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Brighton Early Music Festival 2008 The history of the British Isles and Ireland is a fascinating one of constant influx of new peoples, cultures and languages, shifting borders, tribal wanderings, complex trading patterns and rich mythologies. Played out over thousands of years, traditional cultures have swapped stories, songs, instruments and ideas, which in turn have evolved in countless different ways. Some of these have become part of high culture for a while and then been used in popular folk practices – or vice versa.

This year at BREMF we are celebrating some aspects of this very long tradition and exploring that often disputed territory where the boundaries meet; both between national styles and between what we nowadays understand as ‘classical’ and ‘folk’.

To open the main festival we welcome our neighbours from Wales, Scotland and Ireland in a series of events spanning the weekend.This will feature traditional and medieval songs in Welsh, Irish and Middle English, Celtic fiddling alongside virtuosic baroque violin playing, and a variety of different harps including a beautiful gold-strung copy of the famous Trinity College Dublin harp – the national emblem of Ireland.

This year there will be four BBC broadcasts from the festival, including our very first Performance on Three, featuring the celebrated Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.Another will be a documentary about our Brighton Early Music Live scheme, which we piloted last year. It returns again this year with some of the most talented young musicians emerging from the London conservatoires, playing together with local musicians from the traditional folk scene.

As usual we will be taking our festival theme into schools throughout Brighton and Hove, as well as offering a range of workshops for singers and players of all levels – sometimes leading to participation in festival concerts.

This year we also launch Sing Brighton! – a three year project that will actively promote singing throughout the region.

As an inspiration to all, our opening Sing Brighton! concert will feature Tallis’s glorious 40 part motet Spem in Alium, along with multi-voice works by the Scottish composer Robert Carver.This event brings together a number of local choirs in a taste of things to come over the next three years.

Clare Norburn and Deborah Roberts BREMF GOES DIGITAL. Are you on Facebook? If so, keep up-todate with all the latest festival news, by becoming a fan of the new Brighton Early Music Festival page. Also, bookmark www.bremf.org.uk as one of your favourites. We plan to add new interactive pages and podcasts over the next few months. Let us know what you think!

Cover Painting: Gill Andrews 01273 471867 Design: Liz Taylor liz22taylor@hotmail.com

"Shirley Collins is without doubt one of England's greatest cultural treasures" Billy Bragg

FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER PELHAM HOUSE, LEWES 8 PM EVENT 2

A Most Sunshiny Day presented by Shirley Collins with Pip Barnes

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A fascinating and timely look at the remarkable song culture of the rural labouring people of Sussex, illustrated with field recordings and pictures. This music had a great effect on the work of Vaughan Williams and George Butterworth, and remains a source of inspiration to many young singers today.

These songs represent a direct and essential connection to our roots and history. Shirley Collins, author and English folk-singer, narrates, and the readings are by actor Pip Barnes.

“These people were the last of an old school and they clung on to singing the old songs as one of the few things that remained constant in a rapidly changing world.And it's not only the songs, it's the life they stand for that matters". Bob Copper

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Shirley Collins, one of the greatest living authorities on English folk song, will guide a fascinating day for singers of all abilities and from various backgrounds.

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EVENT 1 £15 (£10 conc) for more information and to register see page 22

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Pre festival events SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER ROYAL OAK PUB, LEWES 11 AM - 5.30 PM

SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER ST JOHN’S CHURCH, HOVE 10 AM – 5 PM EVENT 3 £18 (£12 conc) To register see page 22

Choral workshop for experienced singers on some of the glorious Tudor music that forms part of The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage, “Treasures of Tudor England”.

Directed by Sally Dunkley, one of the world’s foremost scholars and performers of this repertoire, and Eamonn Dougan, a highly talented young Sussex based singer and conductor who has recently been appointed as assistant to Harry Christophers.This workshop leads to possible participation in The Sixteen’s concert on November 9th.

SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER ST MARY'S CHURCH HALL, SURRENDEN RD BRIGHTON 8 PM EVENT 4

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Ceilidh

Tickets: £7 With traditional band Rattlebone Dance, eat, drink and be merry at our traditional ceilidh! No experience needed and suitable for all ages.

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English Traditional Dance Music from Playford onwards

Tickets: £15 (£12 conc) To register see page 22

Instrumental and dance workshop for players of all instruments: early, traditional and modern; and anyone who enjoys dancing!

For line up and details see www.bremf.org.uk/live

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Members of The Carnival Band with dance instructor Mary Collins

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SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER RALLI HALL, HOVE 11 AM – 5.30 PM

This really is a workshop for all, and promises to be a day of spectacular fun. Open to all ages and all levels of ability. Instrumentalists will also have an opportunity to dance, and more expert players will have a chance to play while the less experienced take a turn dancing.This way they learn to feel the beat of this music with their feet! No previous experience of dance necessary.

THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER THE BRUNSWICK PUB, HOVE FROM 8 PM EVENT 6 Tickets: £7 (in advance from www.bremf.org.uk

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FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER ST GEORGE’S CHURCH KEMPTOWN 8 PM EVENT 7

Gala Opening concert

Tickets: A £15 (£13 conc) B £12 (£10 conc) C (restricted view) £6 Celtic and English connections in

Meet the Neighbours! medieval and folk traditions

The Irish Siobhán Armstrong Celtic and early harps Róisín Elsafty Sean-nós singer (Irish traditional)

The Welsh Cass Meurig crwth and fiddle Gwenan Gibbard Welsh harp and Welsh traditional song

The Scottish Hilary Michael violin

The English Clare Norburn voice Joy Smith harps

Clare Norburn

Celebrate the glorious traditional and medieval music of our fairest isles: songs in Gaelic,Welsh and Middle English, with an array of lilting harps, dazzling fiddles and the ancient crwth.

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A mix of live and recorded music with interviews and festival news.

Róisín Elsafty Hilary Michael

Siobhán Armstrong Gwenan Gibbard

Cass Meurig

STOP PRESS PRE BREMF Trad/Folk Day Plans are under way for a day of music and dancing out of doors in late September(possibly the 21st). Morris men, open air ceilidh, BREMF Live previews, Irish evening and more. Please check www.bremf.org.uk for updates!

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Siobhán Armstrong Celtic and early harps Róisín Elsafty Sean-nós singer Cass Meurig crwth and fiddle Gwenan Gibbard Welsh harp and Welsh traditional song Hilary Michael violin

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BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show -

EVENT 8 free event see page Live lunchtime concert 22 for booking Featuring Celtic artists from details Ireland,Wales and Scotland

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SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON 1 PM

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SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER ST BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH, BRIGHTON 7.30 PM EVENT 9 A £15 (£13 conc) B £12 (£10 conc) C £6

Inspiring multi voice Tudor choral works from England and Scotland launch BREMF's three year Sing Brighton! project Thomas Tallis’s great 40 – part motet features alongside movements from the ten voice mass Dum Sacrum Mysterium by Robert Carver and other works by Tallis, Carver, Browne, Sheppard and Taverner

The BREMF Singers Brighton Consort The Esterhazy Singers (David Thomas director) Brighton Festival Youth Choir (Juliette Pochin director) Deborah Roberts director

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The first counter-tenor to become a national treasure, in conversation with presenter Catherine Bott.

David McGuinness harpsichord James Bowman is one of the world’s most admired countertenors. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he has performed everything from early music, through opera and oratorio, to premieres of major works by Britten, Tippett and Maxwell Davies. In this live edition of Radio 3’s popular Early Music Show, he will be talking about his musical journey, with live and recorded musical examples to illustrate the influence his art has had on the world of early music.

Followed by a half hour interval 2.30 PM

Bott and Bowman Make Waves James Bowman counter-tenor Catherine Bott soprano David McGuinness harpsichord and piano To follow the broadcast Early Music Show, Catherine Bott and James Bowman, accompanied by David McGuinness, present a light-hearted matinee musicale maritime specially devised for the Brighton Early Music Festival: – Oh, they do love to be beside the seaside!

Nautical but nice, their programme includes duets and dialogues by Purcell, Handel, Cavalli….and Noel Coward.

“This hugely entertaining concert……Catherine Bott, joyously florid, James Bowman, darkly luminous.

The perfect cure for summertime blues.” The London Evening Standard (Spitalfields Festival, 2005)

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Tickets: Live lunchtime concert £10 An audience with (£8 conc) James Bowman

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SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON 1 PM

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SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER ST GEORGE’S CHURCH, KEMPTOWN 7.30 PM EVENT 11

Wandering Fiddlers

Tickets: Elizabeth Wallfisch violin A £15 Gerry O’Connor fiddle (£13 conc) B £12 Siobhán Armstrong Celtic and baroque harps (£10 conc) Virtuoso violin music from Italy meets Celtic C (restricted fiddling in 17th and 18th century England view) £6 here played by three of the finest virtuosi of

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Can lead to participation in Vox Animae’s performance of Hildegard of Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum (event 15).

WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER THE JOOGLEBERRY PLAYHOUSE

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EVENT 13 Tickets: £7 (in advance from www.bremf.org.uk

or on the Some of the door only) most promising young musicians emerging from the London Conservatoires are joined by For line up and Brighton’s most talented details see trad/folk musicians. www.bremf.org.uk/live

THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER THE BRUNSWICK PUB, HOVE FROM 8 PM EVENT 14 Tickets: £7 (in advance from www.bremf.org.uk

or on the Some of the most door only) promising young musicians emerging from the London Conservatoires are joined by Brighton’s most talented trad/folk musicians.

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Hildegard of Bingen - a workshop for singers

For line up and details see www.bremf.org.uk/live

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FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, BRIGHTON 8 PM EVENT 15

Tickets: A £15 (£13 conc) B £12 (£10 conc) C (restricted view) £6

Ordo Virtutum

by Hildegard of Bingen A chance to leave the British Isles and hear a candlelit performance of the earliest surviving music drama - the finest, most visionary work from Germany’s famous composing nun.

Ordo Virtutum (the Rite of the Virtues) tells of the Soul’s choice between innocence and experience, devotion and temptation, and the inner conflict between the demands of the world and the yearnings of the heart.

Vox Animae Ansy Boothroyd John Hancorn

The Soul The Devil

The Virtues Evelyn Tubb Lindsay Richardson Ruth Gomme Jennie Cassidy Clare Norburn Abigail Gorton Yvonne Eddy Katie Draffan Katharine Hawnt Frederique Klooster Michael Fields

Humility, Queen of the Virtues Chastity; Innocence Knowledge of God;Victory Hope; Contempt of the World Discretion; Mercy Faith; Patience Charity; Celestial Love Obedience; Discipline Modesty Fear of God harp and director

www.vox-animae.org.uk Performance lasts 70 mins without interval. Drinks will be served before the performance and also afterwards.

Followed at around 9.30 pm by a choral performance of Compline, lasting around 20 minutes, given by Celestial Sirens.

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The highly entertaining 1607 Ensemble took the audience by storm in our Fundraising Concert in April.

Now they return in a programme full of innovating and dynamic surprises, as they connect the past to the present... or is it the other way around?

SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER ST GEORGE’S CHURCH, KEMPTOWN 7.30 PM EVENT 17 Tickets Premium £22 (£20 conc) A £17 (£15 conc) B £12 (£10 conc) C (restricted view) £6

Whoops - there go my pantaloni!

The true story of the English Madrigal I Fagiolini Robert Hollingworth director Rachel Elliott, Alex Kidgell sopranos Richard Wyn Roberts countertenor Nicholas Mulroy, Nicholas Hurndall Smith tenors Charles Gibbs bass Much maligned but much sung (in years of yore) the English madrigal (a nephew of the Italian family) is surely one of the least performed areas of early music today; now completely unfashionable with choirs, and associated only with nymphs and shepherds doing appalling things to each other on hillocks. But amongst the hey nonnying and fa la-ing are hidden works of genius, combining Italian passion and lyricism with English melancholy and dissonance. A fun evening - with a bite. www.ifagiolini.com

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Double back

Tickets: The 1607 Ensemble £10 Emily Atkinson soprano (£8 conc) Andrew Pickett alto Robin Burlton tenor Greg Skidmore baritone

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SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER THE OLD MARKET, HOVE 10 AM - 4 PM EVENT 18 Tickets will be available only from The Old Market Box Office 01273 736222

Baroque Discovery Day for Young String Players An intensive in-depth orchestral workshop with baroque specialists from The Hanover Band culminating with an informal concert, which will be open to the public, at 3 pm.

Promoted by the Hanover Band.To participate visit www.thehanoverband.com or call the HB Education Dept 01273 740295.

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER THE CORN EXCHANGE, BRIGHTON DOME 5 PM EVENT 19A

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Tickets: Elizabeth Kenny and A £18 Alison Bury directors (£16 conc) B £13 (£11 conc)

To be recorded for later broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Performance on 3

The Band of Violins

For Event 19B: 9pm concert for new audiences by the OAE, see: www.bremf. org.uk

Adventures in English music 1609-1692 including works by Purcell, Locke and Coperario

The debut at BREMF of leading period instrument ensemble, the OAE, is not to be missed! Winner of the 2007 Royal Philharmonic Society Ensemble Award, the Orchestra is all about making the old new and presenting the familiar in a new light.

This programme explores the colours and range of English Restoration music and specifically Henry Purcell’s band of 12 violins, which performed famous music-theatre pieces such as King Arthur and The Fairy Queen.

“When the OAE is performing you cannot stop the place buzzing. A crowd jostles, bound for musical delight, education and fun.

There’s a queue for returns, the crackle of high expectations.”

The Times

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FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, BRIGHTON 8 PM

Medieval English songs in praise of the Virgin Mary

Levedy Yvonne Eddy, Lorenza Donadini, Eve Kopli sopranos

Young Artist Showcase

Both ethereal and worldly, and performed with freshness and vitality; songs from the 13th and 14th centuries praising the Virgin Mary - a cult figure in the Middle Ages. A candlelit concert in Brighton’s only remaining medieval church.

Followed by a choral performance of Compline launching Sing Brighton's new plainsong choir 'PlainSing'. Interested singers should contact 01273 823788 or go to www.bremf.org.uk

SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER BRIGHTON UNITARIAN CHURCH 1 PM

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Ireland’s Enchantment

Tickets: Emerald Baroque £10 Breda McKinney soprano; Laura Justice recorders (£8 conc) Farron Scott baroque violin Jennifer Bullock viol/psaltery/baroque cello Bridget Cunningham harpsichord and director Baroque works by Irish composers such as O'Carolan and Cornelius Lyons, blend with enchanting traditional Irish melodies and new arrangements.

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Tickets: A £12 (£10 conc) B £9 (£8 conc) C (restricted view) £6

Quene of Paradys

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SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER ST GEORGE’S CHURCH, KEMPTOWN 4 PM EVENT 23 Tickets Premium £20 (£18 conc) A £15 (£13 conc) B £12 (£10 conc) C (restricted view) £6

Priest on the Run Red Priest Piers Adams recorders Julia Bishop violin Angela East cello Howard Beach harpsichord The inimitable Red Priest makes a lightning tour across Baroque Europe, hotly pursued by the Venetian authorities...

Music encountered along the way includes popular works by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Schmelzer, Tartini, Bach, Couperin and Corelli …..

And a visit to These Fairest Isles courtesy of George Handel, the Purcell brothers and Henry Eccles.

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A musical evening with Mr Pepys starring David Timson as Samuel Pepys Deborah Roberts soprano *Rachel Hatton flute and recorder *Hilary Michael violin *Kinga Gáborjáni bass viol *Chris Bucknall spinet *musician from last year’s Brighton Early Music Live scheme The most famous diarist in the English language, Londoner Samuel Pepys lived through extraordinary times. He saw the Restoration of Charles ll, the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire the following year.

Amongst gripping reports of these major events he writes of enjoying music - his attempts even at composition - his constant flirting (yet fear and jealousy lest his wife do the same!) and his ongoing resolution to work harder and enjoy himself less; something he never quite manages.

Programme features music he loved, including works by Purcell, Lawes, Lully, Lanier, Locke – and Mr Pepys himself!

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The thing in the world I love the most

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SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON 1 PM EVENT 25

Young Artist Showcase Tickets: £10 (£8 conc)

The Isles Uncovered The Little Baroque Company Helen Kruger violin; Ivana Cetkovic violin Sally Woods cello; Laura Tivendale harpsichord Combining the works of well-known Baroque composers: Purcell, Handel and Arne, who helped to define British music as we now know it, with music from across the Isles by composers of the period who remain largely forgotten.

SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER ST BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH, BRIGHTON 6 PM

EVENT 26 Tickets Premium £22 (£20 conc) A £17 (£15 conc) B £12 (£10 conc) C £6

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Treasures of Tudor England

Thy Muse Lives on

The 2008 Choral Pilgrimage revived!

The Sixteen Harry Christophers director The 2008 Choral Pilgrimage is devoted to music by three composers born in,or just before,the reign of King Henry VIII: Robert Parsons, Christopher Tye and Robert White.

They not only survived the Reformation and the turbulent years of King Edward VI and Queen Mary, but also lived to enjoy the relative security of a more established church under Queen Elizabeth I. In an age of conflicting ideologies, tormented consciences and extreme political reactions, these three composers created some of the most sublime music ever written.

Pre concert talk 5 pm www.the-sixteen.org.uk

Please complete as appropriate or enrol on line at www.bremf.org.uk I would like to join the mailing list.

Please enrol me as: A Friend of the Festival (£25 single, £40 couple) A Festival Supporter (£60 single, £85 couple) A Festival Contributor (£100 or more – single or couple) A Premium Contributor (£200 or more – single or couple) A Festival Volunteer Please send me a Circle and Event Donor pack Please make cheques payable to: Brighton Early Music Festival and send to: BREMF, Ham Cottage, Albourne Road, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex BN6 9ES NAME EMAIL ADDRESS ADDRESS

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Brighton Early Music Festival is a grass-roots organisation run by local musicians with help from a loyal band of volunteers.We again have valuable financial support from several organisations for 2008, but this covers only a fraction of the total costs and the festival relies on the goodwill and additional support both of members of our Friends Scheme (see below) and those who make larger donations.

There are a number of ways in which you could help: Become a Volunteer – help us prepare for and publicise the festival, and/or help at concerts.Volunteers are offered free tickets.

Become a Friend, Supporter or Contributor Friends will benefit from priority booking from 20 August to 2 September, an allocation of free concert programmes, a reserved seat for the BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show Live lunchtime concert (25 October) and an invitation to a Friends’ reception.

Supporters will receive the Friends’ benefits and will also be able to buy one reduced price ticket (two for a couple), at a saving of £8 per ticket, for either event 15 (Ordo Virtutum, 31 October) or event 24 (The Thing in the World I Love the Most, 8 November).They can make seat reservations to all concerts (excluding event 18 and the BREMF Live concerts). Supporters will receive an invitation to an additional reception.

Contributors and Premium Contributors will receive the Friends’ benefits and will be able to make seat reservations to all concerts (excluding event 18 and the BREMF Live concerts).They will also be entitled to two free tickets to either Bott and Bowman Make Waves or the Young Artist Showcase performance by the Little Baroque Company at a saving of £10 per ticket, and will receive an invitation to an additional reception.Where possible, contributors will be invited to occasions to meet performers and the Artistic Directors, and special events will be held for Premium Contributors.The names of Contributors and Premium Contributors will be acknowledged in the concert programmes.

Membership of all categories is valid for one year from the date of joining or renewal.

Our Circle and Event Donor schemes make it possible to bring top quality artists to the festival, support young musicians and take performances into schools and the community.The schemes encompass a range of options from £250 upwards. They enable you to engage with the festival and interact with artists and gain privileged access to the creative process. Tick the Box below to request a pack about the schemes.

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ALL SAINTS CENTRE Friars Walk, Lewes, BN7 2LE 5 minutes walk from Lewes Station: regular Southern Railway train services from London, Brighton, Seaford and Eastbourne.

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10 PELHAM HOUSE, LEWES St. Andrews Lane, Lewes BN7 1UW 10 minutes walk from Lewes Station: Southern Railway train services from London, Brighton, Seaford and Eastbourne.

By car: park at North Street car park 11 RALLI HALL Denmark Villas, Hove BN3 3TH (near Hove Station) Buses: 7, 81C or 2 2A to Blatchington Road or Southern Railway train services to Hove Station 12 THE ROYAL OAK 3, Station St, Lewes BN7 2DA 5 minutes walk from Lewes Station: regular Southern Railway train services from London, Brighton, Seaford and Eastbourne.

13 SALLIS BENNEY THEATRE University of Brighton, 58-64 Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 2JY Buses: 5 5A 22 24 25 26 27 28 46 46A 49 50 50A 56 14 THE UNITARIAN CHURCH New Road, Brighton BN1 1UF Any bus serving Old Steine/North Street including 1 1A 2 2A 5 5A 5B 7 12 14 22 25 26 27 28 46 49 50 81

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BOOKING INFORMATION Booking for all events other than workshops opens to members of the Friends of the Festival Scheme (see page 19) on 20th August and to the general public on 3rd September. For information on registration for workshops (events 1, 3, 5 & 12) please see below.

Tickets for concerts promoted

by Brighton Early Music Festival, including the free BBC Radio 3 concert (event 8) can be obtained on-line at www.bremf.org.uk or by post using the form on page 23 (no booking fee). For The BREMF Ceilidh (event 4) and all concerts except event 18 and BREMF Live events 6, 13, 14 and 20, tickets can also be bought by phone (booking fee £2.25) or in person (no booking fee) from the Brighton Dome Box Office, New Road, Brighton BN1 1UE (01273 709709), open Mon-Sat 10am to 6 pm. For event 18 booking details are listed in the brochure with the event. Tickets for this event do not form any part of the offers (including season tickets) detailed below.

Please note that tickets, once paid for, cannot be refunded except in the event that the concert is cancelled.

BOOKING FOR WORKSHOPS (Events 1, 3, 5 & 12) Pre-registration is essential for all workshops, and some have strictly limited places - details (including deadlines) and registration forms from www.bremf.org.uk or phone 01273 833746.

FESTIVAL TICKET SPECIAL OFFERS Save 40% with our Season Tickets. A Season Ticket giving you a top price ticket to all concerts (except workshops and event 18) is £152 (£134 conc).

Season Tickets can ONLY be obtained from www.bremf.org.uk or by using the postal booking form in this brochure. These deals are subject to tickets in the appropriate price groups remaining available at the time of purchase.

Save 15% by buying tickets for 5 or more different concerts in one transaction. The following do not apply and cannot count towards this total: tickets costing £7 or less, Season Tickets and tickets for workshops or event 18.

Save up to 20% with our group rate savings for multiple tickets for a single concert - reductions start at 10% for a group of ten. Please phone 01273 833746 for further information.

CONCESSIONARY TICKETS For all concerts promoted by Brighton Early Music Festival these are available to young people (age 12-25 inclusive) and those in receipt of old age pensions or state benefits. Children under 12 are admitted free of charge if accompanied by a paying adult. However, a Child Ticket must be obtained.

Unaccompanied children under 16 cannot be the responsibility of the festival.

Brighton Early Music Festival acknowledges the support of: The Foyle Foundation,The Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation, Fenton Arts Trust,The Stanley Picker Charitable Trust and The Golden Charitable Trust

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Please return the completed form to: BREMF Tickets, 65 Cuckfield Road, Hurstpierpoint,W. Sussex BN6 9RR Tickets can also be purchased on-line at www.bremf.org.uk from 20 August (Friends of the Festival only) and 3 September (general public) * Excludes workshops and event 18

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SEASON provides top price tickets to all paying concerts £152 (£134 concession)

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“Since singing is so good a thing, I wish all men would learn to sing” William Byrd The 2008 festival sees the launch of Sing Brighton! - a programme to spearhead access to singing across the city and beyond. Sing Brighton! will comprise a range of activities and performances from 2008 onwards, culminating in a number of high-profile community performances in the 2010 festival. It will include the formation of four new vocal groups, as well as: ✩working with existing choirs to broaden skills ✩bringing in outstanding performers and workshop leaders to inspire participants ✩Providing training for teachers, young singers, community/youth workers ✩Programming a series of high profile vocal events Why Sing Brighton!

Many have experienced how singing can bond communities, increase the overall sense of wellbeing and even improve brain function and academic performance in the young.

You don’t need specialist knowledge and you don’t need to be able to read music to get started.

Singing Stories Share your experiences of how you got involved in singing and what you love about it. We want people of all ages and experience, from beginner to professional, classical to pop, to share their stories. It need only take a couple of minutes. Share your Singing Story at www.bremf.org.uk/singbrighton Always wanted to sing in a choir?

Never had the confidence?

Now is your chance.

The Sing Brighton! Starter Choir is for those who have never sung in a choir before.

You need only be able to pitch a simple song. To find out more and register your interest visit www.bremf.org.uk/singbrighton Sing Brighton! is funded by Arts Council England