Amateur musicians explore baroque chamber music repertoire under the guidance of Julia Bishop and Olwen Foulkes.
The BREMF 415 baroque workshop orchestra are back at The Rose Hill on Sunday 18 October, from 13:00 to 16:00. It's a session for amateur musicians to get together and work through baroque chamber music, and it's open to both members and non-members of the orchestra.
The orchestra was founded in 2018 to give Sussex-based amateur players a chance to come together monthly under the guidance of Julia Bishop. This particular session is led by festival co-artistic director Olwen Foulkes, and it pairs amateur players of instruments tuned to A=415 with like-minded enthusiasts exploring baroque chamber music repertoire together. If you're not already part of the group, it's a good way to get involved.
For a bit of context on the tuning: A=415 is a semitone lower than the standard A=440 used by most modern orchestras. It's the pitch that was common across much of Europe during the baroque period, and playing in it gives the music a slightly lower, warmer sound that's closer to how it would have been heard when it was first written. The workshop is built around that specific sound, so it's aimed at players who have instruments tuned to it.
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It runs from 13:00 to 16:00 at The Rose Hill, 70 Rose Hill Terrace, BN1 4JL. Tickets are £10 standard and £5 concession, though these are guide prices and subject to change.
