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 The
Rimini International Choral Workshop (25-31 August 2013) is a week of music-making
and learning with Peter Phillips, Ghislaine Morgan
and Andrea Angelini in the
beautiful and ancient town of Rimini, on the "Riviera
Adriatica" in Italy. The workshop is especially dedicated
to exploring our great heritage of renaissance choral music,
and to developing a performance style appropriate to it, as
pioneered by the Tallis Scholars. The course is open to
singers aged 16 years and over, and we welcome participants
from Italy and abroad. All you need are reasonable
sight-singing skills and a passion for a cappella choral
music. Lessons will be in Italian and English at the same
time.
William Byrd
 English composer, born in
London
in 1542 or 1543;
died 4 July, 1623. He was the son of a musician, and studied
music principally under
Thomas Tallis. He became organist
at
Lincoln
Cathedral
in 1563,
chorister in the Chapel Royal in 1570, and in 1575
received the title of Organist of the Chapel Royal without being
obliged
to perform the
functions of that office.
Byrd was the most distinguished
contrapuntist
and the most
prolific composer of his time in
England.
Fétis calls him the English
Palestrina.
He was the first
Englishman to write madrigals, a form which originated
in Italy
in the thirteenth
century, and received its highest development in the
sixteenth century at the hands of
Arcadelt
and other masters.
An
organist
and performer of the
first order upon the virginals,
Byrd wrote for the latter instrument an enormous
number of compositions, many of which are played today. His
chief significance
lies, however, in his compositions for the
Church, of which he
produced a great many. In 1607 he published a collection of
gradualia for the whole ecclesiastical
year, among which is to be found a three-part setting
of the words of the multitude in the
Passion according to St. John. A modern edition of this setting was published in
1899. In 1611 "Psalms, Songs and
Sonnets, Some
Solemn, OthersJoyful,
Framed to the Life of the
Words, Fit for
Voyces or
Viols, etc." appeared. Probably in the same year was issued
"Parthenia", a collection of
virginal music, in which Byrd collaborated with J.
Bull and
Orlando Gibbons. Three masses — for
three, four, and five voices, respectively — belong to the
composer's best period. The one for five voices was
reprinted by the
Musical Antiquarian Society in 1841, and in 1899 the same work
was issued by Breitkopf and Hartel. Two of his motets, "Domine,
ne irascaris" and "Civitas
sancti tui", with
English texts, are in the repertoire of most
Anglican
cathedrals. In spite of the harrowing
religious conditions
under which he
lived, in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James I,
Byrd remained faithful to his principles and
duties
as a
Catholic, as is
shown in his life and by his works. In his last
will and testament he prays
"that he may live
and dye a
true
and
perfect member of the Holy Catholike Churche withoute which I beleeve there is noe
salvacon for me".
2013 Tutors:
Peter Phillips, Director, The Tallis
Scholars
Ghislaine Morgan, Singer, Teacher
Andrea Angelini, Director, Musica Ficta Ensemble
Activities include
- Choral rehearsals with Peter Phillips
and the other Tutors
- Individual vocal tuition (by Ghislaine Morgan).
- Talks and workshops including:
· History of the Polyphony of the Renaissance.
· Directing Your Own Group
- Morning warm-up sessions with
Ghislaine Morgan.
- "Carpe Diem": impromptu chats with
Peter Phillips.
- Concert at the Abbazia del Monte
in Cesena directed by Peter Phillips.
- Gala concert by participants, directed by Peter
Phillips and Ghislaine Morgan.
- CD recording of the Gala Concert.
- Party and presentation of certificates by Peter Phillips.
[All information published here is
provisional and may be subject to change]
Fees
Standard Price:
450 € (Euros)
will include:
1 - Workshop fees.
2 - Membership fee to Associazione Musica Ficta.
3 - The return private bus ticket from Rimini to Fonte
Avellana.
4 - Music scores of the works studied.
5 - A digital copy of the CD of the Saturday Gala Concert.
6 - Pizza Party after the Saturday Concert.
7 - A Certificate of Attendance signed by P. Phillips
Payment:
After you have registered on line, please send as soon as possible
the deposit of 200 Euros.
Please send the final payment of the balance of 250 €
(210 € if you are a student or if you have paid the deposit
within the 31 March 2013) by 17 August 2013.
If making a bank
transfer, please allow for transfer fees on top of the amount. Payment methods:
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A cheque in Euro payable to
"Associazione Musicale Musica Ficta, Via Pascoli 23-g,
47900 Rimini - Italy"
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Bank transfer to
"Associazione Musicale Musica Ficta" account:
- Bank: Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna
- SWIFT or BIC Code: BPMOIT22XXX
- IBAN: IT55O0538724200000001094062
- Account No: 000001094062
- Address: Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna - Rimini -
Agenzia di Cittŕ n° 4 - Via Flaminia 35 - 47900 Rimini -
Italy
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On-line Payment
by Paypal, with credit card
Discounts:
Students: 10% off fees (410 €); proof of eligibility required.
All the people: 10% off fees
(410 €) for application and payment of the deposit within
the 31 March 2013.
Organize
your travel:
Term
of Booking:
-
The
deposit is non-refundable.
-
Participants
are responsible for their own insurance arrangements.
-
Cancellation:
In the unlikely event of cancellation of the course, fees
will be refunded in full.
-
Curtailment:
If the course is interrupted due to the indisposition of
Peter Phillips, the course fees will be refunded on a pro
rata basis for the unexpired remainder of the course.
-
Force
majeure: In the event of cancellation or curtailment due
to national calamity, war, earthquake, epidemic, refunds
will be made on a pro rata basis for the unexpired
remainder of the course.
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