Musicians In Ordinary 2011/12 Concert series
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SEASON OPENING
8PM, Oct. 8th 2011 at Heliconian Hall
APT FOR VOICES AND VIOLINS
Consort songs, dances, lute songs and solos from the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts. Christopher Verrette leads a Renaissance violin band with Edwin Huizinga, Eleanor Verrette and Laura Jones. Music by Byrd, Dowland, Campion and others.
2PM, Jan. 1st 2012 and 8PM Jan. 2nd at Heliconian Hall
A NEW YEAR’S DAY CONCERT
Don’t like polkas and waltzes but looking for a concert on New Year’s Day? This is the concert for you. With guests Christopher Verrette and Edwin Huizinga, and Lysiane Boulva, organ. All new repertoire from the late Baroque including Vivaldi and his contemporaries.
8PM, Feb. 18th 2012 at Heliconian Hall
WHEN TIRCIS MET CHLORIS
The amours of shepherds Tircis, Corydon etc. and nymphs Chloris, Phyllis and others are laid bare in Baroque duets and dialogues from the time of Monteverdi with guest Bud Roach, tenor and Baroque guitarist.
8PM, Mar. 17th 2012 at Heliconian Hall
SERO SED SERIO
Our last concert has as its title the motto (Late but in Earnest) of Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, who died 400 years ago this spring. As Elizabeth and then James’ “prime minister” Cecil had his finger in every pie, including the musical one. Songs and lute pieces by Dowland, Lanier, Thomas Robinson and others.