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Forthcoming workshops and events for your diary:

Saturday 26 November 2011

Instrumental and vocal music by Susato and Michael and Hieronymus Praetorius

+NEMA AGM & Lecture. Renaissance instrumental workshop (A440), with opportunity for vocal participation.

Tutor: Kathleen Berg.

Venue: St Nicholas Church, St Nicholas Church St, Warwick CV34 4JD

Saturday 10 March 2012

Vivaldi: Two settings of Dixit Dominus, RV594 & RV595 A workshop for singers, including soloists, and instruments (A415)

Tutor: Neil Ferris.

Venue: Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road,

Smethwick, West Midlands B67 5LS

Saturday 12 May 2012

Bach Family Motets

Workshop for singers with continuo

Tutor: John Butt.

Venue: All Saints Church, Birmingham Road, Allesley, Coventry CV5 9EQ

Sunday 24th June 2012 (NB change of date)

Midsummer Revels (evening) + workshop (afternoon) + MEMF AGM –

Tutor etc tba

Venue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth B78 2AE

Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 October 2012 weekend workshop. Giovanni Gabrieli: Vocal and instrumental music.

Tutor: Philip Thorby,

Repertoire and Venue: tba

MEMF members get regular mailings, and lower fees for our workshops.

For further information about MEMF, contact: Edwin Griggs,

8, Woodbine St, Leamington Spa CV32 5BG or [email protected]

or look at the website: www.memf.org.uk

Registered Charity No. 514400

Saturday, 21 January 2012, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm

Methodist Church Hall, Blossomfield Road,

Solihull, B91 1LG

Josquin des Prez and Orlande de Lassus

Motet and Magnificat Praeter Rerum Seriem

A workshop for singers and instruments (A440)

Tutor: David Hatcher


Methodist Church Hall, Blossomfield Road, Solihull, B91 1LG

Josquin des Prez and Orlande de Lassus: Praeter Rerum Seriem



Our programme provides an opportunity to work in some depth on two Renaissance

masterpieces, the six-part Christmas motet Praeter Rerum Seriem by Josquin (c.1450-

1521), composed some time before 1519, and the Magnificat setting based upon it by

Lassus (1532-1594), composed some decades later. The mediaeval Latin plainsong hymn

on which Josquin based his motet is a reflection on the mystery of the Incarnation (the

opening line can be translated as ‘Beyond the natural order of things’), as well as being a

characteristic expression of devotion to the Virgin Mary. Josquin’s motet, one of his

most famous, inspired later composers; as well as Lassus’s Magnificat setting, an entire

Mass setting was based upon it by Cipriano de Rore. Lassus’s setting gives us a

fascinating opportunity to see how one Renaissance master responded to the work of

another. It is possible that the piece is associated with the revival of Marian devotion in

Bavaria after 1550, and that it was composed at the request of Albrecht V, Duke of

Bavaria, for whom Lassus worked, and who seems to have had a particular regard for

Josquin’s motet.

We are delighted to welcome David Hatcher once again as our tutor for this

workshop. David studied viola da gamba with Charles Medlam and renaissance wind

instruments with Philip Thorby at Trinity College of Music, London. In 1987 he moved

to Japan where he was to remain for the next nine years, taking an active part in that

country’s flourishing early music scene. There he founded the viol consort “Chelys”,

with the three principal viola da gamba players of Japan, going on to perform and record

both as a soloist, with Chelys and in association with other leading Japanese ensembles

and visiting artists including Evelyn Tubb, Sprezzatura, and the Japanese ensembles

“Ensemble Ecclesia” and the “Bach Collegium of Japan.” He has also appeared on NHK

(Japanese national television) in the classic historical docu-soap ‘Taiga Drama’, watched

by millions of Japanese, and his recordings with Anthony Rooley’s Consort of Musicke,

Evelyn Tubb and Bach Collegium of Japan and I Fagiolini are regularly broadcast on

BBC Radio 3. Recent appearances include performing with Fretwork and the Dunedin

Consort in the Edinburgh Festival 2011, the recording of Striggio's 40-part mass with

Robert Hollingworth and in Damon Albarn's new opera for the Manchester International

Festival 2011, "Dr Dee", with a small ensemble of period instrumentalists and the BBC

Philharmonic Orchestra, since recorded for EMI.

Scores will be provided by David. There will be opportunities for singers in all voice

parts and for players of most renaissance instruments – bowed and plucked strings, loud

and soft winds (but no high shawms) and keyboards (but no harpsichords). There will be

no separate parts for plucked string and keyboard players, who will be expected to read

from the score. Scores and parts will be available and can be sent out in advance for

those wanting them.

Timetable

10.00 Registration and drinks

10.30 Morning sessions (with a comfort break)

1.00 Lunch – bring sandwiches or use local pubs and eateries.

2.15 – 4.00 Afternoon session

4.00-4.20 Afternoon tea

4.20 – 5.00 Final run-through – visitors welcome

Workshop fees – see booking form

Please complete the enclosed Booking Form and send it as soon as you conveniently can

with your cheque (payable to ‘MEMF’) to: Edwin Griggs, 8 Woodbine Street,

Leamington Spa CV32 5BG 01926 887 906. Email: [email protected]

Please let Edwin know if, after booking, you find you can’t make it, even if it’s at the last

minute. Edwin’s mobile on the day: 07955 043 227

Neither MEMF nor the Church can accept any responsibility for any property lost or

damaged.

Directions: Solihull Methodist Church is close to the centre of Solihull, next to Solihull

railway station. The church has ample car parking and there are regular train and bus

services from the centre of Birmingham.






Booking Form

Name(s)...............................................................................(continue on back if necessary)

Address …………………………………………………………………..…………………

........................................................................................................………………………

……………………..

Tel…………………………….. email…………………………………………

Please indicate voice here: Soprano / Alto / Tenor / Bass

Please indicate the instrument you will play………………………………………..

Circle here if a member of: MEMF / Another Forum / NEMA

Cheque enclosed: £…………………..

Fees: Members of MEMF / Another Forum / NEMA £19

Members concessions £17

Non-members £21

Non-members concessions £19

Please complete this Booking Form and send it, with your cheque (payable to ‘MEMF’),

to: Edwin Griggs, 8 Woodbine Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5BG

If you would like an acknowledgement, please indicate, and send an s.a.e or give an email

address.

Please tell Edwin Griggs if you would like a lift, or if you are willing to offer one.






Booking Form

Name(s)...............................................................................(continue on back if necessary)

Address …………………………………………………………………..…………………

........................................................................................................………………………

……………………..

Tel…………………………….. email…………………………………………

Please indicate voice here: Soprano / Alto / Tenor / Bass

Please indicate the instrument you will play………………………………………..

Circle here if a member of: MEMF / Another Forum / NEMA

Cheque enclosed: £…………………..

Fees: Members of MEMF / Another Forum / NEMA £19

Members concessions £17

Non-members £21

Non-members concessions £19

Please complete this Booking Form and send it, with your cheque (payable to ‘MEMF’),

to: Edwin Griggs, 8 Woodbine Street, Leamington Spa CV32 5BG

If you would like an acknowledgement, please indicate, and send an s.a.e or give an email

address.

Please tell Edwin Griggs if you would like a lift, or if you are willing to offer one.

josquin des prez and orlande de lassus motet and ... · saturday, 21 january 2012, 10.00 am to 5.00...

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