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Concerts 2008

Thursday April 24^th 6pm	St John’s Church, Tallinn, Estonia	Organ recital. Bach and French music
Wednesday August 6^th 9.15pm	Cappella del Seminario Chiavari, Italy	Recital on Agati organ (1840) http://www.amiciorganogenova.org/
Tuesday August 19^th	Johanneskapelle Cathedral, Brixen, (Bressanone) Italy	Recital on Herz organ (1651). Early English and Italian music
Tuesday September 28^th	Ferrara	Harpsichord recital: Frescobaldi

Courses 2008

April June 422th^nd-1023^rthd	Naregatsi Arts Centre Yerevan, Armenia Akademie Tallinn, estonia	Organ music of Nicolas de GrignyHarpsichord course
July 5^th-12^th	Valvasone, Friuli, Italy	Course on early English and Italian organ music[1]
Date t.b.a	Ugale. Latvia	Course on seventeenth-century organ music click[2]

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[1] HISTORIC ITALIAN ORGANS

Course at VALVASONE

given by

Christopher STEMBRIDGE

5^th ¾ 12^th July 2008

Italian and English music 1520-1650

The course is open to both active participants (max. 9) and listeners.

Arrival evening of July 5^th. (Train station: Casarsa on Venice-Udine line.

Nearest airports: Venice or Treviso)

4 hours tuition for whole class each day in the cathedral which houses the only surviving 16^th century Venetian organ (Vincenzo Colombo 1532).

For details see http://www.comune.valvasone.pn.it or write vincenzo.colombi@tele2.it)

Each student will also receive an individual lesson.

All active students will be able to practise for at least 2 hours daily in Valvasone or nearby villages.

Organs available for practice in Valvasone include the cathedral and a 17^th century positive organ in S. Pietro.

A recital will be given by course participants at the end of the course.

Visits to historic organs in Venice.

Accommodation in villa 1 km from the cathedral sharing rooms is available (bed and breakfast €13) Single room with private bathroom available on request.

Recommended editions:

G. Cavazzoni, Orgel Werke, I e II (ed. O. Mischiati, Schott, 1959/1961, or Kalmus)

A. Gabrieli, Intonationi, Ricercari, Canzoni alla francese, Canzonen, Ricercari ariosi, Toccate (either Doblinger or Bärenreiter)

C. Merulo, Toccate d’intavolatura (SPES facsimile, Florence, 1981); modern edition: Accademia di Musica Italiana per Organo, Pistoia (i 2000, ii 2001)

Canzoni d’intovalatura d’organo (A-R Editions, Madison 1992)

G. Frescobaldi, esp. Recercari et canzoni (1615) Bärenreiter 2008, and Toccate e partite (1615) (facsimile SPES)

Fiori Musicali, using an edition in open score either with original clefs (ed. Germani, De Santis, Roma, 1936) or with modern clefs (ed. Stembridge, Armelin Musica, Padova, 1997)

W. Byrd, Fancies (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Dover 1969; I 37, 188, 406; II 406; My Ladye Nevell’s Booke: Nos. 26, 29, 36, 41, 42)

Participants should bear in mind the range available on the organs. Advice on choice of editions appropriate to particular pieces will be given on request.

Applications:

Please send an e-mail to himself@christopherstembridge.org giving a brief resumé of your studies and repertoire. (Otherwise by fax to (+39) 0472 767366.)

Christopher Stembridge

Wiesen 167

39040 PFITSCH (BZ)

ITALY

You will be informed as soon as possible if there is a place for you on the course; you should then confirm your acceptance by paying the registration fee.

Registration fee (non returnable) Euro 100.00

Tuition fee (payable on arrival):

* Active participants: Euro 210.00

* Non-active participants: Euro 90.00

[2] *********************************************************************I am trying to organise a course on early organ music to be held on
the Rhaneus organ (1701) in Ugale, Latvia. This could perhaps be held
in the last week of July 2008, or possibly the last week of August
2008.
If you are interested please write to me as soon as possible.
The instrument, recently restored by Janis Kalnins, a splendid example
of the Königsberg/Danzig school, has 2 manuals (CDE-c3) and a wide
pedal board (CDE-e1). It is suitable for the study of almost all 17th
century European organ literature.
Accommodation can be found at a hotel some 5 miles away (transport
will be organised) which is in very pleasant surroundings and equipped
with a swimming bath. www.usma.lv It could therefore be an attractive
proposition for those who might like to experience this instrument but
prefer a week's holiday to active participation.
The closest airports are at Ventspils (30 minutes) and Riga (2 hours).
Cheap flights can be booked with Air Baltic.

Ugale : Cornelius Rhaneus, Kuldiga (1700)

Hauptwerk	Rückpositiv	Pedal (1701)
Bordun 16´ Principal 8´ Hohlflöte 8´ Quintatön 8´ Octave 4´ Rohrflöte 4´ Quinte 3´ Octave 2´ Waldflöte 2´ Terz 1 3/5´ Mixtur III Zincke 8´	Flötte 8´ Principal 4´ Blockfloit 4´ Scandinal & Querflöt 4´ Gemshorn 2´ Offenflötte 2´ Sedecima 1´ Schalmeij 8´	Subbass 16´ Gedacktbass 8´ Viola di Gamba 8´ Octave 4´ Quinte 3´ Octave 2´ Posaune 16´ Trompete 8´