Other
Ensembles
The
Little Dickens Band (Old-Fashioned Christmas Carols)
The
Little Dickens Band (Music From Davy Jones' Locker)
Old
Oaks Renaissance Consort (Renaissance and Medieval Music)
Canzonet
(Renaissance and Medieval Vocal Music)
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Canzonet.
OR Little Short Ladies of Three Voyces
(Renaissance and Medieval Vocal Music)
Catharine on viola da gamba, Jenni
and Anne on recorders
Canzonet is a Medieval and Renaissance
trio of women's voices. In addition to singing, the members of Canzonet
play Renaissance instruments including recorders, viola da gamba,
flute, guitar and percussion. Canzonet takes its
name from a 1593 publication by Thomas Morley: Canzonets, or Little
Short Songs to Three Voyces.
Jennifer Burke, Anne Burns and Catharine Langmuir have shared this
music at the Michigan Renaissance Festival, Whole Foods Markets
and Barnes and Noble Bookstore as well as at senior residences in
the area.
Audio excerpts from programs:
Oh
fly not, love
Though
Philomela lost her love
Whereto
should I express?/Alack, alas what shall I do?
Follow
me
Je
suis d'Allemagne
Greensleeves
Video excerpts from programs:
The Silver
Swan
A
Round of Three Country Dances in One
General Program:
Canzonet presents general concerts of Medieval
and Renaissance music from circa 1450-1610 by English composers
such as Thomas Morley, Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Ravenscroft, Anthony
Holborne, William Cornish and Henry VIII. Music of other European
composers from the same period is also a foundation of their repertoire:
Tielman Susato, Filippo Azzaiollo and Heinrich Isaac, among others.
Themed Programs are also available:
- To celebrate the month of May, the trio Canzonet
sings and plays Spring-themed songs and dances of the Renaissance
in the program "The Month of
May: Madrigals of Nature and Love." "Now
is the month of Maying," "Ce Moys de May" and "Greensleeves"
are featured in the program to evoke springtime thoughts turning
to love. Other pieces to be performed depict woodland animals, plants,
flowers and . . . more love!
- Canzonet goes international! The trio presents
a concert called "Songs
from Cathedrals, Castles and Cottages" which
is a tie-in to the 2017 Summer Reading Program, "Build a Better
World." Three-voice Renaissance songs and dances from England,
Scotland, Germany, France, Italy, Poland and even the New World
are performed, sometimes in translation. The poignant "Innsbruck,
ich muss dich lassen" (Innsbruck, I must leave you) and "Questi
tuoi occhi ardenti" (These ardent eyes that burn me) are juxtaposed
with the lighthearted "O lusty May" and "Dans notre
village" (In our village). Canzonet alternates
the songs with spirited dance tunes such as "Haiduk" and
"Bransle" to round out this Renaissance Grand Tour.
- "Ballads for
the Bard" is a program in honor of the 400th
anniversary of William Shakespeare's death in 1616. Madrigals, canzonets
(short songs) and ballads by Morley, Weelkes, Ravenscroft and other
composers of Shakespeare's time are performed by the trio. Lively
and sad, quick and mad, this music can be every bit as dramatic
as the plays of the time. Canzonet will find the
missing link between period songs and Shakespeare's works.
- Canzonet offers "Gaude!
Freut euch! Rejoice!" a selection of early
Christmas carols in Latin, German and English. The program features
music from the 15th-century English Selden Manuscript and from the
early 17th-century collections by the German composer/arranger,
Michael Praetorius. Also represented are tunes from the Renaissance
that were later adapted as Christmas songs: "Greensleeves"="What
Child is This?" "Bransle Official" = "Ding,
Dong, Merrily on High! Audio samples from program here.
(above image adapted from the image below)
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