a Workshop for voices with Will Dawes and Dr Katie Bank
Fees are £20 for members of MEMF and other EMFs and £25 for non-members.
Following a very successful double-act on Weelkes in 2023,the 'Dream Team' of Will Dawes (music) and Dr Katie Bank (historical background and context) return to present a workshop on Thomas Morley.
Thomas Morley was more than a composer and Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. He was a businessman, a mover and a shaker. He propagated trends that altered the English musical landscape and had the expertise and competence to bring major projects to fruition, even politically sensitive ones. As a musician, Morley had a range unlike most of his contemporaries. Though he is mostly known today for his Italian-style madrigals and fa-las, he also wrote evocative Latin polyphony and experimented in a variety of musical idioms.
The music will include secular and sacred music by Morley in up to 7 parts, with texts in Latin, English and Italian. We will be singing Agnus Dei, I follow, lo, the footing, De profundis, Phyllis, I fain would die now, Laboravi, Nolo mortem, It was a lover and his lass and Now is the month of Maying (but not as you know it…)
Timetable for the day:
10 am: Registration and drinks
10.30am: Morning Session (with short break)
1 pm: Lunch (bring your own)
2pm: Afternoon session
3.30 approx: Tea
4.00: Final session
5.00: Depart.
Please book by 13th June 2025!
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