Greenwich Festival of Early Music 2011 - Complete Diary of Events

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FRIDAY, 11th November 2011
10.30am - 6.00pm Painted Hall & Queen Mary Undercroft	Exhibition Instrument makers, music shops, publishers, recording companies organisations and education Admission Adults £8.00, 2 day ticket - £13.00, 3 day ticket - £17.00; Children under 14 free (Concessions: Senior Citizens, UB40 holders, Students). TCM staff & students free entry with TCM resource card.
10.30am - 1.00pm Trinity, King Charles Court	Master Class: Red Priest For Intercollegiate Students A master class for conservatoire and university students with Piers Adams (recorder) and other members of Red Priest Limited Free Admission
11.00am - 11.45am King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Yanagita Tokinori Baroque flutes and oboe d'amore Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
12.00noon - 12.45pm King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Michael Parfett Conservation - Harps and Square Piano Mike Parker, single and double action harps - Peter Foster, square piano. A selection of late Georgian duets for harp and pianoforte, including works by Sophia Dussek and her husband P J Meyer, Maria Cosway and J E Weippert Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
1.00pm - 2.00pm St Alfege Parish Church	Concert: Trinity Laban Classical Orchestra Following the success of last year’s Haydn project, the ensemble performs early classical repertoire directed from the keyboard by Trinity Laban teacher Steven Devine Admission £3.00 payable on entrance to concert (no pre-booking)
1.00pm - 1.45pm King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Michele Sangineto - Harps. The Ensemble Sangineto : Adriano and Caterina Sangineto. Caterina (voice, bowed psaltery) and Adriano (voice, harp) present the melodies of the Italian repertoire relating to different historical periods of music: from the music of the Italian Renaissance to the popular European repertoire, ending with own compositions inspired to the fusion of the whole musical genres they deal with. Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
2.00pm - 2.45pm King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Shem MacKey - Viols Ibi Aziz performs on a copy of the Michael Colichon 1683 7 string bass viol Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
3.00pm - 4.00pm Old Royal Naval College Chapel	Concert: Ensemble Tramontana Winners of the Trinity Laban Early Music Prize 2011, this vocal and instrumental ensemble performs medieval and renaissance music on themes of travel, madness, and love Admission £3.00 payable on entrance to concert (no pre-booking)
3.00pm - 3.45pm King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Stephen Robinson - Spinets Music by Munday, Purcell, Flackton, Handel and Gordon Jacob performed by Rosemary Robinson (spinet) and Laura Robinson (viola and recorder). Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
5.45pm - 7.00pm St Alfege Parish Church	Concert: Pangtagruel “Laydie Louthians Lilte” Ballads, Ayres & Dances from 17th Century Scotland Anna Maria Wierød (voice) Mark Wheeler (lute, cittern & gittern) Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba and gittern) Pantagruel is an international early music ensemble specialising in semi-staged performances of renaissance music. Their fresh approach to early music combines serious musicological research with experience not only in classical music, but also in rock music, jazz, theatre and dance. Their performances further expand classical concert conventions by using renaissance practices of medley, improvisation and gesture. Tickets £12.00 Advance Tickets Available From The Early Music Shop on 0207 6323960 Tickets also available on the door	"Spirited and lively performances, virtuosic instrumental playing, and imaginative programming from an ensemble with a deep love and knowledge of the renaissance and 17th century English repertoire." Lute News "Pantagruel are a theatrical lot, and they produced some very slick musical and dramatic interplay between the three of them. " Early Music Review "It was over 60 minutes of overwhelming music, lively, full of humour and entertaining." Allgemeine Zeitung der Lüneburger Heide Pantagruel Web Site Concert promoted by The Early Music Shop
7.45pm - 9.45pm Old Royal Naval College Chapel	Concert: Red Priest "Baroque Carnival" Piers Adams (recorders) Julia Bishop (violin) Angela East (cello) David Wright (harpsichord) Music by Castello, Handel, Purcell, Schmelzer, Lanzetti, Vivaldi, Telemann and J.S.Bach Red Priest is the only early music group in the world to have been compared in the press to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones and the Cirque du Soleil. This extraordinary acoustic foursome has been described by music critics as “visionary and heretical” “outrageous yet compulsive” “wholly irreverent and highly enlightened” “completely wild and deeply imaginative” with a “red-hot wicked sense of humour” and a “break-all-rules, rock-chamber concert approach to early music” Tickets £15.00 Advance Tickets Available From The Early Music Shop on 0207 6323960 Tickets also available on the door	*"Sensational ... Completely wild and deeply imaginative, the album marries the work to the spirit of baroque spectacle and Venetian skulduggery."* Music Week *"Extends the very limits of virtuosity ... for sheer imagination it's unbeatable"* BBC Music Magazine "Startlingly fertile imagination ... enormously entertaining while genuinely capable of saying something about the music... Red Priest are having fun with these old favourites, but it is unpretentious fun, and, most importantly, it is dished up by people who know how this music works, and whose affection for the subject of their witty and anarchic fooling is never in doubt." Gramophone Red Priest Web Site Concert promoted by The Early Music Shop
SATURDAY, 12th November 2011
10.00am - 6.00pm Painted Hall & Queen Mary Undercroft	Exhibition Instrument makers, music shops, publishers, recording companies organisations and education Admission Adults £8.00, 2 day ticket - £13.00, 3 day ticket - £17.00; Children under 14 free (Concessions: Senior Citizens, UB40 holders, Students). TCM staff & students free entry with TCM resource card.
11.30am - 12.30pm Old Royal Naval College Chapel	Concert: Trinity Laban Early Music Vocal Ensemble Directed by Tim Travers-Brown Admission £3.00 payable on entrance to concert (no pre-booking)
1.00pm - 2.00pm King William Undercroft	BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show Radio 3 presents a live edition of its flagship early music programme featuring music, news and views from this year's Greenwich International Early Music Festival & Exhibition. Limited free admission included with exhibition ticket
2.30pm - 3.30pm Old Royal Naval College Chapel	Concert: Junior Trinity Young music students from Trinity Laban’s inspirational Saturday School perform baroque repertoire Admission £3.00 payable on entrance to concert (no pre-booking)
3.30pm - 4.15pm King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Rondo Publishing - Jacqui Robertson-Wade viols Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
4.30pm - 5.15pm King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Richard Jones - Renaissance Viols Two Gentlemen, one from Verona - music by Ruffo and Festa Costanzo Festa (c.1485-1490 - 10 April 1545) and Vincenzo Ruffo (c.1508 - February 9, 1587). Two of the most innovative and talented composers of the early renaissance in Italy whose secular works - the ricecadas and fantasias - are particularly well suited to the viols of their period. Alison Crum, Roy Marks and Alison Kinder play three viols made by Richard Jones Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
5.45 pm - 7.00pm St Alfege Parish Church	Concert: Matthias Maute with Ibi Aziz, Emma Murphy and David Wright A programme of trio sonatas and solo pieces performed by Matthias Maute (recorder), Ibi Aziz (viola da gamba) Emma Murphy (recorder) and David Wright (harpsichord) The Moeck Recorder Competition has brought together three of the finest musicians in the early music field as both adjudicators and performers in tonight's concert. Matthias Maute, Emma Murphy and Ibi Aziz will perform favourite solos and trio sonatas from the sixteenth century to the present day, in an exciting collaboration amongst musicians who live on the other side of the world from each other! Tickets £12.00 Advance Tickets Available From The Early Music Shop on 0207 6323960 Tickets also available on the door	Concert promoted by The Early Music Shop
7.45 pm - 9.30pm Old Royal Naval College Chapel	Concert: L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar ‘La Tarantella’ - Antidotum Tarantulae. Italian baroque and folk songs. Lucilla Galeazzi – singer Christina Pluhar – theorbo & direction Marcello Vitale – chitara battente & baroque guitar Boris Schmidt – bass Sarah Ridy - baroque harp David Mayoral – percussions Anna Dego – teatrodanza Works by Kircher, Kapsberger, Falconiero, Cazzati, Sparanga, Salvatore, Vitale & Galeazzi.. Founded in 2000 L’Arpeggiata is an outstanding ensemble directed by Christina Pluhar. Its members are some of today’s best soloists and in addition they work in collaboration with some exceptional singers from the baroque and traditional music worlds. Their aim is to revive an almost unknown repertoire and to focus their artistic work especially from the beginning of the 17th century. The bases of L’Arpeggiata are instrumental improvisations, a different approach to singing centred on the development of vocal interpretation influenced by traditional music, and the creation and staging of attractive shows. Tickets £25.00 Advance Tickets Available From The Early Music Shop on 0207 6323960 Tickets also available on the door	Since its foundation L’Arpeggiata has had an incredible response from audiences as well as from critics. They have received outstanding reviews of their albums and concerts. Their album ‘La Villanella’ dedicated to the music of Kapsberger was considered ‘Event of the month’ by Repertoire des disques in September 2001 and was awarded the Premio Internationale del disco per la musica Italiana. Their second CD ‘Homo fugit velut umbra’, devoted to the music of Stefano Landi was ’10 de Repertoire’ ‘Diapason Découverte’ ‘CD of the week by BBC, ‘CD of the month’ by Amadeus (Italy) and Prix Exellentia by Pizzicato (Luxemburg). ‘La Tarantella' was ’10 de Repertoire’ ‘ CD of the week’ by France Musique and ‘CD of the Month’ by Toccata (Germany). ‘All’Improvviso’, was rewarded with ‘Timbre de platine’ from Opera International and CD of the month by BBC magazine. ‘Teatro d’amore’ featured music by Claudio Monteverdi and was awarded the Echo Klassik Preis (Germany) in 2009 as well as the Edison Classic Prize (Holland) in 2010. The CD ‘Via Crucis’ with the participation of the vocal ensemble Barbara Fortune from Corsica was released in 2010 and their latest CD of Monteverdi’s 'Vespro della Beate Vergine’ was released in February 2011. L'Arpeggiata Web Site Concert promoted by The Early Music Shop
SUNDAY, 13th November 2011
10.00am - 5.30pm Painted Hall & Queen Mary Undercroft	Exhibition Instrument makers, music shops, publishers, recording companies organisations and education Admission Adults £8.00, 2 day ticket - £13.00, 3 day ticket - £17.00; Children under 14 free (Concessions: Senior Citizens, UB40 holders, Students). TCM staff & students free entry with TCM resource card.)
11.00am - 2.00pm Trinity, King Charles Court	Jonathan Peter Kenny – Early Voice Master Class Trinity Laban students work with renowned English counter-tenor Jonathan Peter Kenny Limited free admission
10.50am - 12.15pm Old Royal Naval College Chapel	Remembrance Day Service The choir of the Chapel of St Peter and St Paul presents sacred music (including Boyce, Weelkes and Tomkins) in its original liturgical context Admission free to this act of worship in the Anglican tradition
11.00am - 11.45am King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Julian Goodacre - Bagpipes Julian will play and talk about some of his unique and varied range of English and Scottish bagpipes. Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
12 noon - 12.45pm King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Ardival Harps Bill Taylor will perform medieval and renaissance music from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales on historical harps made by Ardival harps, including a gut strung medieval harp, a wire-strung clarsach and a large renaissance bray harp. Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
1.00pm - 1.45pm King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Bexley Harpsichord Workshop Masumi Yamamoto - harpsichord with Naomi Okuda - recorder play works by Fresobaldi, Froberger and Fontana. Featuring a new Italian harpsichord by Andrew Wooderson. Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
1.30pm - 5.30pm Trinity, King Charles Court	Moeck/SRP Solo Recorder Competition Finals Adjudicators Matthias Maute, Ibi Aziz and Emma Murphy Finalists - Eva Fegers, Kertin Fahr and Yi-Chang will be taking to the stage on Sunday 13th November in the Peacock Room, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, ORNC, Greenwich, to compete for this coveted prize. Due to limited seating we would suggest you arrive early to avoid disappointment! Click here for Moeck Competition programme details Limited free admission
2.00pm - 2.45pm King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Nicholas Baldock - strings Jennifer Morsches performs on the 'cello and the "Piccolo Cello" J.S.Bach (1685-1750) 6th Suite in D major for piccolo Cello Domenico Gabrielli (1651 or 1659-1690) Ricecare II in A minor & V in C major. Baroque cello. Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
3.00pm - 3.45pm King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Bizzi harpsichords Saltarello Ensemble - Heidi Fardell, recorders, Kirsten Halliday, recorders, Alison Kinder, viola da gamba, Nat Mander, harpsichord. Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
4.00pm - 4.45pm King William Undercroft	Makers Demonstration Recital Mollenhauer Recorders Nik Tarasov presents exciting recorder models designed by the Mollenhauer Workshop. Admission free to exhibition ticket holders. Limited places
The above details were correct at the time of going to print but are subject to change without notification. Tickets for exhibition available on the door only.
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