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The Song of Songs
Francisco Guerrero ~ Surge propera amica mea, Missa Surge propera
Tomás Luis de Victoria ~ Vidi speciosam, Quam pulchri sunt
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ~ Dilectus meus, Quae es ista
Cipriano de Rore ~ Descendi in hortum meum
Orlando de Lassus ~ Anima mea liquefacta est
Leonhard Lechner ~ Ich bin ein Blumen zu Saron
Melchior Franck ~ Du bist alle Dinge schön
Heinrich Schütz ~ Ego dormio, Vulnerasti cor meum
Howard Skempton ~ Rise up, my love
Lucy Goddard writes: “The surprising focus of the Old Testament’s Song of Songs texts on erotic love provided Renaissance composers in continental Europe with an amazing source of inspiration for some of their most expressive works. Our Monteconero programme takes us to Italy (literally!), following in the footsteps of so many composers of the Spanish and Franco-Flemish Renaissance, before moving forwards in time to the early baroque Germany, whose composers also took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance. Howard Skempton’s Rise up, my love will also give us a refreshing contemporary take on our theme. My approach as a conductor, singer and vocal coach is always to start with the text. We will be engaging deeply with the amazing Song of Songs texts and using them to create myriad colours with our voices. I studied Italian and lived in Florence. I can’t wait to share my passion for this wonderful country and culture.”
Lucy Goddard enjoys a dual career as both a consort and solo singer and as conductor. Since January 2019 Lucy has been Music Director of the Orlando Chamber Choir, an amateur chamber choir specializing in Renaissance and Baroque music.
Lucy founded Concordium String Ensemble in 2018, and has been chorus master for the SWAP’ra gala at Opera Holland Park. Lucy has performed as a soloist in many of London’s most prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall and St John’s Smith Square. She is a core member of EXAUDI vocal ensemble, with whom she performs both Renaissance music and works by living composers. She also loves performing with early music consorts, and has enjoyed performing with the Dunedin Consort, Freiburger Barockorchester, English Concert, Solomon’s Knot and the Academy of Ancient Music. Lucy is also a regular member of London Voices, singing for film soundtracks and in other projects.
Lucy is a committed singing teacher of both children and adults. She has taught at the Lady Eleanor Holles School since 2009. She takes a keen interest in vocal pedagogy and stays up to date with the latest research. Lucy graduated with distinction for her Master’s in vocal performance at the Royal Academy of Music, where she was awarded the S and M Eyres Wilson Scholarship and supported by the Josephine Baker Trust. She previously read modern languages at Girton College, Cambridge, where she was a choral and instrumental scholar. She also played the violin in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and its Italian equivalent, L’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, and spent a year studying at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Italy.
Besides singing Lucy loves playing violin in a string quartet and spending time in Italy. She also loves swimming outdoors, hiking, camping, reading, cycling and baking bread.
THE COURSE
The plan is to meet at Hotel Monteconero for a 5pm rehearsal on Sunday the 16th of June. Then from Monday to Friday there will be rehearsal sessions each morning and at the end of the afternoon. We have dinner together in the hotel. We will give a final concert in the church at the hotel in the evening of Friday the 21st of June. The course ends after breakfast on Saturday the 22nd of June.
Patrizia and Augusto Melappioni, the third generation of owner-managers of the Hotel Monteconero, with receptionist Sabrina Marini (centre) in the courtyard of the hotel with the church in the background.
HOTEL MONTECONERO
We all stay at the Hotel Monteconero, which gives exceptional value for the degree of comfort on offer. The rate for half board per person per day excluding drinks in a double room is €92.50 (for the whole course €555, about £478). There is a daily supplement of €22.50 for single occupancy. A room will be booked for you on registration; you pay the charges direct to the hotel. Ancona is the nearest airport; Ryanair fly there from Stansted, and Lufthansa from Munich, with connecting flights from many other airports. The hotel will send a minibus taxi to meet the Ryanair flight on Sunday the 16th of June and we will arrange the sharing of taxis for other arrivals. The nearest railway station is Ancona.
FEES AND ENROLMENT
The fee for the course is paid in two parts: a deposit of £310 or the equivalent in euros on registration and €350 on or before arrival at Monteconero. The deposit may be credited to another course if you have to withdraw and we are able to allocate your place to another singer. The fee includes payment for a booklet containing all the music, which will be sent to you in advance but not travel; meals and accommodation are paid separately direct to the hotel. To apply for a place on this course just fill in the application form below and press ‘send application’.
