Early Music for Libraries and Schools
Are you looking for a professional Historical Music Presentation for your School or Library?
THE HARPER AND THE MINSTREL
Present two Early Music offerings
featuring over a dozen Period Instruments
- RENAISSANCE DANCE & ROMANCE
A Delightful concert of dance music and love songs from the Renaissance era including:
John Dowland's Come Again Sweet Love and Now O Now I Needs Must Part
Thomas Ford's Since First I Saw Your Face
Orlando di Lasso's Mon cœur se recommande à vous
A mixture of stately and lively dance pieces such as:
La Volta, Argeers, Ríu Ríu Chíu, The Torch Bransle, The Bassa Danse,
Childgrove, Pavan, and La Montovana
- THE EARLY MUSIC MENU
Audience participation!
Choose tunes from a MENU featuring Medieval and Renaissance Music in many styles
Sacred to secular, vocal and instrumental
Samples from the Menu:
SACRED MEDIEVAL:
Selections from the 13th century Cantigas de Santa Maria
Cuncti Simus
SECULAR MEDIEVAL:
Quantas Sabedes
En May
J'a nun hons pris
C'est la fins
SING ALONG:
Heart's Ease
Halan Tow
FORIEGN LANGUAGE
A La Una Yo Naci (Ladino)
Tourdion (French)
Dormi Dormi (Italian)
IRISH
Once I Had A Sweetheart
Hunt the Squirrel
JAY MICHAELS:
Gothic Bray Harp, Viola da Gamba, Classical Guitar, Rebec, Dulcimer, Vocals
ABBY MICHAELS:
Vocals, Hammered Dulcimer, Recorders, Bamboo Flute, Irish Wooden Flute, Double Flute, Bowed Psaltery, Penny Whistles
