DIARY OF EVENTS
NB. listing is no guarantee that the workshop or concert will take place. Please check before committing.
Concerts
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Please send information to: jmh@noc.ac.uk. I do not actively research concerts, relying on members or organisers to submit details for inclusion.
March
8 Early Music @ Newcastle festival: Samling Academy singers in vocal masterclass, early English song with Lawrence Zazzo. Recital room, Armstrong building, Newcastle Univ., 2pm. Contact Eric.Cross@ncl.ac.uk
9 English keyboard music: Byrd, Tomkins, Purcell, Handel, Elizabeth Turner; John Kitchen (organ), King’s Hall, Armstrong building, Newcastle Univ., 1.15pm.
10 16th Century German Love Songs, Linarol Consort with James Gilchrist. 7.30pm, The Priory, Leominster HR6 8EQ
12 3:00 pm, Leeds Baroque Choir & Orchestra, Directed by Peter Holman. Purcell The Indian Queen, Masque of Cupid and Bacchus from Timon of Athens. Philippa Hyde, soprano; Peter Davoren, tenor; Stuart O’Hara, bass. Leeds Conservatoire, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PD. https://www.leedsconservatoire.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on
16 Early Music @ Newcastle festival: early English song and chamber music (Purcell, Lawes); Lawrence Zazzo and Noxwode Baroque; King’s Hall, Armstrong building, Newcastle Univ., 1.15pm.
18 William Byrd Singers and The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble; Byrd & Weelkes – 400 Years. Stoller Hall, Manchester M3 1DA 7.30pm. https://stollerhall.com/whats-on/william-byrd-singers/
18 Early Music @ Newcastle festival: JS Bach: Not the B minor Mass; works from which Bach borrowed material for his Mass in B minor. King’s Hall, Armstrong building, Newcastle Univ., 7.30pm. www.newcastlebachchoir.org.uk
25 7pm. Liverpool Bach Collective, St Matthew Passion, Church of Our Lady & St Nicolas (Liverpool Parish Church), Old Churchyard, Liverpool, L2 8TZ.
25 Come & Sing Vivaldi Gloria, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral L3 5TQ. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/metcathedral/vivaldi-gloria/e-qzlpqv
25 Liverpool Renaissance Singers, Llanynys near Ruthin.
25 Early Music @ Newcastle festival: Byrd and Britten with Capella Newcastle, Jesmond URC, 7.30pm. www.cappellanewcastle.org.uk
April
7 Manchester Baroque. J.S. Bach St John Passion. 7.30pm – Manchester Cathedral.
23 6.30pm. Liverpool Bach Collective, Easter Oratorio, BWV 249, St Monica’s Church, Fernhill Road, Bootle, L20 9GA
May
3-5 Bristol Early Music Festival; All Saints, Pembroke Road, Bristol. https://www.bristolearlymusicfestival.uk
26-28 Beverley Early Music Festival. https://www.ncem.co.uk/whats-on/bemf-2023/
July
7-14 York Early Music Festival. https://www.ncem.co.uk/whats-on/yemf/
September
22 The Sixteen: Choral Pilgramage, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, 7.30 pm.
23 The Sixteen: Choral Pilgramage, Blackburn Cathedral, 7.30 pm.
October
12 The Sixteen: Choral Pilgramage, Lancaster Priory, 7.30 pm.
November
8-11 London International Festival of Early Music 2023. Blackheath Concert Halls 23 Lee Road, London. https://lifem.org/
Contacts for concerts
Armonico. http://www.armonico.org.uk
Birmingham Barber Institute. http://barber.org.uk/ 0121 414 7333
Birmingham Town Hall. www.thsh.co.uk 0121 289 6333.
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. 0161 907 9000, www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
BREMF Brighton Early Music Festival, www.bremf.org.uk
Buxton Festival. 01298 72190, http://www.buxtonfestival.co.uk
Buxton Opera House 01298 72190, boxoffice@boh.org.uk , www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk & http://www.buxtonfestival.co.uk
Chandos Choir. www.solihullchandoschoir.org
Chetham‘s School of Music, www.chethams.com , Stoller hall 0333 130 0967
Early Dance Circle Festival, http://www.earlydancecircle.co.uk/
Ex Cathedra. www.excathedra.co.uk
Fiori Musicali www.fiori-musicali.com
Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, CA13 9HS, 017687 76276, admin@highamhall.com , www.highamhall.com
Kempley Village Hall, http://www.kempleyvillagehall.org.uk/, kempleyvillagehall@gmail.com
Leeds University, http://concerts.leeds.ac.uk
Leeds Waits. http://www.leedswaits.org.uk/waits.htm , alan.radford@btinternet.com
Leicester, Castle House. www.earlymusicleicester.co.uk
Lichfield Festival. www.lichfieldfestival.org
Liverpool Bach Collective, https://www.liverpoolbach.com/future-events
Liverpool Renaissance Singers. www.liverpoolrenaissancesingers.org
London Festival of Baroque Music, www.lfbm.org.uk
The Magic of Medieval Music https://www.ipmusic.org.uk/medievalmusic
Manchester Baroque https://www.manchesterbaroque.co.uk/whatson
NCEM, National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, Percy’s Lane, York, YO1 9TI. 01904 632220, boxoffice@ncem.co.uk, http://www.ncem.co.uk
Newcastle University https://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/live-music/
Opus Anglicanum. https://www.opusanglicanum.org/
Ripon. 01765 605508, www.riponinternationalfestival.com
Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), info@rncm.ac.uk, www.rncm.ac.uk
Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall, https://www.thequeenshall.net/your-visit/booking-tickets, 0131-668 2019
St. George’s Singers. www.st-georges-singers.org.uk, 01663 764012.
St Martin’s Church, Worcester. www.stmartinsworcester.org.uk
Salts Mill, Saltaire, 01274 288100, sales@earlymusicshop.com, www.earlymusicshop.com
Stile Antico, https://www.stileantico.co.uk/concerts
Stratford, http://www.stratford-upon-avon.org/soundbites
The Sixteen, www.thesixteen.com
William Byrd Singers. http://www.williambyrdsingers.org.uk/concerts.shtml
Worcester Cathedral. https://www.worcestercathedral.co.uk/whats-on#filter=*
Worcester Huntingdon Hall / Concert Club, https://www.worcserenade.co.uk/ 01905 611427
Worcester Early Music Festival. www.earlymusicworcs.org
Wordsworth Singers www.wordsworthsingers.org.uk.
York, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, www.york.ac.uk/concerts
York Waits, http://theyorkwaits.org.uk