A Musical Banquet
Instrumental workshop with Alison Kinder
Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630) is perhaps best known for his collection of instrumental dances called Banchetto Musicale published in 1617. The twenty suites each share the same format: Padouana, Gagliarda, and Courente, all in five parts, followed by an Allemande and Tripla in four parts. Schein does not specify the instrumentation, and although he does say in the preface that he prefers to have viols included, the style hints at early violin writing, and is also reminiscent of the wind music of people like Bassano. Schein also says that in his next published work he will begin providing a written part for a keyboard, so it might be appropriate to use continuo in the Banchetto Musicale. In this workshop all instruments are welcome - recorders of all sizes, violin-family strings, viols, double reeds, brass, plucked strings. Pitch A=440 Alison Kinder is a viol player who regularly leads Forum workshops as well as teaching on various Early Music courses and summer schools. Occasionally she is allowed out of the viol playing department and onto recorders and baroque violin! The workshop is proudly sponsored by Midlands Early Music Forum Tickets |