David Hatcher Asako Morikawa Alison Kinder Claire Horáček
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David Hatcher Asako Morikawa Alison Kinder Claire Horáček
The Linarol Consort of Renaissance Viols draws together players who are leading exponents of the viol as both a consort and solo instrument, and focuses uniquely on their love of the instrument’s very earliest sound and repertoire.
The Consort takes its name from the maker of the original viol on which the instruments they play are modelled: all are copies of one surviving viol by the Venetian maker Francesco Linarol, who was active throughout the 16th century and currently displayed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. David has worked closely with viol maker Richard Jones, who will shortly complete his 100th copy of the Linarol viol, to recreate two sets of viols: a “high” consort of treble, two tenors and a bass, and a “low” consort, pitched a fourth lower, comprising a tenor, two basses and a “great” bass.
Photographs of the group were kindly taken by Anthony Pearson. Do have a look at more of his great photos on his website Dank Spangle.
News and events
News
Consort music minus one – a project for these distracted times
We’re all missing viol consort playing but David has come up with an ingenious idea. He has made it possible for all of us to play along with him in a new series of four part consort pieces taken from an accessible manuscript of 16th century German songs. He has recorded the entire manuscript, more that 75 pieces, of the Gassenhawerlin und Reutterliedlin manuscript. For a small fee you can download scores, complete performance tracks and minus one tracks. For more information see below, visit David’s website or email him directly to order.
The 2020 Three Choirs Festival in Worcester has been postponed until July 2021.
We hope to present our programme with James Gilchrist next summer in Worcester.
Rescheduled for January 2021
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts University of Birmingham
La Nouvelle Musique -Innovative music for viols from the court of Philip the Fair
Previous concerts and events
Wednesday 20th May 2020: 7.30pm – sadly this is postponed due to Covid-19
St Michael’s Church Discoed, nr Presteigne
La la hö hö: Songs for the richest man in Europe with James Gilchrist, tenor
Wednesday, 30th January: 11am
Sophie’s Barn, nr Banbury.
Sunday, 17th March 2019: 7.30pm
Vivat Hercules! Music for the dukes of Ferrara with Evelyn Tubb (soprano) and Border Voices.
Hawkwood College residency: 28th January to 1st February 2019
Friday, 16th November 2018: 6pm
St Catharine’s College, Cambridge
Sunday, 29th April 2018: 3pm
Old St Martin’s Church, Cornmarket, Worcester WR1 2PN
Worcester Early Music Festival
with MATTHEW POCHIN tenor
“Will niemand singen?” Will no one sing? Songs and consort music of the court of Maximilian I
Music from a hitherto unpublished manuscript in Vienna, newly edited by David Hatcher.
Thursday, 19th April: 7.30pm
St Michael’s Church, Discoed, Presteigne, LD8 2NW
Contact
Please contact linarolconsort@gmail.com
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