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The Woods so Wild with Fontanella Recorder Quintet
A feast of music featuring the Lark, nightingale, and all the pleasures of the ancient "oken wood"
Part of the Worcestershire Early Music 2019 Festival
Add to my Calendar 01-06-2019 13:00 01-06-2019 15:00 36 The Woods so Wild with Fontanella Recorder Quintet William Byrd’s famous setting Henry VIII ’s favourite song forms a backdrop to music from the thirteenth to the twenty first centuries, including music by Byrd, Monteverdi and Purcell, as well as some jazz arrangements and new sounds A UK-based recorder quintet specialising in historical performance, new music and education projects, Fontanella entertains audiences of all ages in a variety of programmes designed to bring the history of this familiar and versatile instrument to life. 'What was remarkable was the quality of their ensemble playing. You can see them constantly communicating, with eye contact and body language, so you can see how it is being done, but it still seems like a bit of magic…’ The Recorder Magazine Old St Martin's Church, Worcester DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Old St Martin's Church
The Cornmarket
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2PN
England
Programme
William Byrd – The Woods so Wilde
Camille Saint-Saens – Carnival of the Animals: Voliere / The Aviary (arr. A Knight)
Anatoly Lyadov – The Legend of the Birds (arr. R Austen-Brown)
Henry Purcell – Ode for St Cecilia's Day: Hark! Each Tree (arr. R Austen-Brown)
Thomas Ravenscroft – Pammelia: Hey downe downe
William Byrd – The Leaves be Greene
Claudio Monteverdi – Il quatro libro di madrigali: 'Quel augellin che canta' (arr. for recorder quintet)
Performers
Fontanella
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Programme Note
William Byrd’s famous setting Henry VIII ’s favourite song forms a backdrop to music from the thirteenth to the twenty first centuries, including music by Byrd, Monteverdi and Purcell, as well as some jazz arrangements and new sounds
A UK-based recorder quintet specialising in historical performance, new music and education projects, Fontanella entertains audiences of all ages in a variety of programmes designed to bring the history of this familiar and versatile instrument to life.
'What was remarkable was the quality of their ensemble playing. You can see them constantly communicating, with eye contact and body language, so you can see how it is being done, but it still seems like a bit of magic…’ The Recorder Magazine
