Vivaldi's Gloria VOICES, STRINGS, CONTINUO (A=440) Tutor: Ben England Wilmslow United Reformed Church, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 1PR Reviewer: James Walton No Lancashire man would leave home without an umbrella, but he might well leave it in the car after an hour’s drive south to equatorial Wilmslow, for it was most certainly not raining when … Continue reading Workshop Review – 16 May 2026
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Workshop Review – 21 March 2026
From Despair to Joy: Holy Week with Tomás Luis de Victoria VOICES Tutor: David Allinson Didsbury Baptist Church, Beaver Road, Manchester, M20 6SX Reviewer: Gerardo Vigo The North West Early Music Forum (NWEMF) choral workshop on Victoria's music for Lent and Holy Week, held at Didsbury Baptist Church, was a thoroughly engaging and rewarding day. … Continue reading Workshop Review – 21 March 2026
Workshop Review – 8 November 2025
The Sound of Power: Johann Stadlmayr’s Polychoral Music for the Habsburg Courts VOICES, LOUD WINDS, BASSOONS, SACKBUTS, TROMBONES & STRINGS (A=440) Tutor: Gawain Glenton St Mary’s Church Hall, 44 Moss Lane, Sale, M33 6GD Reviewer: Tom McLean The appeal of NWEMF workshops has been rising steadily over the past couple of years with increasingly expert … Continue reading Workshop Review – 8 November 2025
Workshop Review – 11 October 2025
Renaissance Italian canzonas BOWED INSTRUMENTS & SOFT WINDS Tutor: Ali Kinder St Matthew’s Community Hall, Chapel Lane, Stretford, Manchester M32 9AJ Reviewer: Frank Gibson Recorder and strings workshop with Alison Kinder October 2025 We were in Stretford this month, and if you weren’t able to come, I’m afraid you missed a real treat - no … Continue reading Workshop Review – 11 October 2025
Workshop Review – 13 September 2025
Lusitano and other Portuguese composers VOICES Tutor: Rory McCleery St Agnes & St Pancras Church, 1 Buckingham Ave, Liverpool L17 3BA Reviewer: Valerie Pedlar Workshop with Rory McCleery: 13 September 2025 The church of St Agnes and St Pancras provided a warm welcome to the 40 or so singers who assembled on Saturday 13 September … Continue reading Workshop Review – 13 September 2025