News and Concert Gigs

1. WANTED: LUTE PLAYER FOR CHARITY GIG, CANCER RESEARCH, HAMPSHIRE, 25TH SEPTEMBER

Please contact Liz directly at phone no. below or on lizebether7@btinternet.com if you could play for them.

The event is in support of The Red & White Appeal (see http://www.redandwhiteappeal.org/ for more information).

The theme of the event is a rustic banquet in the style of Merry Olde England, which is to be held on a large private estate in Hampshire.

The guest list includes high profile individuals and businesses. We have a short time scale to organise it due to the late offer of the venue. The date is 25th September, and we are looking for a performer/s to enhance the atmosphere for the period of the Reception which will be between approx 6.45 - 8.15 pm, and will take place in a marquee.

I would be grateful if you could circulate this to your members in the hopes that there may be some that could assist us. I look forward to hearing from you. I can be contacted during work hours on tel: 023 8079 5276 or at any time on my mobile 07929 764618.

Thank you for your help.

With best wishes,

Liz Hole

Fundraising Officer

Southampton Hospital Charity

2. CONCERT, LONDON, 7th OCTOBER

Pantagruel are performing their programme Laydie Louthians Lilte at the East Finchley Arts Festival on Wednesday 7 October at 7.30pm, at All Saints Church, Durham Road, London N2 9NH.

Their semi-staged performances of renaissance songs and dances bring to life the passionate music of a distant age, with the pure and sweet voice of Anna Maria Antonius Wierød combined with citterns, gitterns, lutes and flutes played by Mark Wheeler and Dominik Schneider.

The largest source of instrumental music from this period of Scottish history can be found in many manuscripts of tablature for the plucked instruments, lute, cittern or mandora. These manuscripts contain often very short and rudimentary settings of pieces such as The Laydie Louthains Lilte, Put on your shirt on Monday, Kathreen Oggie, Its worse nor deathe to pairt withe the, Love is a labour in vaine, etc, which form the basis of Pantagruel’s arrangements and improvisations in this programme.

Many of these tunes can also be found in the numerous editions of the English Publisher John Playford (1623-1686), including his famous dance tutor “The English Dancing Master” (numerous edition between 1651 & 1723), which shows the increasing vogue for Scottish music in 17th century England.

Further information at http://www.eastfinchleyartsfestival.org.uk/ (tickets £15 and £10, concessions £12 and £8, under 18s £1, available from 1 September) and from http://www.pantagruel.de/.

The Festival also includes a lunchtime recital by viola da gamba duo Claire Bracher and Liam Byrne on Saturday 3 October at 12.30pm, including music by Gibbons, Christopher Simpson, M. de Ste. Colombe, Marais and Schenk. Tickets £5 (under 18s £1) http://www.claire-bracher.net/

Many thanks!
Best wishes,Jill

Jill Daviesmailto:Daviesjill@daviesmusic.org.uk

+44 (0)20 8888 615507721 317030 20

Elvendon Road

London

N13 4SJ

Full details of all artists and their current performances can be found at http://www.daviesmusic.org.uk/

3. RADIO 4 PROGRAMME, ‘LUTING THE PAST’, ON BBC LISTEN AGAIN – FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS

You can catch this wonderful programme about Jakob Lindberg’s restored Sixtus Rauwolf lute
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00m17qg

It originally went out on 18th August and was repeated today Saturday, at 3.30

4. ANOTHER PETITION ABOUT THE LICENSING ACT

Hi again,

Hot on the heels of an earlier petition in support of live music.

I have been sent details of another petition which this time is supported by the Morris Federation and is in support of removing licenses for small venues.
It is a further effort to protect our interests that will benefit from your support.
A petition calling on the Prime Minister to stop using the Licensing Act to criminalise live music and to implement amendments that would exempt small gigs has gained over 1000 signatures since it was launched last Monday, 27

July:http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/livemusicevents/Please consider signing. If you support the petition, pleasecirculate the link above as widely as possible.

All the best,

Ray Black

5. LUTE SONG RECITAL, 6TH SEPTEMBER, ST ALBANS

Annabella Tysall - soprano
David Miller - lute and theorbo

Works by Dowland, Purcell, Mesangeau & Robert de Visée
6th Sept 2009, 4pm

Woodmansterne Sunday Tea-Time Concerts, The Town Hall, Market Place, St Albans

Tickets £10 from Angela, 01923200619, angela@woodmansterne.co.uk or

Tourist Information 01727864511 and on the door