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October 2021
I, Spie
The imagined story of John Dowland and his brush with the Secret Service.
St George's Hall, St George's Place, Liverpool
I, Spie
The imagined story of John Dowland and his brush with the Secret Service.
Victoria Hall, Main Street, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
I, Spie
The imagined story of John Dowland and his brush with the Secret Service.
The Arts Centre, Treaty Centre, High Street, Hounslow, London
November 2021
Benslow Recorder Festival
Benslow Recorder Festival celebrates the recorder with ensemble, technique and orchestral sessions at elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. It is led by tutors Tabea Debus, Alyson Lewin and Caroline Jones, with a recital given by SRP/Moeck 2019 prize winner Tabea Debus.
Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
An evening of Baroque Music, Song and Dance from the London stage of the 1700s
St Andrew's Church, Kimbolton Rd, Bedford
Meet The Composer Matthias Maute
An online Zoom Presentation by recorder player Andrew Collis and composer Matthias Maute
Zoom online
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.srp.org.uk/event/22940/">I, Spie</a></h2><p class="desc" >The imagined story of John Dowland and his brush with the Secret Service.</p><p class="location" >St Mellitus Church Hall, Tollington Park, Finsbury Park, London</p><p class="start" > 7.30pm - 9pm</p><p >£20 standard / £16 concession</p><p>THE IMAGINED STORY OF JOHN DOWLAND, AS HE COMBINES HIS LIFE AS A COURT MUSICIAN/COMPOSER WITH THE ELIZABETHAN ESPIONAGE UNDERWORLD.</p>
<p>This spell-binding new “concert-play” (where music and theatre collide) by Clare Norburn tells the story of composer/lutenist John Dowland’s brush with the Secret Service and how he manages to foil an Italian plot on the life of Queen Elizabeth I. Think Spooks, 16th Century-style! But ultimately, John’s fate is in the hands of the audience who will decide how the show should end.</p>
<p>The drama is directed by Nicholas Renton (BAFTA-nominated Mrs Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters, Musketeers, A Room With A View, Lewis, Silent Witness).<br />
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The playwright, Clare Norburn, is also the soprano and Artistic Director of The Telling, who are renowned for immersing audiences in a world of music and theatre. They will perform music by Dowland and his contemporaries, alongside Elizabethan tavern, street and courtly masque music.</p>
<p>Lineup:<br />
Clare Norburn, soprano<br />
Emily Baines, recorders<br />
Giles Lewin, fiddle/bagpipes<br />
Alison Kinder, viols<br />
Jamie Akers, lute</p>
<p>"What is most impressive about Norburn’s conception is the way that the various strata and elements combine and cohere so effortlessly. Past and present, truth and fantasy, real and imagined come together in a tightly knit and intimate drama." Opera Today</p>
<p>"Inclusive... non-pretentious... I really wish all ’classical’ (for want of a better word) concerts were like this" Morning Star<br />
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“mesmerising” The Guardian</p><p class="organisation" >Contact: williams.stephxd@gmail.com</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://www.thetelling.co.uk/i-spie">I, Spie Website</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.srp.org.uk/event/22942/">I, Spie</a></h2><p class="desc" >The imagined story of John Dowland and his brush with the Secret Service.</p><p class="location" >The Mount Hotel, Mount Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton</p><p class="start" > 7.30pm - 9pm</p><p >£20 standard / £16 concession</p><p>THE IMAGINED STORY OF JOHN DOWLAND, AS HE COMBINES HIS LIFE AS A COURT MUSICIAN/COMPOSER WITH THE ELIZABETHAN ESPIONAGE UNDERWORLD.</p>
<p>This spell-binding new “concert-play” (where music and theatre collide) by Clare Norburn tells the story of composer/lutenist John Dowland’s brush with the Secret Service and how he manages to foil an Italian plot on the life of Queen Elizabeth I. Think Spooks, 16th Century-style! But ultimately, John’s fate is in the hands of the audience who will decide how the show should end.</p>
<p>The drama is directed by Nicholas Renton (BAFTA-nominated Mrs Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters, Musketeers, A Room With A View, Lewis, Silent Witness).<br />
<br />
The playwright, Clare Norburn, is also the soprano and Artistic Director of The Telling, who are renowned for immersing audiences in a world of music and theatre. They will perform music by Dowland and his contemporaries, alongside Elizabethan tavern, street and courtly masque music.</p>
<p>Lineup:<br />
Clare Norburn, soprano<br />
Emily Baines, recorders<br />
Giles Lewin, fiddle/bagpipes<br />
Alison Kinder, viols<br />
Jamie Akers, lute</p>
<p>"What is most impressive about Norburn’s conception is the way that the various strata and elements combine and cohere so effortlessly. Past and present, truth and fantasy, real and imagined come together in a tightly knit and intimate drama." Opera Today</p>
<p>"Inclusive... non-pretentious... I really wish all ’classical’ (for want of a better word) concerts were like this" Morning Star<br />
<br />
“mesmerising” The Guardian</p><p class="organisation" >Contact: williams.stephxd@gmail.com</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://i-spie-wolverhampton.eventbrite.co.uk/?aff=SRP">More Info & Tickets</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.srp.org.uk/event/22944/">I, Spie</a></h2><p class="desc" >The imagined story of John Dowland and his brush with the Secret Service.</p><p class="location" >St George’s Hall, St George’s Place, Liverpool</p><p class="start" > 7.30pm - 9pm</p><p >£20 standard / £16 concession</p><p>THE IMAGINED STORY OF JOHN DOWLAND, AS HE COMBINES HIS LIFE AS A COURT MUSICIAN/COMPOSER WITH THE ELIZABETHAN ESPIONAGE UNDERWORLD.</p>
<p>This spell-binding new “concert-play” (where music and theatre collide) by Clare Norburn tells the story of composer/lutenist John Dowland’s brush with the Secret Service and how he manages to foil an Italian plot on the life of Queen Elizabeth I. Think Spooks, 16th Century-style! But ultimately, John’s fate is in the hands of the audience who will decide how the show should end.</p>
<p>The drama is directed by Nicholas Renton (BAFTA-nominated Mrs Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters, Musketeers, A Room With A View, Lewis, Silent Witness).<br />
<br />
The playwright, Clare Norburn, is also the soprano and Artistic Director of The Telling, who are renowned for immersing audiences in a world of music and theatre. They will perform music by Dowland and his contemporaries, alongside Elizabethan tavern, street and courtly masque music.</p>
<p>Lineup:<br />
Clare Norburn, soprano<br />
Emily Baines, recorders<br />
Giles Lewin, fiddle/bagpipes<br />
Alison Kinder, viols<br />
Jamie Akers, lute</p>
<p>"What is most impressive about Norburn’s conception is the way that the various strata and elements combine and cohere so effortlessly. Past and present, truth and fantasy, real and imagined come together in a tightly knit and intimate drama." Opera Today</p>
<p>"Inclusive... non-pretentious... I really wish all ’classical’ (for want of a better word) concerts were like this" Morning Star<br />
<br />
“mesmerising” The Guardian</p><p class="organisation" >Contact: williams.stephxd@gmail.com</p><p class="website" ><a itemprop="url" target="_blank" href="https://www.ticketquarter.co.uk/Online/i-spie">More Info & Tickets</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}