Repertoire for the

Berwang International Holiday Music Course 2021

Choir

Main Works:
Harmoniemesse in B-flat major by Joseph Haydn, Hon. XXII:14 (1802).

This mass was Haydn's last major work; the prominence of the winds has earned the work its nickname of "Wind Band Mass". 

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=cpdl+harmoniemesse&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8  (which may be downloaded free of charge)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orx7oGHJxIc

Five Flower Songs by Benjamin Britten

Five Flower Songs (1950) were dedicated to Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst as a silver-wedding present, and appropriately celebrated the couple’s love of botany.  By this stage in his career, Britten had already shown himself to be an accomplished setter of English pastoral poetry and his response to the texts by Herrick, Crabbe and Clare is economical, imaginative and assured. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUinj6WmRog (this music is in copyright and may not be reproduced)

Course members are invited to purchase their own copies of the music, but it will also be available on loan in Berwang for a small charge.

Audio Files will be available in due course to aid individual preparation.

Other music, which will be provided at a nominal cost, will include part-songs and madrigals, as well as some light-hearted arrangements of popular music. Full details will be uploaded to the website in due course.

Strings

Main Works:

Mendelssohn String Symphony No.6 in E Flat Major

The strings will work together as a string orchestra and sometimes break into smaller groups to rehearse chamber music, from trios to octets. There will also be opportunities to play chamber music with piano and/or wind.

Wind

The wind will be exploring an exciting range of music for different combinations of instruments, for example:

Quintets     Danzi, Op.56 No 1 in Bb and Ligeti Six Bagatelles

Nonets       Dubois: Huit plus Un and Gouvy: Petite Suite Gauloise

Dectets      Francaix: Nine Characteristic Pieces and

                  Faure arr Camden: Masques et Bergamasques

Mixed Chamber Music

There will also be opportunities for the wind and string players to explore mixed chamber music, for example

Wind and Strings            Martinu and Spohr Nonets

Wind and Piano              Braur: Sextet and Francaix: L'Herure du berger

Wind, Strings & Piano    Hummel and Spohr Septets

Brass

In addition to music with strings and wind, the brass group will rehearse music to suit the range of instruments available. Details to be announced in due course.

Wind, Brass and Strings

The wind/brass and strings will join toghether to form the Chamber Orchestra, to explore orchestral repertoire and to work with the choir. For example the Chamber Orchestra will rehearse the Tomlinson Suite of English Folk Songs.

Listeners

Those who would like to come to Berwang, but not take part in the music sessions, are very welcome to join us as listeners. You will be able to join in all the social activities of the course and come to listen to our concerts. You are also welcome to listen to the music sessions.

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