Up Merry Mates: Revels at the Inns of Court
London's Inns of Court, where lawyers have trained for centuries, held lavish winter festivities during Queen Elizabeth I's reign. Nightly revels gave law students a welcome break from their studies, offering the chance to act, sing, dance and drink alongside the public and nobility alike! Masques with ornate sets and fantastical costumes spared no expense and concluded with rambunctious country dances for all. This brand-new program includes comic and dramatic songs by Campion, Dowland, and Robert Johnson; masquing tunes by Coperario and Morley; and the old measures, or ceremonial court dances, in our own brand-new arrangements for broken consort.
Seven Times Salt
Karen Burciaga, Renaissance violin & tenor viol
Daniel Meyers, recorders, flute & percussion
Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol
Matthew Wright, lute
with
Agnes Coakley, soprano
Michael Barrett, tenor & recorder
Nathaniel Cox, bandora & theorbo
Time:
7pm Sun, Oct 30, 2016
Venue:
1353 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139
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