This is a new Manchester based specialist Early Music group They are giving their first concerts – on the 6th and 20th October at 7.30 “le divine Orlande – Music by Orlande de Lassus St Martin’s Church, Marple Bridge, Stockport, SK6 5DT Suggested donation £10 to include refreshment.

The September newsletter is now on the web site and available for our members. Do think of joining as membership with access to the newsletter and reduced fees at workshops only costs £10 a year.

The closing date for a our day with David Allinson is fast approaching so do please get your application in soon.

Details and application forms for the later 2019 events are now on the workshop listings page

The day workshop with David Allinson is on the 22nd September. Do remember to apply in time for the workshop. We need to let David know the numbers coming in advance so he can prepare the music. Details as usual are on the workshops page

Do not forget to apply for our workshop with David Allinson on the 22nd September. David’s events are rightly very popular and it is lovely to welcome him back to the North West. The details and application forms as usual are on the workshop page.

The National Early Music Association and the Brighton Early Music Festival
are joining together to put on a Conference on Vocal Sound and Style 1450 to
1650 in Brighton on 20/21 October 2018.  Papers will be given by a number of
distinguished contributors on topics such as style, ornamentation, vibrato,
pronunciation and rhetoric. There will be live vocal illustrations, a
masterclass with young professional singers, round-table discussions and a
singing workshop led by Deborah Roberts. There are links to the booking form
and programme from  the NEMA web site www.earlymusic.info

This concert might be of interest to those who live in the North of our patch.

The Age of Elegance 3pm Sunday 12th August. Scalesceugh Hall and Villas

The flier with full details is here.

A couple of items. Firstly have you looked at the wanted and for sale page recently, a couple nice instruments including a Moulder tenor curtal have just been added.

Secondly don’t forget about applying for the workshop with David Allinson in September.

2018 Vivaldi Gloria and Handel Dixit Dominus Concert 15^th July 2018 at Storyhouse Theatre

Chester Festival Chorus make their Storyhouse debut with a duo of popular works from the Italian Baroque, joined by their new choral director Elspeth Slorach, soprano soloists Charlotte Trepess and Lizzy Humphries, alto Lucy Vallis, tenor Timothy Peters, bass James Berry and Storyhouse’s very own Ensemble Deva.

Handel’s vibrant, energetic Dixit Dominus was written for an Italian patron when the composer was only 22 and living in Italy.  Quote from Elspeth Slorach: If you think you know everything about Handel from hearing his Messiah, Dixit Dominus will make you think again!

Completing the programme is Vivaldi’s Gloria, written for the girls of the Pietà in Venice in 1715, and now a favourite with choirs and audiences alike the world over.

To find out more and book tickets visit: https://www.storyhouse.com/event/vivaldi-gloria.

Elspeth CFC music director at the recent DIMA International Music Competition in Romania.