Led by Ensemble Hesperi with Kathleen Gilbert Highland dancer
The workshop will be accompanied by live 18th-century music from members of the ensemble and participants will have the opportunity to take part in the festival event (6 Nov).
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Event 4: Sat 5 Oct, 8pm St George's Church, BN2 1ED
Following their workshop, Ensemble Hesperi are staying on to play for a unique ceilidh. A great social evening whether you want to dance, watch or just listen to the music and enjoy refreshments from the bar. No experience needed.
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Event 5: Sat 12 Oct, 10.30am Friends' Meeting House, BN1 1AF
A musical forest grown from the fertile imaginations of the musicians, with lots of weird and wonderful musical instruments and quite a lot of greenery. Come along in your best insect costume! For babies, young children (<6 yrs) and the young in spirit
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Event 6: Sat 12 Oct, 12 noon and 2.30pm Friends' Meeting House (12 noon), BN1 1AF; Whitehawk Library (2.30pm), BN2 5FL
A monstrous Greek myth in words and music, with audience participation
for children (c. 5-12 yrs) and the young in spirit. Music by Dittersdorf (Perseus & Andromeda - a programmatic symphony) with live improvisations and audience participation.
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Event 7: Sat 19 Oct, 10.30am-5.30pm Friends' Meeting House, BN1 1AF
Chaired by Deborah Roberts (Artistic Director BREMF)
A behind-the-scenes look at some of the planning and exciting new research behind this year's Festival and its theme. Why is early music so special? This is your chance to ask questions and join the discussions! Illustrated by live music from Festival artists.
London transformed through the eyes of Henry Purcell
Ceruleo
An imaginative piece of music theatre taking the audience on a journey around 17th-century London as composer Henry Purcell reviews his all too short life.
Singers selected from our BREMF Live! scheme work on ornamentation, both improvised and within embellished versions of songs popular in the 16th century.
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Event 15: Sat 2 Nov, 3pm St Paul's Church, BN1 2RE
Opening with music by Buxtehude displaying the quasi-improvisatory stylus phantasticus, this hour-long concert explores the full emotional spectrum of Bach's highly rhetorical style, providing a chance to hear his famous 'Musical Offering' with fresh ears.
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Event 18: Sun 3 Nov, 7.30pm St Martin's Church, BN2 3HQ
Robin Bigwood, Martin Perkins, Steven Devine keyboards Annabel Knight wind synthesizer
Looking more like a Kraftwerk gig than a classical concert, and with boundary-crossing audience appeal, this event brings Bach's eternal music to everyone.
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Event 19: Sun 3 Nov, 9.30pm The Rose Hill, BN1 4JL
Inspired by the haunting traditional melodies and infectious dance rhythms around them, Scottish composers created a new 'fusion' of folk and high baroque to save Scottish music from extinction! With choreography by Kathleen Gilbert Highland Dancer.
Hildegard's striking images are combined with 3-D lighting visuals to reproduce some of the transfiguring visions she experienced. Also includes new works by Stevie Wishart, Marcus Davidson, Ivan Moody and Tim Young.
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Event 23: Sat 9 Nov, 1pm St Paul's Church, BN1 2RE
Alchemy is the ultimate metamorphosis, a transformation of base metal into gold; and in music, repeating bass lines are the foundation of some of the most imaginative musical transformations both composed and improvised. Includes music by Bertali, Leclair and JS Bach
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Event 24: Sat 9 Nov, 7.30pm St Martin's Church, BN2 3HQ
Ovid's eternal stories set to music by Handel, to include his chamber cantata Apollo and Daphne and selections from his oratorio Semele including the famous aria 'Endless pleasure, endless love'.
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Event 25: Sun 10 Nov, 7pm St Martin's Church, BN2 3HQ
The Feast of Fools originated in 11th-century France and spread throughout Europe until as late as the 16th century when it was finally banned. During this much-loved festival much of society was inverted; in particular the young were empowered, a child crowned Bishop and the noble ass revered!
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BREMF winter events
Event 26: Sat 7 Dec, 6pm St Paul's Church, BN1 2RE
Winter, in the 16th century, could be a harsh time with long nights and little fresh food, but the Twelve Days of Christmas were filled with feasting, music, dancing, singing, games and revelry.
PIVA the Renaissance Collective
Festive treats include mince pies, mulled wine and fizz.
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Event 28: Sat 4 Jan, 7pm St Mary de Haura, BN43 5DQ
The Feast of Fools originated in 11th-century France and spread throughout Europe until as late as the 16th century when it was finally banned. During this much-loved festival much of society was inverted; in particular the young were empowered, a child crowned Bishop and the noble ass revered!
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Event 29: Sun 5 Jan, 7pm St Margaret of Antioch, BN2 7HA
The Feast of Fools originated in 11th-century France and spread throughout Europe until as late as the 16th century when it was finally banned. During this much-loved festival much of society was inverted; in particular the young were empowered, a child crowned Bishop and the noble ass revered!
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Event 30: Sat 8 Feb, 3pm and 7.30pm Sun 9 Feb, 3pm and 7.30pm The Old Market, BN3 1AS
Based on a story from Ovid's Metamorphoses, with rich contrasts of textures and sonorities, opportunities for expressive and at times virtuosic singing, and the important role of the intermedi-style choruses.
With young musicians from the BREMF Live! programme
BREMF Early Opera Orchestra
This production of La Dafne will follow a week of intensive training with an auditioned cast of highly talented young singers and selected players.
