GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL & EXHIBITION 2008

Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London SE10 9LW 14th - 16th November 2008

The 2008 Greenwich International Early Music Festival and Exhibition 14th -16th November 2008 The World's largest Early Music Festival and Exhibition returns to the Old Royal Naval College for a 7th year! Jointly promoted by The Early Music Shop, the Greenwich Foundation and Trinity College of Music the event is an essential fixture on the early music calendar, attended by an ever increasing number of exhibitors and visitors each year.This year's festival will also be celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Early Music Shop, with an impressive line up of performing artists, and a number of special events to mark the occasion. Thursday 13th November - Opening Concert, Evening Friday 14th November 10.30am - 5.30pm Saturday 15th November 10.00am - 6.00pm Sunday 16th November 10.00am - 5.00pm Admission to exhibition (includes complete programme): Adults £7.50 Concessions £5.00 2 day ticket £12.00 3 day ticket £16.00 Children under 14 free (concessions OAPs, UB40 holders, students, TCM staff and students free entry with TCM Resource Card) CONCERT ADMISSION AS PER PROGRAMME OF EVENTS EXHIBITION - The world's largest early music fair! The largest Early Music Exhibition of its kind! A wide cross-section of early instrument makers from around the globe, shops, music publishers, societies, recording companies and early music forums all gathered under one roof. This is the perfect opportunity to compare, contrast and hopefully buy the instrument you had always promised yourself! Exhibitors will show off their products in front of experts and clients and provide advice on all aspects of these instruments from basic servicing, finishing and string replacement to decoration and troubleshooting. An array of superb instruments will be on display and for sale including harpsichords, clavichords, spinets, organs, viols, baroque violins, mediaeval fiddles, lutes, harps, hurdy-gurdies, crumhorns, shawms, rebecs, pipes, sackbutts, trumpets, drums, tabors, and an incredible variety of recorders. Makers' Demonstration Recitals In addition there will be makers' demonstration recitals throughout each day (on the hour) sponsored by the makers themselves. CONCERTS AND RECITALS Artists include: Trinity College of Music Early Music Faculty (Festival Opening Concert Thursday 13th November) The Royal Wind Music Stile Antico Horses Brawl Greenwich Baroque Consortium5 Joglaresa Passacaglia Chris Orton MASTER CLASSES Walter Reiter - baroque violin John Henry - harpsichord Sue Sheppard - baroque 'cello MOECK/SRP SOLO RECORDER PLAYING COMPETITION WINNERS RECITAL A concert will be given by Chris Orton, winner of the 2007 Moeck/SRP solo recorder playing competition. This will take place in the Old Royal Naval College Chapel on the afternoon of Sunday 16th November 2008 at the Greenwich International Festival and Exhibition of Early Music. See Diary of Events for details of all above DIRECTIONS TO OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE: By Tube: The DLR (Docklands Light Railway) from 'Bank' or Tower Gateway to 'Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich' By Rail: from Charing Cross, Waterloo East, Cannon Street and London Bridge By River: from Westminster, Embankment and Tower Piers for Greenwich By Car: from the M25 via the A2 or M11/A12 Blackwall Tunnel (car parking Park Row and Cutty Sark Gardens) Disabled Access: Visitors requiring wheelchair access to the Painted Hall should call 020 8269 4799 in advance. OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE • GREENWICH • LONDON • SE10 9LW

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