James Gilchrist and the Linarol Consort of Viols

Following the release of Inn Stetter Hut by Inventa

we are delighted to announce concert dates that celebrate the exciting musical collaboration between James Gilchrist and the Linarol Consort of Renaissance Viols

Concerts

Tuesday 7th March, 7.30pm: Holywell Music Room, Oxford OX1 3SD 5.30pm Pre-concert talk Old Dining Hall, St Edmund Hall, OX14AR Tickets from Ticketsource

Thursday 9th March, 7.30pm: Downing Place URC, Cambridge CB2 3EL . Tickets from Cambridge Early Music

Friday 10th March, 7.30pm: The Priory, Leominster HR6 8EQ Tickets from Courtyard box office

Friday 17th March, 7.00pm: King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1YX Tickets from Music at King Charles

Extra date Monday 24th April – Luton Music on a Monday

The programme features both enchanting sixteenth-century song, performed by the exemplar James Gilchrist, accompanied on copies of the earliest surviving viol, and innovative instrumental pieces. Love in all its various forms (unrequited, romantic and lascivious mischief) is explored in the songs by leading musical figures working in Maximilian’s court: Heinrich Isaac, Paul Hofhaimer and Ludwig Senfl, one of the most prolific composers of the period.

James Gilchrist and the Linarol Consort’s recording of this repertoire, Inn Stetter Hut (Inventa), is the culmination of a project started by David Hatcher (artistic director of the Linarol Consort) over a decade ago when he began transcribing the ‘Fugger’ manuscript (Ms. 18-810): a collection of delightful German, Flemish and French pieces from the early 16th century.

St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, professor of medieval German, Henrike Lähnemann will present the pre –concert talk on 7^th March having helped James extensively with early German pronunciation and text translation. Here is is link to Henrike’s blog post on the Oxford Medieval Studies website.

We are very grateful to generous support from Gemma Classical Music Trust, Angel Early Music, The Music Reprieval Trust and the Continuo Foundation

Inn Stetter Hut listen here

If you would like to buy the CD please contact linarolconsort@gmail.com