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'Switch On Christmas'
With Newent's Traditional Musical Celebration

This afternoon concert will be a part of the Newent Xmas Lights Switch-on celebrations that will continue in the town after our concert.

Saturday, 26th November, 2:30 p.m.,
at St Mary's Church, Newent


Ticket Price £9 (£8 concession) on the door, includes wine and mince pies; 16s and under, free

Our guests, Ypotryll will delight us with their ancient music and instruments.
Named after a mythical medieval monster, Ypotryll (multi-instrumentalists Rachel Tedd and Simon Pickard with soprano Karen Jones) employ a range of reproduction period instruments to perform a mix of secular English and European music from the 12th to the 15th centuries.

Launch your festivities with an afternoon of musical myth, magic and fairy tale to delight and entertain.

Programme

Orchestra
Overture, from ‘The Occasional’ Oratorio. George
     Fridric Handel
Scheherazada, The Prince & The Princess, Rimsky-
     Korsakov
The Skater’s Waltz, 'Les Patineurs', Emile Waldteufel

Guest Players, Ypotryll:
Sainte Nicholaes, Godes Druth (St Godric, 12th
     century English piece).  Voices, medieval harp
Edi Beo thu Hevene Quene (Anon, late 13th century
     English piece, from Llanthony Priory (Secunda)).  Voice, gemshorns
Como Deus Fez Vynno d'Agua (from "Cantigas de 
     Santa Maria" no. 23, Alfonso X El Sabio, 13th
     century, from Spain.  Voice, dulcimer, psaltery.
Ductia (Anon, 13th century from England).
     Recorders, psaltery.

Interval

Orchestra
 'Pastorale aus der Weihnachtmusik’ from Concerto
     Grosso No. 8, Op.6, Arcangelo Correlli
Sleeping Beauty – Intro. & Waltz, Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Capriol Suite, Renaissance dances: Basse-
     Danse; Pavane; Tordion; Bransles; Pieds-en-l'air;
     Mattachins (Sword Dance), Peter Warlock

Guest Players, Ypotryll:
Marien Wart Ein Bot Gesant (late 14th century
     German piece).  Voice, bass vielle, dulcimer.
Ecce Quod Natura (15th century English carol). 
     Voice, gemshorn, medieval harp
Als Y Lay On Yoolis Night (15th century English
     carol).  Voice, dulcimer, medieval harp.
                       
Orchestra Finale: Christmas Overture, Samuel Coleridge-
     Taylor, arr. Sydney Barnes                                


Support Local Music Making

If you would like to be a supporter of local music making, come to our concert. Another way is to donate some cash to our Grant Fund, set up specifically for this purpose.  Thank you!
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Meet our concert guests, Ypotryll
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Multi-instrumentalists Rachel Tedd and Simon Pickard with soprano Karen Jones
You can sample the music of Ypotryll on Soundcloud:

https://on.soundcloud.com/FpSL1
and
https://on.soundcloud.com/gGPbg

Free Car Park and Xmas Market

Our concert is part of the Newent Xmas Lights Switch On Celebrations.  For the day, the main car park in Newent, a couple of minutes walk to St Mary's, is FREE.

Church Street, in front of the church, will be closed for a street market. If you are coming to Newent from the Gloucester direction, enter Newent at the traffic lights junction and you can easily find the car park.
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