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1ST REUTLINGER RENAISSANCEMUSIK-FESTIVAL
14/07/2008
18 to 21 September 2008.
The Peñalosa-Ensemble vocal quartet and Dr. Clemens Goldberg are launching a new early music festival in southern Germany: Their aim in creating the Reutlinger Renaissancemusik-Festival is to give audiences a glimpse into one of the most exciting epochs in the history of the western world, the period of flux between the late 15th and early 17th centuries. |
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EAST CORK EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL
04/07/2008
17 to 21 September 2008.
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5 STAR : JOSQUIN - MISSA SINE NOMINE. MISSA AD FUGAM
02/07/2008
Complex mathematical concepts were at the core of church music through much of the medieval and Renaissance eras. Indeed, in educated circles, music was considered to be a mere branch of mathematics up until the second half of the 15th century. |
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THE ESTELLA, LOGROÑO AND VITORIA EARLY MUSIC WEEK
03/07/2008
8 to 14 September 2008.
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GRUYÈRES EARLY MUSIC WORKSHOP
01/07/2008
24 to 31 August 2008.
The 2007 Gruyères Early Music Workshop was devoted to the Renaissance guitar, and included a guitar-building workshop and a ball. The 2008 Festival again centres on the guitar and on the concept of linking instrument building and music making, but sets off in a radically different direction by focusing on both the romantic guitar and the little-known arpeggione. |
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5 STAR : HAYDN - STRING QUARTETS OP. 9
30/06/2008
Op. 9 (written c.1769) marked Haydn’s emergence as the great pioneer of the string quartet genre. He later wished that these had been his first quartets to be disseminated among the musical connoisseurs and string players of Europe. Two previous sets of quartets had been composed about a decade earlier, but were brief, light works that were functional rather than the inspired and extended explorations we find in Op. 9. |
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42ND CHAISE-DIEU FESTIVAL
27/06/2008
20 to 31 August 2008.
More than 30 concerts given by a thousand French and European musicians (early and baroque music ensembles, choirs, and several symphony orchestras) will make up the 42nd La Chaise-Dieu Festival, which takes place this year from 20 to 31 August. |
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ACADEMIA DE MÚSICA ANTIGA DE LISBOA
27/06/2008
23 to 30 August 2008.
From 23 to 30 August the Academia de Música Antiga de Lisboa, an association set up in 1994 with the aim of providing a platform in Portugal for pre-19th century music, will be holding its International Early Music Summer School, which this year celebrates its 26th year. |
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FINLAND: VANTAA BAROQUE FESTIVAL
25/06/2008
10 to 16 August 2008.
The Vantaa Baroque Festival is undoubtedly the most important baroque music event to take place during the summer months in Finland. This year’s festival, scheduled from 10 to 16 August, will give Vivaldi’s music pride of place, with The Four Seasons naturally being performed in the opening concert given by the Collegium Marianum, a Czech music and dance ensemble that plays historic instruments. |
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EARLY MUSIC AT THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2008
25/06/2008
Festival 08 celebrates a diverse array of European music with a series of concerts and recitals exploring the theme of cultural, social, political and religious borders. |
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