Have a Musical Trip to Innsbruck Festival of Early Music

Innsbruck Early Music Festival (18 July - 27 August)

In our in-box today, we received a programme for the forthcoming Innsbruck Early Music Festival.  Never was a programme (or, indeed, a town) so packed with the sound of music! Do take a look.

• Festival website in English
• Festival website in German

Sad News: Death of Christopher Hogwood, 24 September 2014

http://www.hogwood.org/news/

Cambridge Early Music

The Whittaker Library has received a leaflet for the Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools 2014.

Two courses are offered, each lasting a week: 3-10, and 10-16 August 2014.

For more about Faire Britaine Isle: Celebrating Shakespeare's 450th anniversary (in music), visit the Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools website:-

www.CambridgeEarlyMusic.org

The website also offers an audible feast of early music concerts from now until Monday 18th August.

Historic Scottish music - published in New Zealand

Scotland's early music - two new anthologies

Dr Raymond White, Organist at St Mary's Basilica, Invercargill (New Zealand) paid the Whittaker Library a visit today.

Four hours later, we can boast two new additions to stock, both edited by Dr White:-

• Music for a kist o' whistles: Sixteenth and early seventeenth century keyboard music with Scottish connections, suitable for chamber organ, harpsichord or virginal (97680473183776)
• Let there be joy: music with Scottish connections for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany (9780473187347)

Ruin lust: our love affair with decaying buildings

No, I haven't gone off my trolley! Followers of this blog will recall last week's posting alerting you to a Patter blogpost about reading widely and expanding your mind.

Read beyond your subject boundaries, Patter advises.  Go to exhibitions.  See what thoughts are triggered by unexpected connections.

So here is my suggestion: read Brian Dillon's article in the Guardian newspaper (Friday, 17th February 2012).  It's all about a London photographic exhibition, featuring atmospheric, thought-provoking photos of decayed Detroit.  Deserted stations, libraries, offices ... you'll find hyperlinks to some of the photos in the book which prompted the exhibition.

• Why do we love ruins?  (Which makes me ask, why are we fascinated by early music?  by minstrels and bards?  by paintings and poets from the Romantic era?  by Gothic novels?)

You get my drift!  Go on - read it!

Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools 2012

5-12 August 2012
@ Emmanuel College, Cambridge

The new programme for the Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools is available now.