DIARY OF EVENTS
Concerts
Please send information to: jmh@noc.ac.uk. I do not actively research concerts, relying on members or organisers to submit details for inclusion.
September
9 Leeds Waits, Music for Heritage Days, Oakwell Hall, Batley.
9 NCEM “Telemann abroad”, music by Telemann, Rameau, Forqueray, Blavet and Guignon. Graham O’Sullivan flute, Susanna Pell viola da gamba, Mie Hayashi harpsichord, Huw Daniel (violin).
9 “The Olive Branch” – The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage for 2017, Palestrina and Poulenc. 19.30. Tewkesbury Cathedral. www.tickets.ncem.co.uk or 01904 651485.
9-10 Romaldkirk Festival (Teesdale), su.graves@btinternet.com, 01833 650096.
10 Leeds Waits, “The Fair Devil of Scotland” – music of Mary Queen of Scots, Rawden Quaker Meeting House, Leeds. www.leedsquakers.org.uk
14 Markenfield Hall, Ripon. Fantasticus baroque trio from Amsterdam. Rie Kimura violin, Robert Smith viola da gamba, Guillermo Brachetta harpsichord with Wilbert Hazelzet flute. Telemann and Guillemain. 2.30 and 7.30pm.
16 Wakefield Girls High School. Fantasticus baroque trio from Amsterdam. Rie Kimura violin, Robert Smith viola da gamba, Guillermo Brachetta harpsichord with Wilbert Hazelzet flute. Telemann and Guillemain. 7.30pm.
16 Armonico: Monteverdi Vespers, 7.30pm, St. Mary’s Church, Warwick.
22-24 Saltaire Camac Harp weekend.
23 Armonico: Monteverdi Vespers, 7.30pm, Forum Theatre, Malvern.
30 Flanders Recorder Quartet Weekend, Salts Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, West Yorkshire BD18 3LA. The Final Chapter – Farewell concert.
October
7 Fiori Musicali Chamber Ensemble, Great Brington NN7 4JB, Monteverdi and Biber.
20–22 Thirty-fourth Early Dance Circle Festival at Tadcaster. 20th: ‘Portrait of a Lady’ A presentation by Lucy Adlington of ‘The History Wardrobe ’. 21st: Festival of Dance in Riley-Smith Hall & An Evening of Country Dancing with Andrew Shaw & Sarabande.
21 The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage: Palestrina to Poulenc, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
27-12 Nov. Brighton Early Music Festival. www.bremf.org.uk, 01273 709709.
28 Raphael Wallfisch: Bach, 6 cello suites, 5pm and 7.30pm with supper interval, St. Mary’s Church, Warwick. http://leamingtonmusic.org
29 Leeds Baroque: Friends & Rivals: Johann Sebastian Bach & Georg Philipp Telemann, Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds. Tickets from concerts@leeds.ac.uk
November
4 York Waits, All Saints Church Darton, Barnsley, concert of music c.1517. http://theyorkwaits.org.uk
7 The Magic of Medieval Music, 8.00pm, Kiveton Folk Club, Kiveton Park Colliery Cricket Club, Stone Close, off Stoney Bank Drive, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 6SQ. Ian Pittaway: medieval harps, voice, gittern, lute, koboz.
9 I Faglioni: The Other Vespers (Monteverdi, Viadana, Gabrieli), 7.30, Birmingham Town Hall.
9-11 Royal Greenwich International Early Music Exhibition and concerts, Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3 9RQ. www.earlymusicfestival.com
11 Bach B minor Mass, Coventry Cathedral Chorus, 7.30, Coventry Cathedral.
12 Bach B minor Mass, English Touring Opera, 7.30, Lichfield Cathedral.
13, 23 The Secret life of Lutheran Chorales, Huddersfield University (13th), NCEM, York (23rd). Leah Stuttard – gothic harp, voice, bell & Agnethe Christensen – voice, Nordic lyres, bell. leahstuttard.com, agnethechristensen.org.
30 Bach B minor Mass, Birmingham Town Hall. Birmingham Bach Choir.
30 York Waits, Hartlepool Music Society.
December
2 Music for Advent and Christmas, St Olave’s Church, Marygate, York. Herschel Trio: Cantatas and Chamber Music by Georg Philipp Telemann &Johann Sebastian Bach.
8-16 York Early Music Christmas Festival. http://www.ncem.co.uk/
9 York Waits, Christmas music, Square Chapel, Halifax.
13 York Waits, Christmas music, NCEM, York.
20 York Waits, Christmas music, Beverley.
21 York Waits, Micklegate Bar, York. Yule Riding, annual procession through the Medieval city to the sound of shawms and sackbuts.
22 York Waits & Deborah Catterall, Christmas music, Wentworth Church near Rotherham.
Contacts for concerts
Armonico. http://www.armonico.org.uk
Bassenthwaite Festival. info@bassfest.org.uk , 07849 383727, www.bassfest.org.uk
Birmingham Barber Institute. http://barber.org.uk/ 0121 414 7333
Birmingham Town Hall. www.thsh.co.uk 0121 345 0600.
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. 0161 907 9000, 0161 950 0015, www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
Buxton Festival. 0845 1272190, www.buxtonfestival.co.uk
Buxton Opera House 0845 1272190, boxoffice@buxtonoperahouse.org.uk, www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk & www.buxtonfestival.co.uk
Chandos Choir. www.solihullchandoschoir.org
Chetham‘s School of Music, Long Millgate, Manchester, M3 1SB, 0161 838 7200,
www.chethams.com
Early Dance Circle Festival, Ann Kent tel. 01484 663842, email paulkent4@btinternet.com http://www.earlydancecircle.co.uk/
Fiori Musicali http://fiori-musicali.com
Gregynog Festival. www.gregynogfestival.org
Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, CA13 9HS, 017687 76276, admin@highamhall.com
Kempley Village Hall, http://www.kempleyvillagehall.org.uk/, 07891 254372.
Leeds University, http://concerts.leeds.ac.uk
Leeds Waits. alan.radford@btinternet.com
Leicester, Castle House. www.earlymusicleicester.co.uk
Leominster. Tourist Information Centre, reception@leominstertourism.co.uk 01568 616460.
Lichfield Festival. www.lichfieldfestival.org
London Festival of Baroque Music, www.lfbm.org.uk
The Magic of Medieval Music https://www.ipmusic.org.uk/medievalmusic
Music in New Radnor. Box office 01544 350268.
NCEM, National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret’s Church, Walmgate, Percy’s Lane, York, YO1 9TI. 01904 632220, boxoffice@ncem.co.uk, www.ncem.co.uk
Recorders Scotland, Lynne Hope at Recorder Players, 19 West Burnside, Dollar, FK14 7DP, Scotland, UK
Ripon. 01765 605508, www.riponinternationalfestival.com
Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), Manchester Box Office, 0161 907 5555, box.office@rncm.ac.uk, www.rncm.ac.uk
St Andrew’s & St George’s West Church, Edinburgh. Queen’s Hall Box Office, http://www.thequeenshall.net/elsewhere/shows/, 0131-668 2019
St Martin’s Church, Worcester. www.stmartinsworcester.org.uk
Salts Mill, Saltaire, 01274 288100, sales@earlymusicshop.com, www.earlymusicshop.com
Tewkesbury. www.johnmooremuseum.org/events
Worcester Cathedral. Worcester Live Box Office, 01905 611427
Worcester Huntingdon Hall. Worcester Concert Club, 01905 611427
Worcester Early Music Festival. www.earlymusicworcs.org
Wordsworth Singers www.wordsworthsingers.org.uk , 01900 829622.
York, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, www.york.ac.uk/concerts
York Waits, http://theyorkwaits.org.uk
