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Summer School Week One Concerts - 26 July to 01 AugustA week of extremes – of diverse cultural cross-currents and many different genres, and we look forward to the return of SAMYO, the UK’s National South Asian Music Youth Orchestra and Tarang.
There is an underlying emphasis on the “high baroque” with a crowning glory of Schutz’s Dresden Vespers. We welcome the Henschel quartet’s first visit to Dartington and return of Martino Tirimo.
PLEASE NOTE times in the table below are approximate, please check the individual listing for the exact time of performance.
| Date | 3:45pm | 5:00pm | 8:15pm | 10:30pm |
| Sat 26 | - | - | The Dufay Collective & Rajeeb Chakraborty | - |
| Sun 27 | - | Simon Young & Leigh O’Hara | Henschel Quartet | - |
| Mon 28 | - | Indian Strings | EXAUDI | Couple In Spirit |
| Tue 29 | Lecture: Gesualdo | Rose Consorts of Viols | Sprezzatura | Walter Reiter & Andrew Clark |
| Wed 30 | - | Bach: Friends & Acquaintances | Martino Tirimo | The Lewis Riley Trio |
| Thu 31 | - | Rose Consorts of Viols | SAMYO | Nicholas Clapton & Jonathon Watts |
| Fri 01 | - | Tarang | Summer School Choir | Jazz |
8:15pm
The opening concert of the Summer School spans many centuries and continents, with performances of Indian music interspersed with dance and song from Medieval Europe given by the Dufay Collective, introduced by fanfares by the Early Brass players. The Dufays will be performing music as heard in medieval courts and streets, from Coventry to Cadiz – delicately amorous songs by troubadours from Occitan, cantigas from Alfonso el Sabio’s Spain, wild istanpittas, salterellos and trottos from fourteenth century Italy to sentimental songs from fifteenth century England.
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved / £13 unreserved
5:00pm
Simon Young piano
Leigh O’Hara piano
Music for two pianos including transcriptions of Bach and Stravinsky’s Sonata for two pianos.
GREAT HALL
£7.50 unreserved
8:15pm
Christoph Henschel violin
Markus Henschel violin
Monika Henschel-Schwind viola
Mathias D. Beyer- Karlshøj cello
Shostakovich Quartet no 7
Schulhoff Quartet no 1
Schubert Quartet in G Major D887
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
5:00pm
Gaurav Mazumdar
Jayanthi Kumaresh
Led by Milapfest tutors on the SAMYO and Tarang retreat, this concert features performances by leading exponents of the Sitar and the Veena.
GREAT HALL
£7.50 unreserved
8:15pm
James Weeks director
Jonathan Watts chamber organ
The Juice of the Pomegranate
Victoria Vidi speciosam
Schütz Ego dormio
John Habron Con beso de su boca
Monteverdi Nigra sum
Lassus Osculetur me
Guerrero Trahe me post te
Skempton Rise up, my love
Lassus Surge, propera
Gombert Hortus conclusus
James Weeks New work (first performance)
Monteverdi Pulchra es
Skempton The Song of Songs
Victoria Vadam et circuibo
Schütz Stehe auf, meine Freundin
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
10:30pm
Keith Tippett piano
Julie Tippetts voice/percussion
A concert of spontaneous composition.
GREAT HALL
£5 unreserved
3:45pm
Ruth Thorpe Lecture with James Weeks and members of EXAUDI
BARN THEATRE
Admission FREE
5:00pm
Sweet Delightful Ayres and Sublime Discourses
Fancies, In Nomines and dance music by the last great English consort composers – commended by Thomas Mace in Musick’s Monument of 1676 – including John Ward, John Jenkins and William Lawes, as well as the incomparable Henry Purcell.
GREAT HALL
£7.50 unreserved
8:15pm
Evelyn Tubb soprano
Michael Fields lute & theorbo
David Wright harpsichord
David Hatcher viola da gamba
Sweet, stay a while
A concert of 17-18th century English song, including works by Thomas Campion, Henry & Daniel Purcell, John Dowland, William Boyce, John Weldon, Robert Johnson, Henry Lawes and John Eccles.
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
10:30pm
Walter Reiter baroque violin
Andrew Clark harpsichord
A selection of Mystery Sonatas by Biber.
GREAT HALL
£5 unreserved
5:00pm
Colin Booth harpsichord
Johann Mattheson Two suites from Harmony’s Monument
Buxtehude Variations in C
Telemann Fantasia in G minor
Georg Boehm Suite no 4
GREAT HALL
£7.50 unreserved
8:15pm
Schubert Sonata in Bb D960
Schumann Fantasy in C major Op17
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
10:30pm
Lewis Riley piano
Ben Clark drums
Dave Goodier bass
An evening of jazz from the Lewis Riley Trio.
5:00pm
With Evelyn Tubb soprano
Music for lyra viols by Tobias Hume, John Dowland and their contemporaries.
GREAT HALL
£7.50 unreserved
8:15pm
SAMYO is a unique orchestra, including instruments and musicians from both the North and South Indian traditions. It returns to Dartington to perform a selection of old and new works, including works-inprogress by world-renowned sitarist and composer, Gaurav Mazumdar.
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
10:30pm
Nicholas Clapton countertenor
Jonathan Watts piano
A recital of songs by Vaughan Williams, Devon based composer, Nicholas Marshall, and other figures of the English song tradition.
GREAT HALL
£5 unreserved
5:00pm
A performance by Tarang, the UK’s leading ensemble of advanced up-and-coming musicians trained in Indian Classical Music. Tarang plays music which is dynamic, serene and unique, combining elements of classical and folk music and featuring new compositions for the four seasons by Dr Rajeeb Chakraborty.
GREAT HALL
£7.50 unreserved
8:15pm
Schutz Dresden Vespers
James Weeks director
Schutz’s monumental Psalmen Davids, a polychoral extravaganza for multiple choirs of voices, brass and strings, forms the backbone of this imaginary Vespers – conceived along the lines of Monteverdi’s famous 1610 publication as a showcase for Schutz’s glorious and wideranging art.
GREAT HALL
£18 reserved, £13 unreserved
10:30pm
Performances by the students on the Jazz and Jazz Improvisation course, directed by Lewis Riley and Keith Tippett.
STUDIO 30
For Summer School participants only
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