A Renaissance Christmas
At Gaston Hall, Georgetown University
December 10-12, 2010
Folger Consort
Artistic Directors
Robert Eisenstein - viol
Christopher Kendall - lute
For our Christmas celebration this year, we offer a selection of English music dating from the mid-16th to the late-17th centuries. With the Tallis Scholars, a quartet of viols, a wind player, lute, and organ, we have the necessary forces to present much of the wonderful vocal and instrumental music of the time. The enduring repertoire of Renaissance music vividly conveys the joy and spirit of the season. Master composers, including Byrd, Gibbons, Taverner, and Purcell, provide us with rich and varied settings for high voices and stringed instruments, allowing you hear the full sweet harmonies that were England’s contribution to the music of the Renaissance.
Voices
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, director
Janet Coxwell, Alice Gribbin, Amy Haworth, Amy Wood,
sopranos
Patrick Craig, David Gould, altos
George Pooley, Christopher Watson, tenors
Donald Greig, Rob Macdonald, basses
Orchestra
Joseph Gascho - organ
Daniel Rippe - viol
Alice Robbins - viol
Mary Springfels - viol
Tom Zajac - Renaissance winds
