Upcoming events.
The World Renowned Michael Elston Mandolin Orchestra
Greater Manchester
The World Renowned Michael Elston Mandolin Orchestra
Sunday 21st June
11am - 4:30pm
Didsbury Parsonage Summer Fair
The Old Parsonage, Stenner Lane, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2RQ
Carlo Aonzo Mandolin Workshop
Two days of full immersion in the repertoire and technique of the Classical Mandolin
Register Here: https://accademiamandolino.com/subscription-form-manchester
Dowland 400 Festival, at the Norwich Octagon
BMG Federation members are warmly invited to come and help us celebrate 400 years of the musical legacy of John Dowland (1563–1626), this July. We have prepared a four-day music festival in the historic city of Norwich with concerts by top musicians, talks, masterclasses, and market stalls.
Why not stay a bit longer and make a real holiday of it? There’s lots for you (or your significant other) to see and do in Norwich, which in Dowland’s day was England’s second city, with a church for every week of the year and a pub for every day—plus two cathedrals, a castle, an art gallery, pictureque streets, and plenty more. And if that isn’t enough Cambridge is only a train ride away, with further delights.
Concerts from Nigel North – Bor Zuljan – Matt Wadsworth – Augustin Cormwall-Irving -Emma-Lisa Roux – Fretwork viol quintet - Dowland’s Foundry vocal quartet - Chordophony lute quartet – Fleet Street Revival broken consort – Matthew Brown harpsichordist and the Netherlands Lute Society 10-piece lute band
Talks from Matthew Spring – Michael Lowe – Jan Burgers – Joachim Held – Sigrid Wirth - Daniel Thomson – Nigel North – Peter Holman – Luke Challinor – Peter Hauge
Masterclasses – Workshop – Lessons - Market – Try a lute!
For more details see our website - tickets, day passes and whole festival passes now on sale
Historic Mandolin Performance
Unmissable historic mandolin event at the Lute Society meeting, Saturday 9th May, at the Dutch Church, London
BMG Federation members are warmly invited to a historic mandolin event unique in the annals of the early music revival - 18th century mandolin music played on an original instrument made by the father of the composer! The composer is John Francis Weber, Handel’s lutenist, who wrote the mandolin music played in the famous painting of Prince Frederick and his sisters; Weber's father was a luthier.
At 2pm on Saturday 9th May, at the meeting of The Lute Society, to be held at The Dutch Church, 7 Austin Friars, (just off Old Broad Street) London EC2N 2HA (nearest tubes: Bank, Liverpool Street). Davide Rebuffa will play a historic mandolin by Weber (senior), accompanied by Peter Holman on the harpsichord and Louise Jameson on baroque cello; David will present his new book on the Genoese mandolin. About the closest we can ever get to the music in the famous painting.
40 EASY GUITAR DUETS
available on AMAZON until end APRIL 2026 for only 10 euros
This collection of 40 original easy to early intermediate attractive duet guitar pieces was composed for classical and fingerstyle guitarists of all ages. The compositions are mostly written in the first and second position. All pieces are enjoyable and accessible with singable melodies, easy colorful chords with lots of open strings, and creative chord progressions. The note values and rhythms were in most pieces kept simple. Where necessary I added counting suggestions.
BFO & EMGO Mandolin Concert
One and only appearance of the BFO this year, trialling some of the pieces we will play in Germany.