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Saturday, 21 January 2012, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Methodist Church Hall, Blossomfield Road, Solihull, B91 1LG
A workshop for singers and instruments (A440)
Tutor: David Hatcher
Our programme provides an opportunity to work in some depth on two Renaissance masterpieces, the six-part Christmas motet Praeter Rerum Seriem by Josquin (c.1450- 1521), composed some time before 1519, and the Magnificat setting based upon it by Lassus (1532-1594), composed some decades later. The mediaeval Latin plainsong hymn on which Josquin based his motet is a reflection on the mystery of the Incarnation (the opening line can be translated as ‘Beyond the natural order of things’), as well as being a characteristic expression of devotion to the Virgin Mary. Josquin’s motet, one of his most famous, inspired later composers; as well as Lassus’s Magnificat setting, an entire Mass setting was based upon it by Cipriano de Rore. Lassus’s setting gives us a fascinating opportunity to see how one Renaissance master responded to the work of another. It is possible that the piece is associated with the revival of Marian devotion in Bavaria after 1550, and that it was composed at the request of Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria, for whom Lassus worked, and who seems to have had a particular regard for Josquin’s motet.
We are delighted to welcome David Hatcher once again as our tutor for this workshop. David studied viola da gamba with Charles Medlam and renaissance wind instruments with Philip Thorby at Trinity College of Music, London. In 1987 he moved to Japan where he was to remain for the next nine years, taking an active part in that country’s flourishing early music scene. There he founded the viol consort “Chelys”, with the three principal viola da gamba players of Japan, going on to perform and record both as a soloist, with Chelys and in association with other leading Japanese ensembles and visiting artists including Evelyn Tubb, Sprezzatura, and the Japanese ensembles “Ensemble Ecclesia” and the “Bach Collegium of Japan.” He has also appeared on NHK (Japanese national television) in the classic historical docu-soap ‘Taiga Drama’, watched by millions of Japanese, and his recordings with Anthony Rooley’s Consort of Musicke, Evelyn Tubb and Bach Collegium of Japan and I Fagiolini are regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Recent appearances include performing with Fretwork and the Dunedin Consort in the Edinburgh Festival 2011, the recording of Striggio's 40-part mass with Robert Hollingworth and in Damon Albarn's new opera for the Manchester International Festival 2011, "Dr Dee", with a small ensemble of period instrumentalists and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, since recorded for EMI.
Scores will be provided by David. There will be opportunities for singers in all voice parts and for players of most renaissance instruments – bowed and plucked strings, loud and soft winds (but no high shawms) and keyboards (but no harpsichords). There will be no separate parts for plucked string and keyboard players, who will be expected to read from the score. Scores and parts will be available and can be sent out in advance for those wanting them.
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