GALWAY EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL

Social HarmonyWhen Tradition and

May 17-20, 2012

High Art Meet

A foot-tapping weekend of simple melody and complex harmony

in the liveliest medieval town in Europe!

Info & Booking: www.galwayearlymusic.com

Galway City Council

Galway Early Music would like to thank its sponsors and friends, without whose support the

Festival would not happen.

Charlie Byrne’s BookshopMichael & Claire Cuddy

Tom Grealy

Jacopo BisagniLise CarrelMaria CaswellYannick KadvanyEleanor HoughSylvianne Mager

Brenda MalloyBrendan MurrayIonia Ní ChróinínMáirín Nic DhonnchadhÚna Ní FhlanagáinHenrike Rau

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Adare Guesthouse Kimberly LoPreteGOLD PATRONS

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TOThe Rector & Vestry of StNicholas Collegiate Church,with heartfelt thanks toCatherine Moore-Temple

The director and staff of theGalway City Museum, withspecial thanks to Breandán Ó hEaghra

Galway City Council

FUND IT PROJECT SPONSORS

See our Festival Trailer on Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edzFYveePno

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St Anthony’s & Claddagh Credit Union

Jeanne RittmuellerJohn RogersMichael ShieldsTeresa WalshJana WalshMatthew Walsh

and eight anonymous sponsors

SocialHarmonyThis year’s festival looks at what happenswhen popular culture and high art meetand mingle: when tunes played at a peasant’s wedding find their way into themusic played at a castle feast, when hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes become the fashion atcourt and when baroque harp discovers therhythms of the New World. It also looks at

the music of the Gaelic areas ofScotland and Ireland where

tradition is high art.

Cois Cladaigh will perform a selection of European religious and secularchoral music showing off some of the great motets of that time juxtaposed with the lighter natured madrigal/chanson/villancico typeof composition

CONCERTS

Vocal HarmonyMotets, Madrigals and Villancicos

Cois Cladaigh Chamber ChoirThursday, May 17, 8 pmSt Nicholas Collegiate Church

Cois Cladaigh Chamber ChoirCois Cladaigh celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and Galway EarlyMusic is delighted to have them perform one of their 30th anniversaryconcerts at the Festival.

Cois Cladaigh is a mixed voice choir based in Galway and was foundedin 1982. The name - Cois Cladaigh - is Irish and can be translated as"beside the Claddagh" which is a well-known area in Galway City. Thechoir specialises in European music from the late 15th and early 16thcenturies and also performs a formidable repertoire of contemporarychoral music, particularly from Ireland, but also from Scandinavia, EasternEuropean countries, and North America.

Cois Cladaigh Chamber Choir

Celebrating 30 years in 2012!

Best Wishes from Galway Early Music!

CONCERTS

“You must be Breton!” Listeners often jumpto that conclusion on hearing a piper in France.Yet bagpipes are one of the largest families of instruments, with at least fifteen members in theFrench branch alone, all of them differing inform, sound and playing technique.

The bagpipe in all its diversity is part ofFrance’s musical and cultural heritage.With its animal shape and its powerful,continuous sound, it has always intriguedand fascinated, and sometimes even inspired fear.

French bagpipes bear such names as boha,musette, cabrette… Basically a folk instrument, at one time it even becamefashionable at the French court and in society. François Lazarevitch invites you todiscover this beguiling instrument and itsmysteries.

The concert includes works by Marcabru (before 1130 - after 1149),Adam de la Halle, Francisque Caroubel (around 1600), Charles-Emmanuel Borjon de Scellery, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755), anonymous and traditional repertoire from Centre-France.

1000 Years of Bagpipe in FranceFrançois LazarevitchFriday, May 18, 1 pm

Chapel of the Poor Clares, Nuns Island

François LazarevitchMuch sought after as a soloist for theexpressiveness of his playing on flutesand bagpipes, François Lazarevitchtrained with eminent masters of earlyand traditional music. His encounterwith Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume, apioneer in the early music revival, was particularly important in his quest fornaturalness in the musical phrasing ofworks of oral tradition.

François Lazarevitch is making a series of recordings entitled 1000 ansde cornemuse en France for the Alpha label, with the support of MécénatMusical Société Générale. Et la fleur vole, the fifth and most recent volume, was awarded the coveted Diapason d’Or and Choc de Classica.

He also launchedThe 4 Pipers project: four musicians playing French, Irish,Scottish and Northumbrian pipes, who gave their first performance in2007 at the Nantes Printemps des Arts, with the support of the Fondation Meyer.

CONCERTS

Founded by François Lazarevitch in 2005, the ensemble Les Musiciensde Saint-Julien takes its name from the Confrérie Saint-Julien-des-Ménétriers, an important musicians’ guild, founded in Paris in the MiddleAges. From the early fourteenth to the late eighteenth century, the guildbrought together musicians who were also dancers, who performedmusic from the oral tradition as well as written compositions, and embodied the sacred union of music and dance.

The same curiosity led Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien to explore little-known repertoires, such as those of the airs de cour (Et la fleur vole), earlyScottish music (For ever Fortune) and brunettes (A L’ombre d’un Ormeau),as well as works from the “great repertoire”, written by composers

such as Lully, Charpentier, Bach and Telemann. Natural musical phrasing, instrumental colour and the spirit of the danceare always of vital importance.

In the eighteenth century theFrench aristocracy conceived anamazing passion for the musettebagpipe and the hurdy-gurdy.Thus a vast corpus of musicalcompositions came into being,often ‘popular’ in character, aiming to evoke the shepherds ofArcadia.

Le Berger Poète gives pride ofplace to French pastoral music ofthe eighteenth century, withdance suites or descriptive piecesby Michel Pignolet Montclair,Jean Hotteterre and NicolasChédeville. But this programmealso includes more intimatepieces, such as the wonderful Suite for transverse flute by Jacques Hotteterre and the famous Rossignol en Amour by François Couperin.

The result is rich and full of nuance both in instrumental colour and inmusical character.

Le Berger PoèteSuites & sonatas for flute & musetteFrançois Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de St Julien

Friday, May 18, 8 pmSt Nicholas Collegiate Church

Les Musiciens de St Juliens

Fantasía y FolíaWild Rhythm - Artful Dance - Fantastical Improvisation120 years of dance-music, tientos & fantasy from Spain, Portugal,

Africa & South AmericaThe Harp Consort

Andrew Lawrence-King (Spanish Baroque Harp), Steve Player (baroque guitar & dance), Ricardo Padilla (percussion)

Saturday, May 19, 8 pmSt Nicholas Collegiate Church

CONCERTS

For Spain, the 16th century was a period of exploration.Adventurous sailors, crossing the Atlantic to search fora new route to Cathay, had found an unknown continent, a “new world”. Musicians were no less adventurous, crossing the gulf between high art andpopular styles in the search for new ways to reachlisteners’ hearts. They found a new world of artfuland fantastical music, of exotic dances, earthyrhythms and expressive harmonies, a vast land-

scape in which the formal constructions ofpolyphonic music could be developed anew.

The newly-discovered lands to the Westproffered not only gold and silver, but alsocultural riches: languages, music and

dances, which - when brought back to theIberian peninsula - had a profound effect

on the art forms of the mother country.

The Harp Consort is an ensemble that excels at improvisation withinthe distinct styles of baroque, Renaissance and medieval music. The grouptakes its inspiration from the 17th-century harp consort formed in England at the court of Charles I: in contrast to the homogeneous stringorchestra (also formed at this time), the Consorte brought together diversetypes of solo instruments – harp, lutes, keyboards, strings – and voices, tocreate colourful new combinations in the fashion of the day. Like the17th-century Consorte, The Harp Consort is formed around the accompanying instruments of the basso continuo and brings together aninternational team of musicians who create a rich variety of timbres.

The Harp Concert

Friday, May 18

8:00 pm

1 pm 1000 Years of Bagpipes in FranceFrançois Lazarevitch Chapel of the Poor Clares, Nuns’ Island€15 / €10 conc / €7 youth

Le Berger poète / The Shepherd PoetSuites and sonatas for flute and musetteFrançois Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien€18 / €15 / €7 (under 16 yrs)

DAY BY DAY

8:00 pm Vocal Harmony: Motets, Madrigals and VillancicosCois Cladaigh Chamber ChoirSt Nicholas Collegiate Church€10 / €5

Official Opening of the Festival byNicholas Carolan, Director of the Irish Traditional Music ArchiveSheridan’s Wine Bar, Church Lane

6:30 pm

Thursday, May 17

Putting Music in its PlaceThroughout the City CentreAn aural tour of Medieval Galway, featuring thesounds and music of a medieval city in the places youwould expect to hear it. This tour is available to youif you have a smartphone!

Start outside the City Museum. See details on insideback cover to access the tour.

TICKET BOOKING

Online: www.galwayearlymusic.comFrom 9 May: Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle St

At Door of concerts

FESTIVAL TICKET: €60 / €45 concession(includes all concerts. Bus to Aughnanure not included)

From May 8 and throughout the Festival

All Day &All Night!

PROGRAMME

Sunday, May 20

11 am

MUSIC IN THE MUSEUMGalway City Museum, Spanish Arch

12:30-1:30 Renaissance Music and Dance

2:00 - 3:00 Historical Music of Scotland with Barnaby Brown

3:30 - 4:30 Prehistoric Music Ireland Simon and Maria O’Dwyer

12:30 - 4:00

The Musicians of Bremen - Family EventAnimal House CollectiveThe Ruby Room, Kings Head PubFree Admission

Saturday, May 19

8:00 pm Fantasía y Folía: Wild Rhythm - Artful Dance- Fantastical ImprovisationAndrew Lawrence-King & The Harp ConsortSt Nicholas Collegiate Church€18 / €15 / €7

Walking Tour of Medieval GalwayWilliam HenryStarting at The City Museum

4:30 pm

1:00 pm FILM: Master & Commanderwith pre-show talk on the music used in thesoundtrack and light lunchHuston School of Film & Digital MediaNUI, Galway, Earl’s Island€7

6:00 pm Interlace & the OtherworldCoracleAughnanure Castle, OughterardIncludes refreshments, tour of castle.€18 / €15 / €7

Have a meal at Cava, Dominick St

Festival Hospitality Sponsor

4:30 pm Bus for event in Aughnanure CastleLeaving bus stop near Jurys InnBooking at www.galwayearlymusic.com or 087 930 5506. €5

A joint Huston/GEMF screening

4:00 pm Musicians of BremenAughnanure Castle, Oughterard(Admission to Castle will be charged)

CONCERTSInterlace & the Otherworld

Early Music of the Gaelic Word

CoracleGriogair Labhruidh (Gaelic song), Barnaby Brown (triple pipes and bagpipes),

Siobhán Armstrong (Early Irish Harp)

Sunday, May 20, 6 pmAughnanure Castle, Oughterard

Prepare to be transported into a magical world. The 'cosmic' or shamanicmusic of Gaelic culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance is as awe-inspiring as the Book of Kells. Plundering treasure troves of poetry, pibroch and sean nós singing, the trio Coracle is inspired by survivals inpopular culture. Deftly traversing seas of early and traditional music, theseadventurers restore the most magnificent compositions of Highland history to their pristine musical splendour.

Coracle explores the interaction between oral and written sources andchallenges the value judgments on notationless musical culture, re-dis-covering the richness of what was not written down through experimental music archaeology. This includes

• looking at the tradition of Caintreachd and music for the piob morof Scotland

• returning the harp music notated in the17th and 18th centuries for lute or keyboard back to the early Irish harp andexploring the techniques that bring thismusic to life on its original instrument.

• Exploring the oral tradition of Gaelicsinging, both solo and accompanied by theharp as the sources tell us it once was.

Bus to AughnanureLeaving the Cathedral car park at 4:30 pm.

Book at www.galwayearlymusiccom or 091-930 5506

THANK YOUto all the generous sponsors who supported

this concert through Fund It.

EARLY MUSIC IN FILM

Master & CommanderThe Far Side of the World

Sunday, May 20, 1:00 pmHuston School of Film & Digital Media

Earls Island, NUI, Galway

This film takes place in 1805 on board a British man-of-warand is adapted from the historical naval novels by PatrickO’Brien. Nearly the entire film takes place aboard the ship‘Surprise’ where crew and officers live, fight and die in closequarters for months on end. Music is important on board. Captain Jack Aubrey and ship’s physician Stephen Maturin playthe classical hits of their time on violin and cello, while crewdance to fiddles, jaw harps and whistles. The soundtrack of thefilm includes music proper to the historical era of the film (aswell as an interesting use of Ralph von Williams Fantasy on atheme by Thomas Tallis) and music written specifically for the film.

Before the film Maura Ó Cróinín will give a brief guide tothe music contemporary to the story used in the film, fromthe Playford dance tunes to music by Boccherini, Corelli andBach.

Pre-Concert Guide to the Music

Includes a light lunch and tea/coffee

Huston/GEMF joint screening

Please note: Film running time 2hrs 18mins. The event will start ontime to facilitate those subsequently going to Aughnanure.

Four old and worn out animals whose owners no longer wantthem decide to go to Bremen to be town musicians, but themusic they make has unexpected results!

Zita Monahan, Grace Kiely, Pat Hargan, and Ionia Ní Chróinínof Animal House Collective tell this humorous story, collected by the Brothers Grimm, with music, song and all sortsof theatrical magic.

This is a very propular event during the Festival every year, socome early!

(Please note: Normal admission price to Aughnanure Castle will applyfor the Sunday showing of The Musicians of Bremen.)

FREE EVENTS

FAMILY EVENT

The Musicians of BremenAnimal House Collective

Saturday, May 19, 11 am, Ruby Room, Kings Head PubSunday, May 20, 4 pm, Aughnanure Castle

Music & DanceSaturday, May 19, 12:30 - 1:30

Galway Early Music’sown ensemble, Seoda,start the fun in the mu-seum, with a lively selec-tion of music and dance.We’ll be teaching somesimple dances that every-one can try, so we hopeyou will come along and

join in! The ensemble includes recorders, bag-pipe and percussion.

Historical Music of Scotland: Bagpipes and Triple Pipes

Barnaby Brown

Saturday, May 19, 2:00 -3:00 pm

Barnaby Brown will take you ona fascinating guided tour of the instruments and the music of ancient Scotland.

Barnaby Brown is a performer, animateur and scholar with a passionfor illuminating uncharted musicalterritor. He champions an earlymusic approach to ceòl mòr, the‘great music’ of the Highland bagpipe. He also leads the revival of the northerntriple pipe, the ‘organ’ of the Celtic Church and precursor to the bagpipe inBritain and Ireland.

Always one of the most popular events of the Festival, SimonO’Dwyer’s story of the beginnings of music in Ireland, fromstone whistles and shell horns to the magnificent bronze age

horns and beyond is a tour de force.

Ireland’s Oldest MusicSaturday, May 19, 3:30 - 4:30 pm

FREE EVENTSEARLY MUSIC IN THE MUSEUM

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Galway Early Music was founded when a group of Galway musicians travelled to Lismore, Co Waterford, for the Lismore Early Music Festival.It was there that the idea was born: why not bring this rich and sometimes exotic music to the medieval city of Galway - what bettervenue? The first festival was in 1996 and this is our 17th.

Through the years the Festival has been proud to present such excitingensembles and performers as Jordi Savall, Andrew Lawrence-King and TheHarp Consort, Red Priest, Ensemble Unicorn, The Irish Baroque Orchestra, Resurgam, Ensemble eX and many, many more. The Festivalis known for its lively programming and its attention to the place of Irishmusic and musicians in the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Europeanmusic scene.

Galway Early Music is run by a voluntary committee.

More Informationwww.galwayearlymusic.com tel. +353-(0)87-9305506

e-mail: info@galwayearlymusic.com

1. St Nicholas Collegiate Church2. Chapel of the Poor Clares3. Kings Head Pub4. Galway City Museum

5. Huston School of Film &Digital Media

6. Cathedral car park

Venue Map

Aughnanure Castle: If you are driving, head towards Oughterard onthe N59. The right turn down to the castle is well signposted. Thereis a parking lot near the castle.

Bus to Aughnanure: Leaves from the Cathedral car park at 4:30 pm.

SPECIAL EVENT

Putting Music in its PlaceA musical tour of 16th century Galwayusing GPS and smartphone technology

Commissioned by Galway Early Music - Realised by Máiréad Ní ChróínínAvailable from May 8 and throughout the festival

Spanish merchant Captain Moreno has arrived in Galway, a town heknows well and loves, with a shipment of wine. He takes his shipmate(that’s you) on a tour of this lively town. Along the way you will hearthe type of music appropriate to where you are.

What you needAn iPhone or an Android phone and earphones•7scenes App: You can download this app for free from the iOS or•Android stores.GPS and internet enabled and active connection with 3G or a WiFi•network (make sure it doesn’t have any restrictions).

Sign InThe tour starts outside the main door of the City Museum•Open 7scenes app. You’ll find yourself on the public map•Click the blue ‘Info’ button in the top right corner. •Click ‘Log in’ in the bottom right corner. Use the Galway Early•Music log in details: Username: GEMF, Password: GEMF2012or register your own.After signing in you will be brought back to the public map•

ScenesTap the ‘Scenes’ tab. In the top menu tap‘Nearby’. You will see the•‘GEMF Musical Tour’ Scene. Select this scene by tapping the icon.

StartOnce you’ve selected our tour, you will first see a general intro•Hit the red ‘Start’ button in the top-right corner. (When you’re not•signed in yet, or if you are too far away from the Scene, this buttonwill say ‘Info’)If the app asks if you want to download all media now, it is recom-•mended if there is a 3G or WiFi available.Once the tour begins you will first be directed to the Intro. Here•you will learn more about the the tour. Under the tab ‘Instructions’you will find more guidance about how to use the tour.Tap on the ‘Places’ tab. This will show you the map, with all the•points of the tour marked on it. You will see yourself moving onthe map in �real-time. Move close to a place to automatically activate it.A window will appear will a picture of that location in medieval•times. A 'Play' icon on the picture will indicate that you can playaudio at this spot. Tap to play the audio.�

Enjoy the Tour!(We welcome feedback. Tweet @GEMFtour)

This Scene has been tested with iPhone and some Android phones. Unfortunately it has not been possible to test the application on all devices.

We apologise if it does not work on your smartphone.

Marty in the Morning (Mon-Fri, 7am-10am)

Join Marty Whelan from 7am each weekday morning for a classic blend of music and entertainment with regular celebrity guests, news and travel updates.

For traffic calming at its best try music, music and more music with a little fun along the way!

The John Kelly Ensemble (Mon-Fri, 2pm-4pm)

John Kelly is essential listening for lovers of great music. From Bach to Brian Eno, from Billie Holiday to Sigur Rós, transform your afternoons with a sonic adventure like no other.

Niall Carroll’s Classical Daytime (Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm)

For the ideal accompaniment to your day, join Niall for four hours of great music from the heart of the classical repertoire. Plus, take time out for the Coffee Concert each morning at 11.00am.

There’s a wealth of music programming throughout the week on RTÉ lyric fm.

Liz Nolan’s Classic Drive (Mon-Fri, 4pm-7pm)

The perfect soundtrack to your journey home accompanied by news, traffic, business and entertainment, plus Culture File each day at 6.40pm - a daily guide to creativity in the world around us.

The Blue of the Night with Carl Corcoran (Mon-Thurs) and Eamonn Lenihan (Fri –Sun), 10pm-1am

Relax into the Blue of the Night’s pick of the best tunes and songs from the ancient to the contemporary.

The Lyric Concert with Paul Herriott (Mon-Fri, 8pm-10pm)

Full orchestral and chamber music concerts from Ireland and abroad, from baroque to modern, with great soloists and ensembles.

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