Hurly Burly
Welcome to our site! Hurly Burly is an early music ensemble based in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. We are a local group dedicated to researching and performing early music, most notably music from the Medieval and Renaissance periods. See below for a description of our instruments and repertoire, current projects and our latest CD, "Syng We In Thys Hall".
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Upcoming Concerts 2007
Fri. June 20th, 2008: Hurly Burly spring concert. We'll be doing a sneak preview of some of the songs that will be gracing our upcoming CD. We're at a different location and time than usual, in Sadlier House on George St. on the Friday evening. Start time is planned for 7:30 p.m. Unfortunately, we regret that this location is not wheelchair accessible. We'll post more information here as it becomes available. And yes, our CD "Syng We In Thys Hall" will be available for sale. For more info e-mail choir@celticharper.com or call (705) 748-3750.
Our more usual haunt, for Christmas concerts and the like, is over at St. John's Anglican Church in the Guild Hall, Peterborough, ON, 99 Brock St. (you can also enter from Hunter just before the Hunter St. bridge). We'll be playing there again in December '08 (the current tentative concert date is Sun., Dec. 14th 2008). St. John's website: www.stjohnspeterborough.ca
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Repertoire & Instruments
Hurly Burly's music covers a wide range of time periods, from the 12th Century through to the early 17th Century. Some early period music we have performed includes selections from collections such as the Llibre Vermell (14th C.), Carmina Burana and Cantigas de Santa Maria, as well as works by composers such as Adam de la Halle (1200's), Gilles Binchois (1400-1460), Guillaume Dufay, and Josquin des Pres. Later period repertoire includes works by the likes of Thomas Ravenscroft, Susato, Byrd, Bassano, and madrigals from composers such as Thomas Morley (1557-1603) and Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605). We also write our own arrangements of period tunes and songs. Instruments used include recorders, harp, citole, psaltery, dulcimer, period fiddle, flute, rackett, lute-guitar, cornemus, and various percussion.
Generally the choir is project-based, that is, we decide on a theme for a concert or workshop and work towards that, usually doing a couple of concerts each year. However, when there is sufficient interest, we will sometimes organize informal music gatherings, such as bardic circles, music for dancing, music talks, and the like. We are also open to requests for demos and concerts for schools and charity organizations.
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News & Projects
Spring/Summer 2008: We're working towards recording our second CD, which will be a collection of Medieval Cantigas de Santa Maria, songs from the Carmina Burana, and Medieval pilgrimage pieces. We'll be doing several recording sessions throughout the spring and summer, and will hopefully have the new CD available by our winter '08 concert, if not sooner.
Sunday, December 9th 2007 was Hurly Burly's annual Christmas concert. This year our theme was Thys Yool: A Concert of Uncommon Christmas Music from Across the Centuries. We performed with special guest Curtis Driedger, who joined us on fiddle for several pieces.
Winter 2007 - There's been a bit of a delay due to our members' various time constraints and the fact that, with a not-for-profit group, family and work always come first, but: Hurly Burly is still (finally!) planning the recording of our second CD! We're all very excited about getting a chance to record a second CD, since we feel we have grown so much as a group in the years since our first CD, and we're eager to reflect our long-standing love of music from the medieval period, especially around the time of the Cantigas de Santa Maria and the Carmina Burana, both of which will feature prominently on our next recording.
Sunday, June 10th 2007 was Hurly Burly's spring concert: Devotion, Debauchery and Delight: A concert of mostly 13th C. music as it would have been heard in courts, castles and taverns. We had a lot of fun with this one and we're pretty sure the audience did too! Our repertoire for this concert was largely drawn from the Carmina Burana and the Cantigas de Santa Maria (which we plan to visit again for our next CD), with a few other things thrown in for spice. We got to a new level with our instrumental arranging, which was great, and we're hoping the energy will continue through to the December concert.
Other news and projects from previous years
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Meetings
Hurly Burly practice schedules depend on the current project, but generally go year-round, with breaks for holidays and reduced practices over the summer months. Hurly Burly regular meetings are every Thursday evening at 7:30 pm, either at 725 Aylmer Street N. (just North of Parkhill), or at 179 Dumble Ave. (off Barnardo). We sometimes meet on other nights as well if extra practices are required for specific projects. While we're not actively looking for new members at this time, if you're in the area and you think you might be interested in hooking up with us for a project at some point in the future, Hurly Burly is always on the lookout for people who can sing tenor, and/or play percussion or period reed or brass instruments. Music studied ranges from simple chant to advanced part pieces, and requires at least an intermediate level of sight-reading and preferably some previous choir/ensemble experience. Acoustic (and preferably early-period) instruments only (modern versions of period instruments may be considered). For up-to-date project information, email choir@celticharper.com or call (705) 748-3750.
Charities & Special Occasions
Hurly Burly is always open to doing demonstrations of music and dance for schools, charities and other organizations. We have also done theme weddings. We can perform casually, in formal attire, or in full period costume. If you have an event where you feel early music would be appropriate, feel free to contact us with the details.
Contact Us
Any inquiries regarding the choir or ensemble can be directed towards our musical director, Tanah Haney. You can get in touch with her by e-mail at choir@celticharper.com, or call (705) 748-3750.
Anyone interested in the Celtic harp in particular can check out the Celtic Harp Page at www.celticharper.com (where you can also find a set of links to other historical music pages).
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