7/6/2024
"Hear the Summer Byrds": CMRS member Sharen Hafner will lead our group as we play madrigals and selections from William Byrd's "Mass for Three Voices". 7/13/2024
We invite you to join us on Saturday 13th July for the final of the 2024 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition. Always a very enjoyable day, the competition is a wonderful opportunity to hear the eight shortlisted young ensembles from across Europe in one place on one day, and network with members of the early music world. After the winners have been announced, join us for a glass of wine to meet the competition team, ensembles, partner organsiations and international jury (Elizabeth Kenny, Bart Demuyt, Lionel Meunier, Emily Worthington & Philip Hobbs).The eight ensembles who will be presenting programmes ranging from medieval to classical are:
Apollo’s Cabinet (UK), performing Corrette, Vivaldi, Buxtehude
Ayres Extemporae (Belgium), performing Biber & Bach
Ensemble Bastion (Switzerland), performing Couperin, Corelli & Telemann
[hanse]Pfeyfferey (Germany) performing Senfl, Isaac, Busnoys
Friedrichs Nebelmeer Ensemble (Switzerland) performing Danzi, Cambini, Reicha
Rubens Rosa (Switzerland) performing Riquier, Tromboncino, Morton
Pseudonym (Switzerland) performing Castello, Rognoni, Merula, Marini, Falconieri
Trio Altizans (the Netherlands) performing Beethoven & Schubert
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Under 35?
Tickets for under 35s are only £10, with tickets for the informal recitals on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 July only £5.
Joining us online?
You can follow the livestream of the competition final online from 10am on Saturday 13 July.
We hope that you will be able to join in the excitement of this year’s competition wherever you are, and thank you for supporting emerging talent at the National Centre for Early Music.
With thanks to the John Feldberg Foundation for their support of our Young Artists Programme, and the European Union Baroque Orchestra Development Trust, Cambridge Early Music and the Friends of the York Early Music Festival for their competition prizes.
7/13/2024
Announcing the next Philadelphia Recorder Society In-person and Virtual Playing SessionSaturday, July 13, 2024 led by Music Director Rainer Beckmann.
Cathedral Village, 600 East Cathedral Road, Philadelphia, PA
Playing begins at 10:00 AM.
We're gathering in Cathedral Hall, which is located across from the entrance to the main building. Please arrive in plenty of time to find suitable parking, greet friends, and set up your instruments so we can start playing promptly at 10 AM. Visitors are welcome.
For those who can't join in person, we'll be streaming our playing session over Zoom. The Zoom meeting will open at 9:30 AM and we'll start playing at 10 AM. Members will receive a Zoom link via email, usually one day before we meet.
From Music Director Rainer Beckmann:
Dear Friends,
The playlist of the July make-up session mainly consists of 16th century motets written by some of the time's leading composers. These sacred vocal pieces are juxtaposed with a variety of popular dances from Susato's Danserye collection, first published in 1551, which frame the playlist. You will note that a number of the instrumentations selected for the pieces on the playlist rely heavily on lower recorders, including great basses and contrabasses. Please be so kind and make sure to bring all your big recorders to the session! We will be aiming for as rich a sound as possible when delving into these two distinct and beautiful repertoires together.
With warmest regards,
Rainer Beckman
7/14/2024
Got style? French Baroque music is often described as subtle, tender, delicate, elegant, etc. How does stylish ornamentation enhance French music's sweetness, vigor and beauty? How do les agréments turn it into such a refined language? We'll first learn from Hotteterre's many helpful examples and then apply ornaments to undecorated pieces by Lully and others. Allons-y!7/16/2024
The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line workshops featuring tunes by Scottish fiddler, J.S. Skinner from the Greenblatt & Seay publication Skinner Tunes for Two. These sessions are designed for violins, violas, cellos, basses, mandolins, and soprano recorder.The Skinner Tunes for Two features 40 tunes by the great Scottish fiddler/composer/dancing master, J.S. Skinner (August 5, 1843 – March 17, 1927). In his own words: “The great work of my life has been composing music for the people of Scotland. The music that reaches and lives in the hearts of the people is the music that they whistle or sing at their daily toil or in their hours of recreation, that the mother croons o’er the cradle, and that accompanies her children, a joyous companion, through life.”
The Workshops will be on Tuesday, July 16, 7 PM, Central Time, Wednesday, July 17, 10 AM, Central Time, and Friday, July 19, 7 PM, Central Time.
Different tunes will be played at each session.
We will read, play, and discuss various survival skills for these charming pieces. A treble clef version of the sheet music for the tunes being played will be displayed on the screen during the workshop.
There is limited enrollment, and pre-registration is required. The cost for each workshop is $10.00. The cost of each optional book is $15.00 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration).
For more information, and to register:
https://www.greenblattandseay.com/workshops_skinner.shtml
7/27/2024
Join us as Jennifer Carpenter helps us "ring in summer" with a celebration of the sun - Here Comes the Sun: Celebrate the warmth (or beat the heat!) with a charming program featuring music from William Byrd to The Beatles. We'll explore music that celebrates the golden sun, cheerful flowers, and hearts full of laughter and love.