Faronel

We really enjoyed the concerts over the summer and it looks as though our audiences did too.

After the Whitstable concert we spent a couple of days recording some of our repertoire and our first CD is due to be released in mid December. Douce Dame Jolie features many of the instruments we play plus some vocal pieces too. The music ranges from the 11th to the early 17th centuries, and includes works from some early collections such as Odhecaton, the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat and the Henry VIII manuscript, plus music by composers such as Dufay, Machaut, Cavazzoni, Susato and Gibbons. Details of how you can obtain your copy will be posted here soon. In the meantime you can listen to some extracts by clicking the links below:

Douce Dame Jolie

O Virgo Splendens

Emperorse Pavan

Dit le Bourgignon/Branle d’Ecosse

We are now busy planning our 2013 concert series: watch this space for details in the new year!

9 June  Pastyme with Good Companye: Medieval and Renaissance Music with Faronel
A concert of music for voices and a variety of early instruments, including rebecs, recorders, crumhorns, harp, organ, symphony, bagpipes and medieval fiddle. The programme includes sacred and secular music from the medieval period, and celebrating the royal theme of the Diamond Jubilee week, the second half will feature music from the court of King Henry VIII
St Peter and St Mary’s Church, Wilmington, East Sussex. 7.30pm. Tickets £10 concessions £8. Tickets: 01323 488824
14 July All Saints, Waldron, East Sussex. 7.30pm
27 July Between the earth and the sphere. St Alphege’s Church, Whitstable, Kent. 3.30pm. Tickets: 07802 735190

Faronel presented a Christmas concert at the church of St Mary de Haura in Shoreham on Monday 19 December.

Welcome Yule! was a wide-ranging programme celebrating Christmas in all its aspects including works by Dunstaple, Power, Dufay, Machaut, Henry VIII and many others for harp, positive organ, rebecs, medieval fiddle, recorders, crumhorns, symphony, bagpipes and voices.

Faronel perform music from the late Medieval and Renaissance periods on a variety of period instruments, including recorder, crumhorn, cornamuse, rackett, kortholt, curtal, bagpipe, shawm, rebec, medieval fiddle, viol, harp, hurdy gurdy, psaltery, symphony, harpsichord, organ and percussion.

In due course, this will be the permanent home of the ensemble, but while we are building the website, you can always refer to our temporary website here, or visit the Faronel on MySpace, where you can hear some sample music.

Our repertoire includes instrumental and vocal works ranging from Medieval works of the 12th Century through the courtly songs and dances of the 16th century to the consort music of the early 1600s.

Faronel specialise in concerts that aim to demystify an area of repertoire that is often unfamiliar to general audiences with the aid of entertaining and informative explanations of the music and instruments.

You can now hear us playing the Upshares Downshares theme on crumhorns on the BBC Radio 4 website!

Please contact us if you would like a copy of our demo CD!