1516 Vittore Carpacci, The Lion of St Mark (detail) Lions of St Mark’s VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Jamie Savan Location: Didsbury Baptist Church Reviewer: Janet Evans Lions of St Mark’s, Jamie Savan, Didsbury, 28th November. ‘Cacophony’ would be an appropriate word to describe our first attempt to perform Giovanni Gabrieli’s 12-part setting of Deus, Deus … Continue reading Workshop Review – 27 November 2015
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Workshop Review – 17 October 2015
Robin Hood and Maid Marian, as printed in Life and Ballads of Robin Hood and Robin Hood’s Garland (Halifax: Milner and Sowerby, 1859) Songs of Robin Hood and Marian VOICES Tutor: Sara Stowe Location: St Wilfrid’s Church, Grappenhall Reviewer: Jill Mitchell Since Robin Hood and Marian It is always a pleasant prospect to have as a venue … Continue reading Workshop Review – 17 October 2015
Workshop Review – 19 September 2015
Munich in a 1493 woodcut from Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle The Music of Ludwig Senfl and 16th C South German composers VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Eileen Silcocks Location: Friends Meeting House, Lancaster Reviewer: Ros Flinn Twenty seven people joined Eileen Silcocks for this thoroughly enjoyable day, seven instrumentalists and a well-balanced choir of twenty. Eileen … Continue reading Workshop Review – 19 September 2015
Workshop Review – 27 June 2015
Nave of Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal Masterpieces of the Portuguese Golden Age VOICES Tutor: David Allinson Location: Holy Ascension Church, Upton, Chester Reviewer: Jill Mitchell What a wealth of workshops we have enjoyed during the past year, and how indebted we are to the organisational energy and imagination of our last Chairman, Mark, and his … Continue reading Workshop Review – 27 June 2015
Workshop Review – 16 May 2015
Mediaeval Polyphony – from organum to Josquin VOICES Tutor: Donald Grieg Location: Morley Green Club, Wilmslow Reviewer: Hugh Cherry We knew we had arrived at the right place for this workshop when we saw a group of about 15 people waiting to get into the Morley Green Club. Fortunately the key was not long in … Continue reading Workshop Review – 16 May 2015