AEM Online | Amherst Early Music

January 2022

Join AEM ONLINE for classes in January! Early Notation Sessions with Annette Bauer start on January 12, and the Amherst Early Music Winter Weekend will be held online on Saturday and Sunday January 15 and 16, and more classes will be presented on January 29 and 30.

WINTER WEEKEND ONLINE January 15 & 16, 2022 (Eastern Time)
Saturday, January 15
11:00 - 12:30 p.m. Ensemble Drills: Susato's Premier livre des chansons à deux ou trois parties (1544) with Rainer Beckmann, recorder
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Giants of the Dulcian Family with Wouter Verschuren
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. No Regrets! Music of Josquin, Agricola, and others, in modern and early notation with Patricia Petersen and Doug Young, recorders
Sunday, January 16
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. The Baroque Trio with Gwyn Roberts and Sarah Shodja, recorders
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. The Anatomy of a Mystical Marriage: Integrating Solo and Bass in Marais‘ Preludes, with Sarah Cunningham, viol, and Leon Schelhase, harpsichord

JANUARY 29 & 30 (Eastern Time)
Saturday, January 29
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Secret Voices: Thirteenth-Century Polyphony for the Nuns of Las Huelgas with Susan Hellauer
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. The Birth of the Sonata - How Did We Get There? with Heloise Degrugillier, recorder
Sunday, January 30
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Purcell, Purcell, Purcell! with Loren Ludwig, viol
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. The Singer’s Toolbox: Don’t be a “Byrd”en - Leading Polyphony One Part at a Time with Geoffrey Williams, voice

Upcoming Online Classes

January 29 & 30

Secret Voices: Thirteenth-Century Polyphony for the Nuns of Las Huelgas , with Susan Hellauer

1:00 - 2:30 pm, 29 January 2022

Susan

Hellauer

Voice

Class Description

In the early 1180s, King Alfonso VIII of Castile founded a convent near Burgos in north-central Spain. This Cistercian convent became a retreat (Las Huelgas means “place of refuge”) for royal and noble women seeking the religious life. Despite the Cistercian rule that prohibited these ladies from singing polyphony, it seems to have been an “open secret” that polyphony was both sung and enjoyed at Las Huelgas, and that the musical rights and privileges accorded only to male clerical singers were enjoyed there as well.

The Codex Las Huelgas, copied in the first quarter of the 14th century, is an anthology of 186 works of European polyphony and monophonic Latin song that spans the entire 13th and early 14th centuries. Sing or play along with conductus, motets, polyphonic songs, and even a solfeggio exercise made for the exceptional singing sisters of Las Huelgas. Geared to: singers, but instruments are welcome to join. Pitch: A=440.

25.00 USD

The Birth of the Sonata - How Did We Get There? with Héloïse Degrugillier

3:00 - 4:30 pm, 29 January 2022

Héloïse

Degrugillier

Recorder

25.00 USD

Purcell, Purcell, Purcell! with Loren Ludwig, viol

1:00 - 2:30 pm, 30 January 2022

Loren

Ludwig

Viol

Class Description

Composed decades after consort music for viols had gone out of fashion, Purcell's distinctive and wonderful consort music was deeply grounded in tradition while offering new and spectacular musical vistas—an almost unbelievable feat for a composer still in his teens! Purcell's consort music has been recorded on viols since (at least) the 1950s, and his fantasias and In nomines for 3-7 viols are far and away the most widely recorded consort music. That's great for us! Purcell's generous discography offers myriad 'ways in' to this challenging and rewarding music. Safely muted in their home music rooms, participants will play along with iconic (as well as some exciting but lesser-known) recordings of music in 3-7 parts by this "very great master of music." Entirely risk free, this is an opportunity to "double" some of the finest consort players of the last 70 years as they tackle some of the period's richest and most delightful music. Geared to: viols, all levels and sizes welcome.
Pitch: A=415.

25.00 USD

The Singer’s Toolbox: Don’t be a “Byrd”en - Leading Polyphony One Part at a Time with Geoffrey Williams, voice

3:00 - 4:30 pm, 30 January 2022

Geoffrey

Williams

Voice

25.00 USD

Early Notation with Annette Bauer - The Loire Valley Chansonniers

Early Notation with Annette Bauer Session 9 starts February 16

5:30 - 6:45 pm, 16 February 2022

Annette

Bauer

Recorder Early Notation

100.00 USD

Early Notation with Annette Bauer - “De tous bien plaine”

Early Notation with Annette Bauer Session 10 starts March 23

5:30 - 6:45 pm, 23 March 2022

Annette

Bauer

Recorder Early Notation

Class Description

Early Notation with Annette Bauer - “De tous bien plaine” - a chanson goes “viral” (15th century style)
Wednesdays 5:30-6:45pm EST: Mar 23 & 30, April 6 & 13

Hayne Van Ghizeghem (ca. 1445-1497) was presumably the composer of the original three-part chanson “De tous bien plaine” - which became a 15th century hit and sparked his contemporaries’ imagination. In today's lingo, the chanson went “viral”: many versions and reworkings of this composition are transmitted from the last part of the 15th century: over 40 different settings exist, with new parts composed around the original tenor or cantus, the tenor used for duo pieces with intricate proportions, mass settings based on a cantus firmus based on the melody… the list of variations and compositions inspired by this chanson goes on and on. We will take a look at a few of these examples of “De tous bien plaine”, drawing from various late 15th and early 16th century sources.

100.00 USD

About AEM Online Classes

Registrants will receive an email with a link to a webpage for each class. Visit the webpage for music and class materials, (available in advance!) and at class time for the Zoom link. Miss a class or want to see two at the same time? Class recordings will replace the Zoom links after the class, and be available for seven days. Classes run 90 minutes, with the first 10 minutes for introductions and last-minute tech help.

New to Zoom?

Participants new to Zoom should register in advance for the Zoom Like a Pro tutorial on Friday, January 14 and Friday January 28 at 4:00 p.m. EDT (1:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time), or refer to the Instructions for Zoom Participants here.