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Si Dolce e’l Tormento: Consort Music of the High Renaissance and Early Baroque

  • Saint George's Episcopal Church 915 North Oakland Street Arlington, VA, 22203 United States (map)

In the late 16th and early 17th century, music was in transition from the polyphony of the high renaissance to the new harmonies of the early baroque. Enjoy a concert of virtuosic rarely heard consort music drawn from this repertoire, enhanced by the unique sound created by the varied instruments and voice of a mixed consort. Music by Monteverdi, di Lasso, Merula, Kapsberger, Piccinini, Bassano, Clemens non papa, and more.

The Abella Harp Consort is a consort of mixed instruments consisting of widely acclaimed musicians lutenist William Simms and soprano Margaret Carpenter-Haigh, joined by Liv Castor, harp; Sarah Shodja, recorders; and Adrienne Hyde, viola da gamba.

Liv Castor, harp
Sarah Shodja, recorders
Adrienne Hyde, lirone and viola da gamba
William Simms, lute and theorbo
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano

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