One of the most original stories of the Middle Ages is the satirical romance of the horse Fauvel who gets above his station and moves from the stable to the Great Hall, there to be fawned upon by princes and bishops. The vile Fauvel aspires to marry Dame Fortune but is palmed-off with Vain Glory, leading to a wild wedding night and the subsequent jousting of Vice and Virtue for the future of France. The tale is told in verse and song - the manuscript of the Roman de Fauvel preserves an astonishingly diverse musical mix of the Ars Antiqua of the 13th century and the Ars Nova of the 14th century, with material ranging from tender love songs and elegant motets to drinking songs and street cries.
- Chris Elmes (medieval fiddle, oud, medieval bagpipes)
- Cait Webb (harp, shawms)
- Stacy Schumacher (oud, percussion)
- Andrew Casson (citole, recorders, percussion)
- Tembu Rongong (voice, narration)
For more information please contact Chris Elmes on 0131 557 2397, email chris@gaita.co.uk , or see our website www.gaita.co.uk
or mail 1F2, 25 Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AF.
The Consortium 5 recorder consort are giving workshops and a concert on Friday 3 October as part of the Balerno music Festival.
Workshops (Beginners, a master class for advanced players, an ensemble class, a contemporary music class, and an improvisation class) from 2-4pm on 3 Oct.
Concert in the New Hall of Balerno Parish Church 6 - 7.30pm on 3 Oct. Tickets 7.50
For further information visit http://www.balernomusicfestival.org.uk/programme/friday-3-october-2008/
Click here for poster with more information.
~ visit from Ross Winters, Head of the recorder department at the Birmingham Conservatoire
Ibi Aziz will be visiting Edinburgh on the weekend of 8/9 November 2008 and
is available for viol consort coaching and individual lessons. If you would
like to take advantage of this rare opportunity, please contact
Vickie Hobson
RECENT EMFS EVENTS
Saturday 31st May, 2008
Scottish Recorder Festival
The Festival will take place on Saturday 31st.May 2008 from 10am until 6.30pm. Andrew Challinger is to be the Principal conductor and the programme will also include Eileen Silcocks and Pamela Flanagan et al. The sessions range from Intermediate to Advanced and there will be 9 sessions. Tea and coffee served and a Buffet lunch.
Cost for the Festival is £10.00 for adults and the Buffet £4.50.
If anyone is interested please come (and bring a friend or two). Here is the Booking Form
Here is the Festival Programme
Anyone interested please contact the Festival Secretary, Jimmy Stirling
For more information about the Recorder Society our web site is www.glasgowsrp.org.uk
Voices& Viols
A concert of music by William Byrd and his contemporaries
performed by Sang Scule and the Squair Mile Consort of Viols
St Michael & All Saints Church
Brougham Street Tollcross, Edinburgh
Saturday 14 June 7.30pm
Tickets £7 (£5)
available on the door from 7pmposter with more info here
VOICES OF SCOTLAND
Great Scottish poetry from 597 AD to 1570 set to glorious choral music
plainchant for St Columba and St Kentigern, Renaissance polyphony, modern works by
Gabriel Jackson, Rebecca Rowe and Ronald Stevenson (b.1928)CAPPELLA NOVA
d irector A lan Tavener
ST GILES CATHEDRAL
Friday 4th July at 8pmTickets £10 (concessions £7) from Queens Hall box office and at door
Sunday 11th May, 2008
Playing Day - National Museum of Scotland
Free entry. From 12.30 to 4.30.
Groups involved: The Early Music Ensemble of Queen Margaret University, The Galloway Consort, The Squair Mile Consort, Simon Chadwick, Vajira Premadasa, The Society of Recorder Players(Edinburgh) The Edinburgh Renaissance Band, The Linton Singers, More Geese Than Swans, Edinburgh University Viol Consort
Saturday April 26th 10am to 5pm
Playing Day and AGM in Carlops Village Hall & environs
Saturday March 8th 2008 10.00 am-5.00 pm
Renaissance Viol Playing Day in Carlops Village Hall & environs
A day for viol players of all abilities, who should be able to hold a single line in one-to-a-part music, who would like the opportunity to play on a matched set of mid- 16th century Italian viols. There will be a wide selection of music to play from or you can bring your own. Musically compatible groups will be formed once we know who is coming. Please note there will be no tutor.
Cost £10.00 (£12.00 non-EMF members) For further details please contact vivien@freeola.com or Richard Jones, 5 Lakeview,Powfoot, Annan, DG 12 5PG Tel: 01461 700396.
Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
| Kelvingrove |
Photography by Colin Torrance
"Sacred Works from 17th Century Mexico : the Music of Juan Gutierrez Padilla" a choral and instrumental workshop led by Clive Walkley.
An excellent, well-attended workshop with over 70 participants.
EMFS at the National Museum of Scotland June 17th 2007
This was an outreach initiative by members of EMFS who have performing groups, a project aimed at presenting unfamiliar instruments and repertoire to the public who visit the museum. There was non-stop music from 11.45 am until 4.00 pm with large groups playing in the Hawthornden Court and smaller ensembles in nearby galleries which feature renaissance artefacts. Ten ensembles offered the experience of hearing everything from Eastern European Jewish folk music, viol consorts, lute songs and solos ( including Scottish music for 10-course lute) large scale renaissance festival music and song, recorder ensembles large and small, medieval harp and dance arrangements for mixed instruments. The museum had provided seating around the court and galleries which visitors took advantage of and there was much demonstrating and explaining of instruments and repertoire following each performance which fulfilled the aim of the project in full. Explorations are afoot to repeat the event in one of Glasgow's museums.
