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 2009
June 14 '09 - Hurly Burly, Peterborough's early music ensemble, presents: "Ere summer comes or cuckoo-birds do sing", featuring music from the time of Shakespeare. Sunday, June 14th at 2:30 p.m., St. John's Anglican Church in the Guild Hall, Peterborough, ON. Tickets are $10 ($5 for seniors and students), available at the door. Refreshments will be served during intermission.
CD's will be available for sale at the concert. For more info e-mail choir@celticharper.com or call (705) 748-3750.
Our usual haunt, for seasonal concerts and the like, is 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). 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
Dec. 14th, 2008 was our annual seasonal concert, "In Sweetest Harmony - a concert of medieval holiday music." We also gave a free, shortened version of the concert at Trent University in the Lady Eaton College dining hall on Dec. 4th, for anyone who couldn't make it to St. John's concert. We recorded roughly half of the tracks for our new, upcoming CD in 2008, and hope to have it completed by the end of 2009.
June 20th, 2008: Hurly Burly's spring concert took place on a Friday at Sadlier House (George St.) this year. We had a chance to try out the acoustics in the former dining hall, and found working in the new space to be quite an enjoyable experience. We did a sneak preview of some of the songs that will be gracing our upcoming CD, mostly medieval pieces from the Carmina Burana and the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
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.
Other news and projects from previous years
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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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Back to Tanah's personal page (lessons and solo harp)
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