NCEM York Early Music Festival 2020

Thursday 9 July
Event 19 6.30pm – c.8.30pm
Venue NCEM, St Margaret’s Church
Tickets Reserved seating: £25 (£23 | *Under 35s £6)
THE SOCIETY OF
STRANGE AND
ANCIENT INSTRUMENTS
Reiko Ichise trumpet marine, viols
Jean Kelly trumpet marine, harps
Clare Salaman trumpet marine, nyckelharpa
Sam Stadlen trumpet marine, viols
with Steven Player dancer, actor, musician
THE TRUMPET MARINE PROJECT
For their latest ground-breaking
project, The Society of Strange
and Ancient Instruments proudly
revives the ‘trumpet marine’.
A towering, single-stringed
instrument with a host of
resonating or sympathetic strings,
it was a trumpet-substitute for the
use of nuns but also an unusual
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vehicle for virtuosic musical
display in the late 17 th century.
Despite its magnificent sound and
appearance, it fell out of circulation
in the late 18th century and has
rarely been seen or heard since.
Now, for the first time in 345 years,
four trumpet marines will be heard
together in this re-imagining of a
‘their vibrant, carefree virtuosity was as enthralling as ever’ Early Music Today
strangeandancientinstruments.com
‘A Rare Concert of four Trumpets
Marine’ advertised in the London
Gazette in 1674. Conjuring the
curious sights and compelling
sounds of late-17 th -century
England, SSAI will present old and
new works for trumpet marine
ensemble and other combinations
of exotic musical instruments.
NCEM is partnering SSAI to support a new commission which will help to bring the Trumpet Marine to a wider,
younger, audience. Find out more at: ncem.co.uk/ssai-commission