All in a Garden Green

For any instruments, including percussion – readers and non-readers

This English popular tune in a mixture of sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century settings from home and abroad, along with arrangements taken from keyboard compilations such as the Fitzwilliam Virginals book. Choose a simple or more demanding lines or make chordal contributions,

With Tim Bayley

“A comon drunckard and notorious swearer & blasphemer….”

For recorders – readers

A chance to work on the amazing world of Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623), through his four-part, five-part, and six-part madrigals. He wrote some incredible music, despite his reputation!

With Rebecca Austen-Brown

Reading from facsimile

For all instruments (readers – and knowledge of clefs preferable)

Back by popular demand: an opportunity to dip your toe into the world of original notation. Emily and Richard will run a session focussing on Willaert’s Aspro Core et Selvaggio a6 reading facsimile alongside modern notation.

With Emily Saville and Richard Thomas

Opera Overtures

For woodwind and strings

More advanced repertoire combining wind and strings. Bring baroque instruments if you have them at A=440!

With Anne Marie Christensen and Catherine Strachan

Music for the Duke of Lerma

For wind, brass and strings – readers

A selection of canciones and motets from the part books of the ministriles (minstrels) employed at the Duke’s collegiate church, San Pedro, around 1600. Music in five to eight parts by Spanish composers Phelipe Rogier, Francisco Guerrero and Alonso Lobo.

With Tim Bayley, Emily Saville and Richard Thomas

Birds in traditional folk song

Voices – by ear

Birds feature in many traditional British folk songs, sometimes as symbols of love, or death and sometimes the talking kind that warn you of the consequences of your actions! Come and learn some of these songs and listen to some old recordings and modern interpretations of them.

With Hazel Askew

Recorder Big Band

For all sizes of recorders – bring your biggest!

A magnificent three-choir ‘Magnificat’ by Zielenski (published in 1611). At 8’ or octave doubled if enough tenor, bass, great bass and contrabass players OR ‘Ruht wohl’ – the final chorus and chorale from Bach’s St John Passion, arranged by Spanhove for alto, tenor, bass, great bass and contrabass recorders.

With Rebecca Austen-Brown and Mary Tyers

Into battle!

For brass and recorders

A rousing session on Janequin’s famous motet La Guerre, followed by  Padovana’s eight-part setting of the the song ‘Aria della Battaglia’.

With Richard Thomas, Rebecca Austen-Brown and Emily Saville

John Cooper alias Giovanni Coprario

For viols and voices

Combining viols and voices to explore the transcriptions of John Cooper (aka Giovanni Coprario!) – which he made of numerous Italian madrigals, including those by Ferrabosco, Monteverdi, de Macque, Lupo and John Ward.

With Graham Coatman and Alison Kinder

Renaissance Big Band

For all instruments – readers

Music in twelve to sixteen parts for Renaissance instruments – there will be sackbuts!

With Tim Bayley, Richard Thomas and Emily Saville

3/2 Hornpipes with John Dipper and Hazel Askew

For voices and instruments – by ear

3/2 hornpipes are an old and fascinating type of tune, and they can be found in places from the 17th century collections of John Playford to the manuscripts on 18th and 19th century village musicians. Come learn a couple of these beautiful tunes and how to make the most of their unusual rhythm.

With Hazel Askew and John Dipper