St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna Straus - Missa Concertata in Echo VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: David Hatcher Didsbury Baptist Church, Manchester Reviewer: Roger Gibson We’ve all heard of the Strauss family from Vienna. Perhaps not so sure how many of them there were, and who wrote what. Then there was the unrelated and more serious Richard, … Continue reading Workshop Review – 11 November 2023
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Workshop Review – 4 November 2023
Photo by Modern Mooch “Gaudeamus!” borrowings in Spanish church music of the Golden Age VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Peter Syrus St Columba’s RC Church, Plas Newton Lane, Chester SH2 1PL Reviewer: Kirsten Flores Much as I always look forward to workshop days, the November weather provided a bit of a hurdle in getting to St … Continue reading Workshop Review – 4 November 2023
Workshop Review – 13 May 2023
(1) 1624 portrait of Sweelinck, engraved by Jan Harmensz Muller; (2) Samuel Scheidt The Orpheus of Amsterdam – Sweelinck and his pupil Scheidt VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: George Parris St Mary’s Parish Church, 44 Moss Lane, Sale M33 6GD Reviewer: Kirsten Flores It was a beautiful late spring morning when I arrived at St Mary’s … Continue reading Workshop Review – 13 May 2023
2023 AGM
North West Early Music Forum Annual General Meeting Didsbury Baptist church, Saturday 15 April 2023, beginning at 1 pm. 1. Apologies for absence had been received from: Roger and Val Wilkes, David Allen, Elizabeth Dodd, Martin Steward. 2. Minutes of the AGM held 30 April 2022 were accepted. 3. Matters arising from those Minutes: none … Continue reading 2023 AGM
Workshop Review – 15 April 2023
Andrea Gabrieli and Orland di Lasso Majesty and Magnificence: Andrea Gabrieli and Orlando di Lasso VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: James Weekes Location: Didsbury Baptist Church Reviewer: John Huthnance Nine players and thirteen singers met on a fine day that at last felt like spring. After James had put the day’s works in context, we celebrated … Continue reading Workshop Review – 15 April 2023