Special programming for 2016
Music of Shakespeare's Time
William Shakespeare
(1564—1616)
The 400th Anniversary
Long Live Shakespeare!
Presented by Anne & Rob
Burns as
A REASONABLE FACSIMILE
All programs feature replica Renaissance
instruments and commentary about the instruments and music selections.
Demos include more detail about the instruments.
Summer
Reading Program and
Children's Program for Libraries, Schools and Community Centers
The setting: On a lovely summer evening A
Reasonable Facsimile packs a picnic and some musical instruments.
But the night is soon interrupted by nocturnal insects and animals—even
mischievous sprites. The visitors play along on Renaissance tunes
with a little help from the audience. Fun music and funny action
for the whole family with a nod to Shakespeare's great comedy! More
info here
"I have a reasonable good ear in music. Let's
have the tongs and the bones."
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 4, Scene 1
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Musical Instrument Demo
for Schools, Libraries and Community Centers
Upper Elementary Ages to Adult
Anne and Rob Burns, as A Reasonable Facsimile,
demonstrate musical instruments of William Shakespeare's time. The
audience will enjoy hearing lively music popular in the time of
the Bard on replica Renaissance musical instruments mentioned in
his scripts.
"Wilt thou have music? Hark! Apollo plays."
Taming of the Shrew, Induction, Scene 2
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Concert for General
Audiences at Libraries, Festivals and Community Centers
In this concert, A Reasonable Facsimile
introduces Renaissance dance music and songs from inside and outside
the plays of Shakespeare. Musicians of Shakespeare's company selected
music to drive the plays and to keep the both the peasants and the
nobility happy between scenes. A Reasonable Facsimile
selects appealing music from Elizabethan England to invoke the spirit
of those earlier musicians and to delight modern audiences. To lend
authenticity to the Shakespearean sound, the duo plays on copies
of Renaissance instruments including recorders, flutes, strings
and percussion.
"What harmony is this? My good friends, hark!"
"Marvelous sweet music!"
The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 3
Audio excerpt:
Three Merry Men/Strawberry Leaves
(Text from Twelfth Night)
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OTHER ENSEMBLES
Canzonet
Madrigals, canzonets (short songs) and ballads by
Morley, Weelkes, Ravenscroft and other composers of William Shakespeare's
time are performed by a trio of women including Anne Burns. 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.
"This is a merry ballad, but a very pretty
one."
The Winter's Tale, Act 4, Scene 4
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Old
Oaks Renaissance Consort
This is an augmented version of A Reasonable Facsimile's
concert, above. Anne & Rob are joined by 2 to 3 musicians to
complete Old Oaks Renaissance Consort. The result
is a wonderfully rich sound in 4 or 5 part versions of music Shakespeare's
time. Featured instruments are recorders, flutes, violas da gamba
and lute.
E-mail us for bookings and information
contact@reasonablefax.com
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