The Lute Society: Previous Meetings

February 6th, 2010, at the Dutch Church, we had a day dedicated to the theme of lute strings, starting at 10.45, with talks by George Stoppani and Mimmo Peruffo, plus mini-recitals by Richard Mackenzie, and soprano Jeni Melia accompanied by Brian Wright; and at 4.30 a recital of French baroque lute music by Claire Antonini.

8-May-2010 As is our wont, after going through the rigours of the AGM we enjoyed a day made up mostly of music, with mini-recitals by Dale Harris, and David Protheroe, a talk and demonstration on the use of gestures in lute song, a recital by Dutch lute duo David van Ooijen and Michiel Niessen, following their superb recording of the (very hard) Terzi duets, Un’ altra canzona . Following recent trips to the Continent, we had on sale most of the published editions of French, Belgian, Spanish and Dutch lute societies, including the recent Thysius lute book facsimile.

10.30 Coffee
11.00 Gestures in lute song, talk and demonstration by Rosemary Carlton-Willis, accompanied by David Miller
12.00 Mini-recital of Sanz and Vivaldi transcriptions on 13 course lute, played by Dale Harris.
12.30 Break for lunch
2.00 Mini-recital of lute songs performed, self-accompanied, by David Protheroe
2.30 AGM
3.45 Tea
4.15 The Lute Society recital, David van Ooijen and Michiel Nissen play renaissance lute duets

2009

November 21 Special meeting at the Dutch Church, Austin Friars, London EC2, ‘Dancing to the lute’ joint event with Early Dance Circle, with demonstrations of renaissance and baroque dances to the lute [musicians: Dawn Johnston, Julia Raeburn, Matthew Spring], and grand finale at 4pm: the audience was invited to take the floor and re-enact the Inns of Court dances, to music from a 6-part broken consort [Lovekyn Consort].

Saturday, January 17th at the Swedenborg Hall, Bloomsbury Way (nearest tube: Holborn)
10.45 Coffee
11.30 Talk on the mediaeval lute, by Francisco Orozco
12.30 Mini-recital, Yair Avidor plays baroque lute
1.00 Break for lunch
2.15 Notation, ornamentation and interpretation in French baroque lute music, a detailed look at some 17th century French lute pieces; talk by Chris Wilson
3.15 Mini-recital, Jeni Melia and Brian Wright perform some of Brian Wright’s recently composed Shakespeare songs
3.45 Tea
4.15 The Lute Society recital: Francisco Orozco plays and sings mediaeval lute music and songs.

April 18 at the Swedenborg Hall, Bloomsbury Way (nearest tube: Holborn)
10.30 Coffee
11.00 The world's earliest guitar? The Warwick cithole, a 14th century instrument recently restored in the British Musuem, a talk by Chris Egerton
12.00 Mini-recital, of lute duets played by Luke Emmet and Kevin Drake
12.30 Extended break, beginning with a guided walk to see the Warwick cithole in gallery 41 of the British Museum.
2.15 Annual General Meeting; agenda and minutes as circulated with December Lute News
3.15 Mini-recital, of baroque guitar music by Bartolotti, played by Gordon Ferries
3.45 Tea
4.15 The Lute Society recital, Jakob Lindberg plays 13 course baroque lute, music by Kellner, Bach, Reusner, and Scottish tunes.


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