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St Georges Cullercoats Early Music Festival 2006
in association with the Friends St George's, Cullercoats

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St George's Early Music Festival is a series of unique concerts over the week after St George's day, in one of the finest acoustic spaces in the region, St George's church Cullercoats. The Festival Director, Andrew Soulsby, describes this year's programme as an excellent development of the highly successful first festival in 2005. We have some superb artists coming who will really help us put Cullercoats on the map". This year sees performances from Vox Humana, Palatinate Singers from Durham as well as Uncloistered from York. We are also pleased to welcome James Taylor across from Canada. Festival Programme 2006 Thursday 27th April WBHS Early Music consort and The Brandling Consort Theatre music Directed by Andrew Soulsby and Richard Gooding Programme to include: Abdelazer suite; Excerpts from 'Dido and Anaeas' ~ Henry Purcell Excerpts from 'Venus and Adonis' ~ John Blow Introduzione Theatrali ~ Locatelli Free Entry 7.30pm Friday 28th April Vox Humana perform 'Venus and Adonis' by John Blow Directed by Andrew Soulsby with soloists: Jessica Holmes - Venus Robin Crinson - Adonis Nicholas Jackson - Cupid Tickets: Ł7.00/Ł6.00 8.00pm Saturday 29th April James Taylor (Montreal) Harpsichord 'English Espionage and the Dutch war with Catholic Spain...'; Programme to include music by Philips, Bull and Cabezon. Tickets: Ł5.00/Ł4.00 1.00pm Saturday 29th April The Palatinate Singers (Durham), Directed by Keith Wright A programme of French and English renaissance music Tickets: Ł8.00/Ł6.00 7.30pm Sunday 30th April Uncloistered (York) with a programme of Late Medieval and Early Renaissance polyophony. Tickets: Ł5.00/Ł4.00 1.00pm Sunday 30th April Festival Choral Evensong sung by the Choir of St Georges Cullercoats directed by Shaun Turnbull, to complete the Early Music Festival. Introit: tba Responses: tba Canticles: tba Anthem: tba Free entry, retiring collection 6.30pm
Vox Humana in performance in Cullercoats in 2003 For more details and photos see http://www.voxhumana.co.uk
Festival Programme 2005 Friday 22 April . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday 22nd - 7.30pm The Student Teacher’ Whitley Bay High School Early Music Consort Music by Newcastle born composer Charles Avison and his teacher Francesco Geminiani, played by Students of Whitley Bay High School, fresh from workshops with the Avison Ensemble. Programme includes:~ ‘L’Inverno’ from the Seasons Antonio Vivaldi Cello Sonata V in E Francesco Geminiani Violin Sonata III in D minor Francesco Geminiani Concerto Grosso in E minor Charles Avison FREE Entry Saturday 23rd April . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturday 23rd - 1.00pm English keyboard Music - ‘Tallis to Handel’ A guided tour of English keyboard music played by St. George’s Director of Music Paul Ritchie (organ) and Andrew Soulsby (harpsichord). Hear rare performances of music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book and ‘Musick’s Hand~Maid’ played on period instruments. Programme includes: Barofostus’ Dreame Anon. Concerto III in C min Charles Avison Suite No. VIII in F minor GF Handel Tickets: Ł6.00 & Ł5.00 Saturday 23rd - 3.30pm Guild of the Servants of the Sancutary Solemn Festival Mass; this is not part of the festicval, but may be of interest. Setting: Plainsong free entry
Saturday 23rd - 7.30pm Vox Humana Chamber Choir - ‘Music for Royal Patrons’ Vox Humana make a return to St. George’s for the weekend’s main event to perform a Purcell Welcome Ode and the Mozart ‘Ave Verum Corpus’, accompanied by a Baroque String Band, directed by Andrew Soulsby. Programme to include: WA Mozart: Missa Brevis in B flat, K276b WA Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus, Henry Purcell: O Sing unto the Lord Hennry Purcell: Now does the Glorious Day Appear Tickets: Ł8.00 & Ł7.00
Sunday 24th April . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday 24th - 1.00pm Wind and Wire - ‘Music for Recorder and Harpsichord’ Take a journey around the salons of 18th century Europe and hear a programme of Barsanti, Cima, Telemann and Parcham played by Karen Martin on Descant and Treble recorders. Tickets Ł6.00 & Ł5.00 Sunday 24th - 6.30pm Festival Choral Evensong Including a full performance of Purcell's 'Rejoice in the Lord Alway' accompanied by strings Introit: Thou Knowest Lord – Purcell Responses: Ayleward Canticles: Blow in G Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Purcell Free entry
For more information on any of the events or to make a block booking at a discounted rate visit St. George’s web site at www.stgeorgescullercoats.org.uk Or E~Mail VoxHumanachoir@aol.com see map page for directions
To see a review of Vox Humana from the Hexham Courant, please click here