Polysembles
Our ‘Polysembles’ are our larger and/or mixed ensembles. These include choirs, orchestras, medieval band & and folk ensembles.
In the earlier days of HISS, these were the evening sessions, opportunities for larger mixed ensembles to work on repertoire jointly – one of the features of HISS. However, as timetabling has varied in recent years, these are not always scheduled every evening! The feedback every year indicates the joy singers and players in these sessions to join with and see and hear the sheer variety of instruments that are assembled at HISS!
These are the polysembles on offer for 2025:
Dances from Brade Suite No. 3
Join us for an imaginatively creative ‘orchestration’ of this ‘classic’ 5-part consort music.
with Alison Kinder, Lynda Sayce and Mary Tyers
for recorders, viols and plucked strings
Folk Band coming soon
When the Nightingale Sings
Looking at songs from all over Europe inspired by our feathered friends. Landini, Cara, anonymous rounds, and a haunting Sephardic song thrown in the mix!
with Rebecca Austen-Brown and Tim Bayley
all instruments welcome (Medieval Band)
Vocal/strings coming soon
In advance of the course we will ask you to choose which of these groups you would like to join