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[[Folger Consort]] performed ''Italian Fantasia'' from April 1 to April 3, 2005. With Medieval instruments and virtuoso vocalists, the Consort explored the brilliant songs and instrumental pieces of Trecento Italy, pieces that Boccaccio's young Florentines may have enjoyed. The second part of the program embraced the musical expression of the new humanism of the following century at the dawn of the Renaissance, and included 15th-century improvisatores preserved by the court musicians of Isabella d'Este in Mantua. | [[Folger Consort]] performed ''Italian Fantasia'' from April 1 to April 3, 2005. With Medieval instruments and virtuoso vocalists, the Consort explored the brilliant songs and instrumental pieces of Trecento Italy, pieces that Boccaccio's young Florentines may have enjoyed. The second part of the program embraced the musical expression of the new humanism of the following century at the dawn of the Renaissance, and included 15th-century improvisatores preserved by the court musicians of Isabella d'Este in Mantua. | ||
[[File:Kendall Eisenstein Directors Folger Consort 2005.jpeg|342px|left|thumb|Folger Consort Artistic Directors | [[File:Kendall Eisenstein Directors Folger Consort 2005.jpeg|342px|left|thumb|Folger Consort Artistic Directors Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall.]] | ||
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*Patricia Ann Neely: vielle, viola da gamba | *Patricia Ann Neely: vielle, viola da gamba | ||
*Mark Rimple: countertenor, lute | *Mark Rimple: countertenor, lute | ||
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Revision as of 08:41, 14 July 2014
Folger Consort performed Italian Fantasia from April 1 to April 3, 2005. With Medieval instruments and virtuoso vocalists, the Consort explored the brilliant songs and instrumental pieces of Trecento Italy, pieces that Boccaccio's young Florentines may have enjoyed. The second part of the program embraced the musical expression of the new humanism of the following century at the dawn of the Renaissance, and included 15th-century improvisatores preserved by the court musicians of Isabella d'Este in Mantua.
Artists
Folger Consort
Artistic Directors
- Robert Eisenstein: vielle, viola da gamba
- Christopher Kendall: lute, harp
Guest artists
- Johana Arnold: soprano
- Robert Mealy: vielle, violin
- Patricia Ann Neely: vielle, viola da gamba
- Mark Rimple: countertenor, lute