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The 2016 York Early Music Festival marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, with music from the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatres and pieces inspired by the Shakespearean themes of magic, mystery and the supernatural.
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The festival opens in early 16th-century Venice one of the most magical places on earth - as viewed through Shylock’s eyes; then we are invited to enjoy two different interpretations of The Tempest; a joyous visit to Purcell’s Fairy Queen (loosely based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream,) and finish with an exploration of 16th-century English theatre music, presented by The City Musick. Featured artists include The Sixteen directed by Harry Christophers, the Alamire Ensemble with their awardwinning Anne Boleyn’s Songbook programme in the Chapter House of York Minster, the highly entertaining Barokksolistene directed by violinist Bjarte Eike marking their York debut with music and ale at the NCEM, and lutenist Thomas Dunford joined, for the first time in the UK, by percussionist Keyvan Chemirani. The Festival is particularly delighted to honour one of Yorkshire’s famous sons with the 2016 York EM Lifetime
Achievement Award. Anthony Rooley was a founder of the Festival in the late ‘70s and achieved worldwide recognition as director of The Consort of Musicke. Come and meet Tony, and his wife soprano Evelyn Tubb, on Sunday 10 July at the NCEM. As well as inviting established musicians from across the world, we pride ourselves on supporting an ever-increasing number of emerging ensembles – sheltering under the NCEM Platform banner. You might like to join in the fun and get their autographs whilst you can! Thanks to all those whose support is more fulsomely acknowledged on page 21. Could I encourage you to consider becoming a Festival Friend or NCEM Patron if you’re not already signed up? Early music provision across the UK is under a great deal of pressure and we need to fly the flag high and strong! We look forward to welcoming you to this festive mix of concerts, talks and educational activities inspired by Shakespeare’s genius.
Delma Tomlin MBE Administrative Director
Artistic Advisers
John Bryan, Kati Debretzeni, Lindsay Kemp, Peter Seymour
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Ensemble Lucidarium Enrico Fink voice, narrator Gloria Moretti, Anna Pia Capurso, Lior Liebovici voice Avery Gosfield, Marco Ferrari Renaissance wind instruments Francis Biggi plucked strings Élodie Poirier nyckelharpa Massimiliano Dragoni hammer dulcimer, percussion
Music for a Merchant: Sounds from Shylock’s Venice What would Shylock have heard as he walked the streets of La Serenissima? Probably a lively mishmash of songs in Italian, Yiddish, Hebrew and Spanish, mixed with music that Jews and Gentiles alike would have enjoyed while celebrating baptisms, circumcisions and weddings. Perhaps he would have known Elias Bachur Levita, the exuberant Yiddish scholar, or maybe Leon Modena, the alchemist, poet, Rabbi, musician and pathological gambler. In this concert commemorating the 500th anniversary of the establishment of the Venetian Ghetto and the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, music from the Jewish Italian liturgy Venetian laudi, sung poems by Elias Bachur Levita, dances, villanelle ebraiche and other carnival pieces join with readings from contemporary Venetian documents to conjure a colourful corner of the 16th-century world. “…a perfectly-oiled machine, where everyone knows exactly what to do, changing improvisational style from piece to piece with an expertise that left the public astounded and delighted” Massagero Veneto www.lucidarium.com
Thursday 7 July 7.30pm, NCEM, St Margaret’s Church, Unreserved seating: £5.00
Draw on Sweet Night
(2015, 86 minutes, 12A)
Join us for an evening’s entertainment in the company of I Fagiolini maestro Robert Hollingworth as he introduces his colourful film about Shakespeare’s contemporary, composer John Wilby.
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Sound Affairs
Rose Consort of Viols
Ibrahim Aziz, Sam Stadlen viola da gamba Matthew Venner countertenor Jane Chapman harpsichord Nicola Barbagli oboe Martyn Sanderson sackbut Jan Zahourek violone
The Tempest A new adaptation of The Tempest brings together English music from the 17th and 18th centuries by Matthew Locke, Henry Purcell and Thomas Linley the Younger with works by contemporary composers Michael Nyman and Charlie Barber, and magic lantern images provided by visual artist Andrew Bolton. www.soundaffairs.co.uk
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Ibrahim Aziz, John Bryan, Alison Crum, Andrew Kerr, Roy Marks viols with Louis Sharpe treble
‘Now with Silver Song they come’ Music from Elizabethan Choirboy Plays Throughout the Tudor period troupes of choirboys from the Chapel Royal, St Paul’s Cathedral and other institutions entertained both in private and in public theatres. They acted, sang and played instruments, and were so popular that they threatened to outshine even Shakespeare’s own company. Join us for a selection of these Elizabethan play-songs, in which characters dolefully lament their fates and forlorn loves, sing lullabies, show their strength and resolve or sing in praise of Queen Elizabeth. They are joined by the Rose Consort of Viols, who perform dances and fantasias that the choirboy consorts used to enhance their plays. “..there are no finer executants - such is their rapport with one another, and their empathy with the music” Early Music Review
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The Sixteen directed by Harry Christophers
The Deer’s Cry Music by Byrd, Tallis and Arvo Pärt
Insight Day
Although separated by over four centuries, the music of the Elizabethan Englishman William Byrd and the contemporary Estonian Arvo Pärt makes for a perfect match. Both composers spent many years facing adversity and persecution, and both sought solace through their sacred music. Together with works by another great master of sacred music, Byrd’s teacher Thomas Tallis, they contribute to what should be another magical occasion in the nave of the glorious York Minster. Works include lavish Latin motets by Byrd, Tallis’s When Jesus went, and Pärt’s The Deer’s Cry and Nunc dimittis. Promoted in association with The Sixteen
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Whether you are new to The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage repertoire or want to expand your existing knowledge, the Insight Day provides a fascinating exploration of the music and its background. Join singer Sally Dunkley and musicologist John Milsom for talks, debate and discussion Discover the rich history behind the Choral Pilgrimage repertoire Experience intimate performances at close hand from a consort of Sixteen singers
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2.00pm – 3.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Reserved seating. Free to those attending other events in the Festival but please do book tickets in advance to avoid disappointment. Limited to two tickets per person.
The Early Music Show
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Join us for a live broadcast of this popular show, presented by Lucie Skeaping with guests including Anthony Rooley, Thomas Dunford and NCEM Platform Artist Tabea Debus.
YEMF Lifetime Achievement Award Immediately following the broadcast, the Festival will present its sixth biennial Lifetime Achievement Award to Anthony Rooley
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Anthony Rooley, a Yorkshireman by birth with a career that has taken him all around the world, has revolutionised our understanding of Renaissance music through his performances and recordings, especially with his Consort of Musicke. With sopranos Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb, Tony has rediscovered the riches of the lute-song repertory, the dramatic songs of Purcell and his less wellknown contemporaries; with the Consort his work has breathed vivid new life into the madrigals of Monteverdi, D’India and De Wert.
An inspirational teacher, especially with young vocal ensembles at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Tony continues to pass on his enthusiasm to new generations of performers. Tony’s association with YEMF stretches back to 1977 when he helped programme the first Early Music Week, then continued as an Artistic Adviser before becoming one of our Vice-Presidents in 2008. We are very pleased to welcome him ‘home’ to receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Yet Tony’s interests reach further than the Renaissance, from landmark recordings of Medieval song to the Victorian partsongs of Robert Pearsall. Whatever music Tony researches, its power to communicate across the years is profoundly realised. His view of the performer as an Orphic channel through which we can all connect with the divine is explored in his 1990 book Performance: revealing the Orpheus within.
The York Early Music Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award honours major figures who have made a significant difference to the world of early music and has been presented every other year since its inauguration in 2006. The previous winners have been the Kuijken brothers (2006); Dame Emma Kirkby (2008); James Bowman (2010); Jordi Savall (2012) and Andrew Parrott (2014).
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4.30pm – c.5.15pm York Guildhall, St Helen’s Square Unreserved seating: £8.00 (concessions £5.00, Festival Friends and NCEM Patrons free of charge)
Minster Minstrels
directed by Ian Hoggart with
York Young Voices
directed by Paul Gameson
‘In Sweet Music is Such Art’ The Minster Minstrels are joined by York Young Voices in a celebration of Shakespeare’s life and words – a concert of ‘sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not’. Settings by composers such as Thomas Arne, Robert Johnson and Matthew Locke are performed alongside instrumental music of the period.
The Minster Minstrels is run as a partnership between the NCEM and the City of York’s Arts Education with support from the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust. For details of how to join us, log on to www.ncem.co.uk/minsterminstrels
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Keyvan Chemirani zarb, percussion Thomas Dunford lute
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Toccata Keyvan Chemirani and Thomas Dunford have grown in differing but equally demanding musical traditions. For Thomas, a regular visitor to the Festival, it was European early music, while for Keyvan – making his UK debut – it was the science of Persian percussion and Oriental modality. Taking the themes of ancient music and original compositions steeped in oriental perfumes, they reinvent traditions with delicacy and refinement to create pieces that alternate the sober and profound with spirited flights, blending virtuosity, improvisation, freshness and fun. “The musicians alternated solos with duos in breathtaking flights of fantasy, never seeming to run out of new sound possibilities” The Washington Post
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EVENT 08 Lecture Series
10.30am – c.11.30am Bedern Hall, Bedern Unreserved seating: £10.00 including coffee & biscuits on arrival
‘Whereof the Multitudes and Abuses have been and are found Intolerable’ with James Sharpe, Professor in History, University of York. Alehouses were amongst the most important institutions in everyday English life, a place where people went to eat, drink, play games and find lodgings, yet from the late 16th century they attracted the opprobrium of legislators, local government officials and Puritan clergy. Using a wealth of contemporary documentation, this lecture reveals both the beneficial and less desirable attributes of the English Alehouse.
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University of York Baroque Ensemble directed by Compagnia d'Istrumenti
‘All the World's a Stage’ Exoticism and the supernatural are explored in a programme which combines music for the stage – Purcell's music for The Indian Queen and Geminiani's score for the mysterious pantomime, The Inchanted Forest – with Telemann’s vivid musical representation of the national characteristics of Turks, Swiss, Muscovites and Portuguese. Presented in association with
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Cantata per Flauto German recorder-player Tabea Debus explores Shakespeare’s onstage and offstage worlds in instrumental pieces and arrangements of songs by Jacob Van Eyck, William Byrd, Johann Schop, Matthew Locke, John Banister, Henry Purcell, John Christopher Smith and Thomas Linley the Younger. “Tabea Debus’ playing is an absolute delight – she plays with a beautiful sense of musical line and phrasing” Early Music Review Tabea Debus is currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music with Pamela Thorby and has been selected by St John’s Smith Square for its 2015/16 Young Artists series.
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Barokksolistene
directed by Bjarte Eike
Bjarte Eike, Per Buhre violins Hans Knut Sveen keyboards Fredrik Bock lute, guitar Johannes Lundberg bass Steven Player dance, guitar Thomas Guthrie fiddle, voice Helge Norbakken percussion
Alehouse! For Scandinavians, no journey to England is complete without a visit to the local pub, where since the Middle Ages the sound of small talk, singing, music and the eternal noise of beer glasses has filled the rooms with life. In the late 17th century - when the theatres were closed down for religious reasons - many of these alehouses were turned into ‘Musick-Houses’. There one could meet well-known composers presenting their new works or engage in lively musical duels with the local folk-musicians. Barokksolistene present folk-songs and melodies played and sung at the time, as well as more serious compositions by Purcell and his contemporaries. The menu consists of music - folky, seductive, touching and sparkling - accompanied by anecdotes, humour and ale! See also event 8. "Imagine an Irish folk band ranging in time back to the taverns of Purcell’s era and geographically across Europe, then delivering the pot pourri in a storm of stamping, dancing and raucous humour. Irresistible" The Times http://barokksolistene.com/alfa
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10.30am – c.11.30am Bedern Hall Unreserved seating: £10.00 including coffee & biscuits on arrival
Mistress Boleyn’s Songbook with David Skinner, Director Alamire Manuscript 1070 in London’s Royal College of Music is one of the most important collections to survive of early 16th- century French motets and chansons. It also includes an inscription with musical notation: 'Mistress Anne Boleyn, now thus’. David Skinner discusses the manuscript, its history and connections with Henry VIII’s second, and most notorious queen. See also event 14.
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Kati Debretzeni violins and Baroque lute David Miller theorbo James Johnstone harpsichord ‘To Mis-Tune a Fiddle’ Three well-known exponents of the British early-music scene come together to present a programme from the Austro-German baroque. They explore the fascinating possibilities of re-tuning the violin strings, the so-called scordatura, used by Biber to such extraordinary effect in his Mystery Sonatas, and by Weiss, Vilsmaÿr, Richter and others to create strange and wonderful sonorities on the instrument. [Kati Debretzeni] “A real breath of fresh air” The Times
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Alamire
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directed by David Skinner Camilla Harris, Kirsty Hopkins sopranos Martha MacLorinan alto Nick Todd, Simon Wall tenors Greg Skidmore, Tim Whiteley baritones William Gaunt, Rob Macdonald basses Jacob Heringman lute Kirsty Whatley harp
Anne Boleyn’s Songbook Music and Passions of a Tudor Queen Anne Boleyn, the most notorious of Henry VIII’s six wives, was brought up under the guardianship of Margaret of Austria - patron to some of the most famous composers in all of Europe - and then in the French court, where a collection of her favourite music was assembled in a book that she probably kept until her execution in 1536. Alamire explores the contents of this collection - which includes works by some of the greatest composers of the early 16th century: Compère, Brumel, Mouton and Josquin. The programme concludes with a haunting setting of O Deathe rock me asleep, possibly linked to Anne’s fate whilst awaiting her execution in the Tower of London. See also event 12. Anne Boleyn’s Songbook has been chosen from over 1200 CDs as one of three BBC Music Award nominations in the 2016 Choral category.
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10.30am – c.11.30am Bedern Hall, Bedern Unreserved tickets: £10.00 including coffee & biscuits on arrival
Purcell's Shakespeare with Roger Savage, Honorary Fellow in English Literature, University of Edinburgh An introduction to Henry Purcell's encounters with Shakespeare in Restoration Theatreland, climaxing with his 1690s re-working of A Midsummer Night's Dream as The Fairy Queen, but finding time too for a word about a major encounter Purcell was long thought to have had with The Tempest - but in fact didn't. See also event 17. NCEM
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Cecilia Bernardini violin Keiko Shichijo fortepiano Schubert: Schubert: Beethoven:
Sonata in A major, D574 Impromptu in G flat major, D899/3 Sonata in G major, Op. 96
Duo Keiko Shichijo and Cecilia Bernardini, who appeared in the Jumpstart Jr Day at YEMF in 2014, take us into the world of the fully-developed sonata for violin and fortepiano in two masterworks by Schubert and Beethoven. Though written only five years apart, their natures could hardly be more different, with Beethoven’s sonata contemplative and all-encompassing, and Schubert’s light and carefree. They are linked by the most dreamingly romantic of Schubert’s impromptus for solo piano.
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7.30pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall Reserved seating: £28.00 (concessions £25.00, students £5.00)
Yorkshire Baroque Soloists directed by Peter Seymour with soloists including Bethany Seymour soprano Matthew Brook bass Jason Darnell narrator
Purcell: The Fairy Queen Purcell’s 1692 semi-opera The Fairy Queen is among his greatest compositions, serving up some of his best-known and spectacular solos, dialogues and choruses and a colourful orchestral accompaniment. A loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, its cast includes fairies (led by Oberon and Titania), an ‘Indian Boy’, fawns, dryads, savages, Phoebus, the rustics Corydon & Mopsa, Juno, Hymen, and a ‘Chinese man and woman’. From humorous scenes and elaborate masques, this is dazzling music for dazzling forces. The performance features a brilliant and entertaining rhyming narration, specially prepared for the occasion by Andrew Pinnock. See also event 15. “simply delightful, wonderful playing” York Press
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Where the Bard Lurks Shakespeare in Music Bethany Seymour soprano Thomas Guthrie bass Peter Seymour harpsichord
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10.30am – c.11.30am Bedern Hall Unreserved seating: £10.00 including coffee & biscuits on arrival
Shakespeare’s Songs In and Out of the Theatre
Music played an important role in Shakespeare’s plays, and while few of the original songs have survived with their music, the words have inspired countless settings and textual re-workings through the ages. This programme presents 17th-century settings by Morley, Johnson, Wilson, Pelham Humfrey, Banister, Henry Purcell, Weldon, Eccles and Leveridge, along with songs from the 18th century by Arne, John Christopher Smith, Haydn and Addison and contemporary readings. See also event 18.
with David Lindley, Professor Emeritus, University of Leeds. Music and song have always been important in drama, and Shakespeare’s theatre makes no exception. This talk looks at ways in which the changing relationship of music and theatre is reflected in settings of Shakespeare’s songs, and at the growing tide of compositions aimed not at the theatre but at concert and domestic audiences. See also event 19.
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5.30pm – c.6.00pm Rymer Auditorium, University of York Unreserved seating: £5.00 (Festival Friends and NCEM Patrons free of charge)
Restoration Shakespeare A Musical Adaptation of The Tempest with Caroline Williams (Shakespeare’s Globe) and Elizabeth Kenny (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment)
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6.30pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York Reserved seating: £28.00 (concessions £25.00, students £5.00)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Elizabeth Kenny music director Caroline Williams stage director Katy Watson soprano Sam Boden tenor Frazer Scott bass
The Tempest A ‘dramatick opera’
Why was Shakespeare's The Tempest 'made into an Opera' in the Restoration? Dare we perform it that way today? What are the practicalities as well as the morality of tampering with the Bard? Ahead of the evening performance of all the music from the 1674 Tempest production, join us for an exploration of the conflicting demands of text and music, and how they can be made to work together. See event 21.
Not the celebrated work of William Shakespeare, but a ‘dramatick opera’, a bastardised version from 1674 re-worked for maximum appeal to Restoration audiences! Leading composers such as Matthew Locke provided new music, while spectacular sets and pint-sized devils stole the show to the extent that Shakespeare’s original remained a rarity until well into the 19th century. Following performances in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2015, this fascinating score is brought to York and enhanced by dramatic interludes from the play. See event 20. “A forgotten corner of musical history has been brilliantly re-animated by the lutenist Elizabeth Kenny plus a group of her colleagues from the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment” Independent www.oae.co.uk
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2.00pm – c.3.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Unreserved seating: £5.00 (Festival Friends and NCEM Patrons free of charge)
A Shakespeare Miscellany Students from Lord Deramore’s Primary School join members of NCEM’s Learning and Participation team to perform songs and dances from Shakespeare’s time, together with choice morsels from his most famous plays. Supported by Novotel www.accor.com
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4.00pm – c.5.00pm, All Saints’ Church, North Street Unreserved seating: £12.00 (concessions £10.00, students £5.00)
Sollazzo Ensemble Perrine Devillers soprano Yukie Sato soprano, clavisimbalum Vivien Simon baritone Sophia Danilevskaia fiddle Vincent Kibildis harp Anna Danilevskaia fiddle, direction
Parle qui Veut Moralistic songs of the late Middle Ages In works by Francesco Landini, Jacopo da Bologna, Jacob de Senleches and others, the Sollazzo Ensemble explores a favourite subject in late Medieval song: reflections on human nature. The striking texts appraise society with a clear eye, often delivering their critiques with bitter-sweet humour, denouncing gossip and treachery and advocating honesty and virtues that have not lost any of their relevance today. The Sollazzo Ensemble were winners of the 2015 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition. Their prize includes this concert and a CD recorded by Linn Records. For information about the 2017 IYAC, please check the website www.ncem.co.uk/youngartists2017
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The City Musick directed by William Lyons David Miller lute Emilia Benjamin treble viol, bass viol William Lyons flute, recorder Liam Byrne bass viol Jacob Heringman cittern, lute Arngeir Hauksson bandora, lute Victoria Couper voice
Silver Sounds and Moody Food Music for Six Severall Instruments Late in the 16th century the English or ‘Broken’ Consort of instruments began to excite musical palates both home and abroad. Extremely popular as the bespoke band for theatre and masque, this versatile mixed ensemble of flute, lute, cittern, bandora, treble and bass viols had a unique sound, combining the sustained sound of wind and bowed strings with the resonance of metal- and gut-strung pluckery. This concert examines the music for private playhouse and public theatre that the Consort would have played, with songs and instrumental music from the plays of Shakespeare, Marston, Dekker, Jonson and their contemporaries. Collections by Morley, Rosseter and Matthew Holmes provide the ensemble music, interspersed with songs to the viols and lutes, and instrumental solos. “the music was outstanding” The Daily Telegraph
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Silver Sounds and Moody Food Conference: Theatre Music and Musicians 1575-1642 Theatrical entertainment was hugely popular in London in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Theatre sprang up on both banks of the Thames, playwrights, actors and musicians found regular employment as members and associates of acting companies that operated under wealthy patronage. This conference looks at all aspects of musical participation in early modern theatre, including the relevance and intent of playsongs and ballads, who would have performed them, and what they played YE MF
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10.00am – 1.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Unreserved seating £25.00 (students £10.00) including light lunch at 1.00pm
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2.00pm – 4.00pm NCEM, St Margaret’s Church Unreserved seating £20.00 (students £10.00) including a reviving glass of wine
William Lyons
David Klausner
“Excellent and Expert Musicians”: Who Played for the Plays in Shakespeare’s London?
The Performance of the Jig in the North Riding
Ross Duffin Robert Johnson and Songs for the Shakespearean Stage
David Lindley The Use of Music in the Plays for John Marston
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Christopher Page The Role of the Guitar on the Tudor and Stuart Stage Purchase tickets for events 25 and 26 for just £35.00 (students £16.00) Full details from ww.ncem.co.uk/yemfconf16
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The City Musick
directed by William Lyons
William Lyons shawm, recorder, bagpipes Nicholas Perry shawm, cornett, recorder, bagpipes Sarah Humphrys shawm, recorder Richard Thomas cornett, recorder, bagpipes Gawain Glenton cornett, recorder George Bartle sackbut, voice Tom Lees sackbut
The Topping Tooters of the Town Music of the London Waits 1550-1650 ‘These are the topping tooters of the town, and have gowns, silver chains, and salaries, for playing “Lilliburlero” to my Lord Mayor's horse through the city.' Join us for a celebration of the music of the ‘waits’ – urban musicians who were famed in London for artistry and skills on a par with those at the court. Waits were wind players first and foremost, ‘Topping Tooters’ who played on cornetts, sackbuts, recorders and bagpipes. The concert contains music for ceremony, civic procession, sophisticated masques and theatre pieces as well as popular dances and songs for performance in a tavern and communal halls.
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AS AN NCEM PATRON
Supporting innovation, excellence and creative learning
The NCEM enjoys support from the many individuals who help keep our year-round programme of music and educational activities at the highest AND MAKE A artistic level. If you are interested in joining us as a Friend of the summer DIFFERENCE festival, or as an NCEM Patron, please contact Delma Tomlin.
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& East Riding Early Music Festival
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G U E S T A RT I S T S I N C L U D E :
Florilegium/ Brandenburg Concertos
Elin Manahan Thomas and Elizabeth Kenny
The Cardinall’s Musick M u s i c f o r t h e V i rg i n
Fitzwilliam S t r i n g Q u a rt e t
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Photograph: T. Suthers
Th ank you !
The York Early Music Festival is grateful to the many individuals and organisations that have been able to support us in 2016 - not least Arts Council England, Yorkshire; the City of York Council; our media partner BBC Radio 3; our sister organisation the National Centre for Early Music, the Friends of the Festival and the NCEM Patrons. York Early Music Festival is a member of REMA, the European Early Music Network. The NCEM is engaged in a partnership programme with colleagues in France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Romania and Slovenia, funded through Creative Europe, EEEmerging is designed to support young emerging professional ensembles across the community. See www.ncem.co.uk/eee York Early Music Festival works alongside tourism partners Welcome to Yorkshire and Visit York. We would particularly like to commend our partner hotels in the City of York – The Grange Hotel www.grangehotel.co.uk
Best Western Monk Bar Hotel www.bw-monkbarhotelyork.com Novotel www.accor.com
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa www.middlethorpe.com Queens Hotel www.queenshotel-york.com
We are pleased to acknowledge support from Harrowells Solicitors; Shepherd Building Group; The University of York; Dean & Chapter, York and the many individuals who support us through anonymous donations and by buying tickets each year! And last but definitely not least, we would also like to offer our sincere thanks to the Mayfield Valley Arts Trust; Youth Music and York Music Hub for their support.
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Booki ng Inform ation Booking opens on Friday 26 February to NCEM Patrons, to YEMF Friends on Monday 29 February and to the general public on Monday 7 March
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How to book
In person: The NCEM box office is open Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm. The Box Office entrance is on Percy’s Lane which runs parallel to Walmgate, just off Navigation Road. Online: Visit our web site at tickets.ncem.co.uk and use the secure online booking service. By telephone: Please contact the box office on 01904 658338. There is a non-refundable £1.50 administration charge for each transaction made online or by telephone with an optional 50p for second class post. By post: Please send your order to the NCEM Box Office, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, York YO1 9TL enclosing an SAE. Please provide a large stamp if ordering 10+ tickets. Cheques should be made payable to the National Centre for Early Music.
General Ticket Information
Email: Simply email your enquiry to boxoffice@ncem.co.uk Reservations: Tickets can be reserved but must be paid for within three working days and at least 24 hours prior to the performance. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the venue immediately prior to the performance. Concession prices: The price shown in brackets is the concession price for those aged 65 and over, registered disabled and a companion, and the unemployed. Refunds and Exchanges: We regret that refunds can only be given if the concert is sold out and we are able to sell on the ticket. Please note that there will be a 10% administration charge.
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The NCEM welcomes group bookings. If you buy 10 tickets (full price or GROUP DISCOUNTS concessions) there is a 20% discount off the total amount. Accessible facilities: The Festival offers a warm welcome to everyone. If you have special needs, please let us know when booking your tickets. The NCEM is a Typetalk Approved business. Registered assistance dogs are welcome at concerts.
Visitor Information: The NCEM warmly recommends a number of York hotels – please log on to www.ncem.co.uk/hotels for details. The York Visitor Information Centre offers help with accommodation and general information about the City. Ring 01904 550099 or email info@visityork.org
Friends of the Festival The Friends enjoy additional discounts, priority booking, reserved tickets (where practical) and good company. Please email friends@ncem.co.uk for information. Friends Saver Ticket: £300.00 (concessions £265.00) Save nearly 15% by purchasing your Friends Saver Ticket covering events 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24 and 27
Saver Tickets Festival Lecture Series £40.00 Save 20% by purchasing tickets for events 8, 12, 15, 18 and 20 Silver Sounds and Moody Food Conference £35.00 (students £16.00) Book for events 27 and 28 and save over 20% Please note that all concerts must be booked at the same time and that offers are subject to availability. Saver tickets may not be used in conjunction with any other offers.
M ap of V e n ue s The NCEM is based within St Margaret’s Church to the East of the City off Walmgate. The NCEM is accessible by car, bus, foot or bike. Parking is available in the Peel Street car park (off George Street). York is less than 2hrs train journey from London King’s Cross and on a direct train line to Edinburgh and Manchester. The York Early Music Festival prides itself on utilising a variety of York’s beautiful, historic buildings. Some of these venues are quirky. All are accessible and chosen to enhance the visitor’s experience of this picturesque city.
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Highlights Ensemble Luc idarium B arokksolistene Sound Affairs Alamire
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The Sixteen Insight Day Yorkshi re Ba roque Soloists: The Fairy Queen Ro se Conso rt of Viols Orchestra of the A ge The Sixte e n of Enlightenment The Ea rly Music Show The Sollazzo Ensemble Thomas Dunford The C ity Musick University of York Silver Sounds & Moody Ba roque Ensemble Food Conferenc e
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The York Early Music Festival is administered by the National Centre for Early Music through the York Early Music Foundation – registered charity number 1068331. All details are correct at the time of going to press but the Festival reserves the right to make alterations to the published programme if necessary.