for any support you can give
Regards
Kevin
Kevin Harding
http://www.kevinharding.com/
kevin@kevinharding.com
07974 554718 or 01803 299600
Review from Daily Mail Newspaper Group - Herald Express Thursday 25th March 2010
"I visited http://www.mikeedmondsmusic.com/ clicked on the "Listen" link and allowed the exquisite sound of Mike's playing have a remarkably soothing effect on me. This is absolutely extraordinary virtuosity by a man with the dual gifts of technical expertise and expression. As a former guitarist myself, I have no hesitation in hailing Mike Edmonds as a genuine guitar maestro; a world class guitarist who, in any other age, would have been a household name. It beggars belief that "Milonga" is his debut album. But perhaps this is a reflection of the fact that, these days, reality TV reigns supreme, while the truly talented, like Mike Edmonds, just get on with the job of making beautiful, meaningful and enduring music" David Lowe.
Nora Buschmann Concert
Limited numbers tickets are still available for the Nora Buschmann Concert for this coming Saturday April 17th!
The concert will commence at 7:30pm sharp.
To reserve yourself a place please email bgstickets@googlemail.com or purchase them at the door from 7pm at St Marks Church Westmoreland Road Bromley. (Nearest Station is Bronley South).
The concert will commence at 7:30pm sharp.
To reserve yourself a place please email bgstickets@googlemail.com or purchase them at the door from 7pm at St Marks Church Westmoreland Road Bromley. (Nearest Station is Bronley South).
Lute Society and other news..
SPRING MEETING, SATURDAY 8th MAY
As is our wont, after going through the rigours of the AGM we treat ourselves to a day made up mostly of music, with mini-recitals by Dale Harris, and David Protheroe, a talk and demonstration on the use of gestures in lute song, a recital by Dutch lute duo David van Ooijen and Michiel Niessen, which nobody who has heard their superb recording of the (very hard) Terzi duets, Un’ altra canzona will want to miss. Following recent trips to the Continent, we will have on sale most of the published editions of French, Belgian, Spanish and Dutch lute societies, including the recent Thysius lute book facsimile.
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Gestures in lute song, talk and demonstration by Rosemary Carlton-Willis, accompanied by David Miller
12.00 Mini-recital of Sanz and Vivaldi transcriptions on 13 course lute,played by Dale Harris.
12.30 Break for lunch
2.00 Mini-recital of lute songs performed, self-accompanied, by David Protheroe
2.30 AGM
3.45 Tea
4.15 The Lute Society recital, David van Ooijen and Michiel Nissen play renaissance lute duets
MEETINGS IN 2010:
June 26 The Lute Society party, at the house of John and Joyce Reeve, Maidenhead, with music by Peter Martin
August 7-15 Lute building summer school, workshop of David van Edwards, Norwich, building a 12-course lute
August 20–22 Lute Society residential weekend: ‘Matthew Holmes and his musical world’ Christ Church, Oxford, with Jakob Lindberg
Jacob Heringman, Stewart McCoy and Ian Harwood
September 11 at the Dutch church, Mace day with Benjamin Narvey and David van Edwards, recital by Rosemary Hodgson
November 20 NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!!! at the Dutch church, talk on Mudarra’s vihuela songs by Matthew Spring, and mini-recital with Sara Stowe; talk on teaching the lute to children by David Capp and Peter Trent, talk on Dowland and Dowland recital by Nigel North.
Hope to see you at one or all of the above!, best wishes, Chris Goodwin
1 OUD FOR SALE
I could like to inform you about an old OUD (oriental luth) instrument by the grate luthier Manolis Venios (1850 - 1914). Manolis Venios is considered to be the greatest and most renowned of all Greek, Turkish or Armenian builders of ‘ouds, and his fame spread throughout the Mediterranean. He was born in Folegandros - Greece in 1850 and died in Istanbul in 1914. He introduced many innovations to the construction of the ‘oud and elaborated the form of the instrument as we know it today. His workshop, according to the labels he placed inside his instruments was to be found “In Constantinople, on the Great Street of Galata, No. 138”. His ‘ouds are characterized by their homogeneous, clear and refined timbre as well as the high quality of their construction. Today, they are to be found in museums and of course in the hands of virtuoso musicians in the Near and Middle East, Europe, America and Japan. My oud was made in 1907 and has been maintained in excellent condition, without damage or repairs. It has been in our possession since 1991 and with it we have taken part in numerous concerts, recordings and educational meetings in Greece and many other countries. Its sale value is estimated at between 18,000 and 22,000 EUR. I remain at your disposal for any further information you may require. Best regards, Kyriakos Kalaitzidis
+30 6974 760059
art@enmusic.gr
2. LUTE PLAYER WANTED
Mark Windisch advised me to contact you in the following matter. I'm trying to find a lute player or a guitar player in the region around Stratford on Avon for the afternoon of the 22nd of August to accompany songs by Dowland, Purcell etc. and also possibly to play either some background music or a few solo pieces. It is not a public concert. It shall be for a 90th birthday of a nice and lively lady in Bearly. I'd sing, I'm a trained singer but not a professional (I'm a Handel scholar). So the player should be reliable but does not need to be a professional either. Is there any chance to find someone? We'd only have the chance for one or two rehearsals possibly.
Best wishes,Annette Landgraf
3. MAY PASTORALE
Nothing to do with the lute, but recommended by a Man Who Knows
Caroline Jones, recorders
Charles Matthews, piano
Music in the pastoral tradition
Aubade ~ Cyril Scott
Rhapsody ~ Donald Swann
Estampes ~ Debussy
Royal Pump Rooms
Leamington Spa
CV32 4AA
Sunday, 16th May 2010 3 pm
Tickets £8, SRP members £7
Tea and cakes available after the concert
Tickets: 01788 812223 or Presto Classical 01926 317 025
4. BAROQUE CONCERT
I am writing to invite you to a very exciting concert I'll be playing with my group The Little Baroque Company http://www.littlebaroqueco.com/ on Friday April 16th at St. Anne Lutheran Church, Gresham st., London, EC2V 7BX at 7:00pm, (close to St. Paul's station). For this concert we have invited three world renown musicians, the soprano Julia Doyle http://www.juliasoprano.moonfruit.com/, the mezzo-soprano Clare Wilkinson http://www.clarewilkinsonmezzo.co.uk/ and the theorbo player Jakob Lindberg http://www.musicamano.com/ . We will perform a recital with arias, duets and instrumental music by Georg Friederic Handel. In addition, wine and Spanish tapas will be served during the interval. The program will be:
SONATA’
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
(Allegro - Adagio - Allegro)
‘PRENDI L’ALMA, PRENDI IL CORE’
Rodrigo
‘TANTI STRALI AL SEN MI SCOCCHI’
Italian Cantata X
‘PASSACAILLE’
Sonata Op.5 IV
‘LASCIA LA SPINA’
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
‘DOPO NOTTE ATRA E FUNESTA’
Ariodante
‘OVERTURE-GIGUE-SARABANDE-PASSACAILLE’
Rodrigo
‘SFORZANDO A PIANGERE CON PIU DOLOR’
‘CHE NON PUO LA GELOSIA’
‘SORGE IL DI’
Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
‘PER ABATARE IL RIGORE’
Aminta et Fillide
Soprano: Julia Doyle
Mezzo-soprano: Clare Wilkinson
1st Violin: Helen Kruger
2nd Violin: Henrietta Wayne
Viola: Frouke Mooij
Cello: Emily Robinson
Oboe: Joel Raymond, Sarah Humphrys
Bassoon: Rebecca Stockwell
Theorbo: Jakob Lindberg
Theorbo & Baroque Guitar: Manuel Minguillon
The concert will be live recorded by the producer/engineer Adrian Hunter. Attached there is a poster with more information about the event. Please feel free to invite as many friends as you want to what promise to be a very exciting evening of music. Do not hesitate to contact me for any other information you may need and also if you would like to reserve some tickets (The sales are quite advance, and St. Anne only seats about 140 people)
Best wishes,
Manuel Minguillon Nieto
http://www.manuelminguillon.com/
info@manuelminguillon.com
As is our wont, after going through the rigours of the AGM we treat ourselves to a day made up mostly of music, with mini-recitals by Dale Harris, and David Protheroe, a talk and demonstration on the use of gestures in lute song, a recital by Dutch lute duo David van Ooijen and Michiel Niessen, which nobody who has heard their superb recording of the (very hard) Terzi duets, Un’ altra canzona will want to miss. Following recent trips to the Continent, we will have on sale most of the published editions of French, Belgian, Spanish and Dutch lute societies, including the recent Thysius lute book facsimile.
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Gestures in lute song, talk and demonstration by Rosemary Carlton-Willis, accompanied by David Miller
12.00 Mini-recital of Sanz and Vivaldi transcriptions on 13 course lute,played by Dale Harris.
12.30 Break for lunch
2.00 Mini-recital of lute songs performed, self-accompanied, by David Protheroe
2.30 AGM
3.45 Tea
4.15 The Lute Society recital, David van Ooijen and Michiel Nissen play renaissance lute duets
MEETINGS IN 2010:
June 26 The Lute Society party, at the house of John and Joyce Reeve, Maidenhead, with music by Peter Martin
August 7-15 Lute building summer school, workshop of David van Edwards, Norwich, building a 12-course lute
August 20–22 Lute Society residential weekend: ‘Matthew Holmes and his musical world’ Christ Church, Oxford, with Jakob Lindberg
Jacob Heringman, Stewart McCoy and Ian Harwood
September 11 at the Dutch church, Mace day with Benjamin Narvey and David van Edwards, recital by Rosemary Hodgson
November 20 NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!!! at the Dutch church, talk on Mudarra’s vihuela songs by Matthew Spring, and mini-recital with Sara Stowe; talk on teaching the lute to children by David Capp and Peter Trent, talk on Dowland and Dowland recital by Nigel North.
Hope to see you at one or all of the above!, best wishes, Chris Goodwin
1 OUD FOR SALE
I could like to inform you about an old OUD (oriental luth) instrument by the grate luthier Manolis Venios (1850 - 1914). Manolis Venios is considered to be the greatest and most renowned of all Greek, Turkish or Armenian builders of ‘ouds, and his fame spread throughout the Mediterranean. He was born in Folegandros - Greece in 1850 and died in Istanbul in 1914. He introduced many innovations to the construction of the ‘oud and elaborated the form of the instrument as we know it today. His workshop, according to the labels he placed inside his instruments was to be found “In Constantinople, on the Great Street of Galata, No. 138”. His ‘ouds are characterized by their homogeneous, clear and refined timbre as well as the high quality of their construction. Today, they are to be found in museums and of course in the hands of virtuoso musicians in the Near and Middle East, Europe, America and Japan. My oud was made in 1907 and has been maintained in excellent condition, without damage or repairs. It has been in our possession since 1991 and with it we have taken part in numerous concerts, recordings and educational meetings in Greece and many other countries. Its sale value is estimated at between 18,000 and 22,000 EUR. I remain at your disposal for any further information you may require. Best regards, Kyriakos Kalaitzidis
+30 6974 760059
art@enmusic.gr
2. LUTE PLAYER WANTED
Mark Windisch advised me to contact you in the following matter. I'm trying to find a lute player or a guitar player in the region around Stratford on Avon for the afternoon of the 22nd of August to accompany songs by Dowland, Purcell etc. and also possibly to play either some background music or a few solo pieces. It is not a public concert. It shall be for a 90th birthday of a nice and lively lady in Bearly. I'd sing, I'm a trained singer but not a professional (I'm a Handel scholar). So the player should be reliable but does not need to be a professional either. Is there any chance to find someone? We'd only have the chance for one or two rehearsals possibly.
Best wishes,Annette Landgraf
3. MAY PASTORALE
Nothing to do with the lute, but recommended by a Man Who Knows
Caroline Jones, recorders
Charles Matthews, piano
Music in the pastoral tradition
Aubade ~ Cyril Scott
Rhapsody ~ Donald Swann
Estampes ~ Debussy
Royal Pump Rooms
Leamington Spa
CV32 4AA
Sunday, 16th May 2010 3 pm
Tickets £8, SRP members £7
Tea and cakes available after the concert
Tickets: 01788 812223 or Presto Classical 01926 317 025
4. BAROQUE CONCERT
I am writing to invite you to a very exciting concert I'll be playing with my group The Little Baroque Company http://www.littlebaroqueco.com/ on Friday April 16th at St. Anne Lutheran Church, Gresham st., London, EC2V 7BX at 7:00pm, (close to St. Paul's station). For this concert we have invited three world renown musicians, the soprano Julia Doyle http://www.juliasoprano.moonfruit.com/, the mezzo-soprano Clare Wilkinson http://www.clarewilkinsonmezzo.co.uk/ and the theorbo player Jakob Lindberg http://www.musicamano.com/ . We will perform a recital with arias, duets and instrumental music by Georg Friederic Handel. In addition, wine and Spanish tapas will be served during the interval. The program will be:
SONATA’
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
(Allegro - Adagio - Allegro)
‘PRENDI L’ALMA, PRENDI IL CORE’
Rodrigo
‘TANTI STRALI AL SEN MI SCOCCHI’
Italian Cantata X
‘PASSACAILLE’
Sonata Op.5 IV
‘LASCIA LA SPINA’
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
‘DOPO NOTTE ATRA E FUNESTA’
Ariodante
‘OVERTURE-GIGUE-SARABANDE-PASSACAILLE’
Rodrigo
‘SFORZANDO A PIANGERE CON PIU DOLOR’
‘CHE NON PUO LA GELOSIA’
‘SORGE IL DI’
Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
‘PER ABATARE IL RIGORE’
Aminta et Fillide
Soprano: Julia Doyle
Mezzo-soprano: Clare Wilkinson
1st Violin: Helen Kruger
2nd Violin: Henrietta Wayne
Viola: Frouke Mooij
Cello: Emily Robinson
Oboe: Joel Raymond, Sarah Humphrys
Bassoon: Rebecca Stockwell
Theorbo: Jakob Lindberg
Theorbo & Baroque Guitar: Manuel Minguillon
The concert will be live recorded by the producer/engineer Adrian Hunter. Attached there is a poster with more information about the event. Please feel free to invite as many friends as you want to what promise to be a very exciting evening of music. Do not hesitate to contact me for any other information you may need and also if you would like to reserve some tickets (The sales are quite advance, and St. Anne only seats about 140 people)
Best wishes,
Manuel Minguillon Nieto
http://www.manuelminguillon.com/
info@manuelminguillon.com
BGS Meeting March 20th
Unfortunately I missed the March 20th Meeting but I am indebted to our chairman for taking the appropriate notes. The Widmore Consort provided another great performance
Here they are...(Thanks again Denis!)
Only eight members turned up to the March meeting, a somewhat disappointing turnout.
We welcomed Larisa Lieberman, who was making her first visit and enjoyed taking a full part in the ensemble rehearsal. We do hope that she will consider joining BGS at some future date.
Your Chairman was feeling somewhat poorly, so asked John Mann to run the ensemble session, which he did extremely well and produced very good results. We rehearsed the Scarlatti Sonata to a standard which I think would please Ray Butcher.
Before the coffee break, Garth Pinkney, from The Widmore Ensemble, requested an opportunity to play two of his Grade Six pieces, as part of the preparations for his imminent grade examination. The chosen pieces were “Vals” by Jose Ferrer, and “The Wind of Change” by Lee Sollory.
Tom Page then played “Danza Brazilera” by Jorge Morel.
After the coffee break, we were entertained for half an hour by The Widmore Ensemble, directed by our Society’s sole surviving founder member, Paul Brown.
The chosen programme was:-
Canon J Pachelbel
2nd Act Tune from The Island Princess J Clarke
Spring – 1st movement from The Four Seasons A Vivaldi
Spanish Folk Song Suite (four pieces) arr. D. Burden
A Time For Us (from Romeo and Juliet) N. Rota
Michael Jackson Medley Jackson / Krohn
Here they are...(Thanks again Denis!)
Only eight members turned up to the March meeting, a somewhat disappointing turnout.
We welcomed Larisa Lieberman, who was making her first visit and enjoyed taking a full part in the ensemble rehearsal. We do hope that she will consider joining BGS at some future date.
Your Chairman was feeling somewhat poorly, so asked John Mann to run the ensemble session, which he did extremely well and produced very good results. We rehearsed the Scarlatti Sonata to a standard which I think would please Ray Butcher.
Before the coffee break, Garth Pinkney, from The Widmore Ensemble, requested an opportunity to play two of his Grade Six pieces, as part of the preparations for his imminent grade examination. The chosen pieces were “Vals” by Jose Ferrer, and “The Wind of Change” by Lee Sollory.
Tom Page then played “Danza Brazilera” by Jorge Morel.
After the coffee break, we were entertained for half an hour by The Widmore Ensemble, directed by our Society’s sole surviving founder member, Paul Brown.
The chosen programme was:-
Canon J Pachelbel
2nd Act Tune from The Island Princess J Clarke
Spring – 1st movement from The Four Seasons A Vivaldi
Spanish Folk Song Suite (four pieces) arr. D. Burden
A Time For Us (from Romeo and Juliet) N. Rota
Michael Jackson Medley Jackson / Krohn