Midlands early music forum
Saturday, 27 February 2010, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
St Faith and St Laurence, Croftdown Road,
Harborne, Birmingham B17 8RE
Ludwig Sennfl
(c.1490 – 1543)
A workshop for singers & instruments (A440)
Tutor: David Hatcher
David Hatcher is no doubt well known to many MEMF members, both as a performer on cello and viol, and as a tutor. As well as his own ensemble, Harmonie Universelle, he has played with groups like the New London Consort, Fretwork, and the Consort of Musicke and has accompanied Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb, Catherine Bott among others. He has a high reputation as a tutor, though this is his first visit to MEMF, at any rate recently.
“Senfl’s music forms both the climax to the old German music of the end of the Middle Ages and a highpoint of the new styles at the beginning of the Reformation” (Grove). His style spans the court, the church and domestic life. Although Swiss by birth, he spent his career mainly in Austria and Germany, with some time in Italy. He was influenced by his teacher Isaac, and by Josquin, and was highly regarded as a composer – by Luther among many other contemporaries. He achieved a considerable musical output, including many German songs, but his church music was in Latin. Kathleen Berg has published a detailed appraisal of Sennfl, ‘The Swiss Orpheus’ with an anthology containing much of his music – see One ‘n’ or two in Sennfl? Often spelled with one, but Kathleen reckons the man himself preferred two.
This workshop will be centred on Sennfl’s six part Ave Maria, with instruments doubling the voices. As well as singers, the forces we can use are: crumhorns, sackbuts, low (tenor) shawms, curtals, cornets, recorders, viols.
Timetable
10.00Registration and drinks
10.30Morning session (with a comfort break)
1.00Lunch – bring sandwiches or use local pubs and eateries.
2.15 – 4.00Afternoon session
4.20 – 5.00‘Workshop Performance’ – visitors welcome
Workshop fees – see booking form
Directions: St Faith and St Laurence Church is on Court Oak Road (A4123) on a large roundabout at the corner with Balden Road and Croftdown Road. There is a small church car park, with additional street parking in Croftdown Road.
Buses: outer circle no. 11 goes down Lordswood Road every seven minutes. Nos. 10 and 103 come from the City Centre, and stop near the church.
Trains: nearest station is Selly Oak, but that’s two or three miles away.
Lifts: see booking form.
Please complete the enclosed Booking Form and send it as soon as you conveniently can with your cheque (payable to ‘MEMF’) to: Jim Rowley, 2 The Haybarn, Sutton Coldfield B76 1DE 0121-240 3664. Or email firm booking and pay on the day
Please let Jim know if, after booking, you find you can’t make it, even if it’s at the last minute, as it helps with arranging parts. On the morning of the workshop, you can get Jim Rowley on 07 87 67 04 782
Instrumentalists: please bring a labelled music stand, and please arrange your own insurance cover if required.
Neither MEMF nor the Church can accept any responsibility for any property lost or damaged.
Saturday, 27 February 2010, 10.00am to 5.00 pm
St Faith and St Laurence, Harborne
Ludwig Sennfl
A workshop for singers and wind instruments (A440)
Tutor: David Hatcher
Booking Form
Name(s)...... Address …………………………………………………………………..….
...... ……………………………………………..
Tel…………………………….. email………………………………………….
Singers - please indicate voice here: Soprano / Alto / Tenor / Baritone / Bass
Instruments (A440)– what will you play? ……………………………………….
Circle here if a member of: MEMF / Another Forum / NEMA
Cheque enclosed: £…………………..
Fees: Members of MEMF / Another Forum / NEMA £19
Members concessions £17
Non-members £21
Non-members concessions £19
Please complete this Booking Form and send it, with your cheque (payable to ‘MEMF’), to: Jim Rowley, 2 The Haybarn, Sutton Coldfield B76 1DE Or email firm booking and pay on the day
If you would like an acknowledgement, please indicate, and send an s.a.e or give an email address.
Please tell Jim Rowley if you would like a lift, or if you are willing to offer one.
Regd Charity 514400