PROGRAMMES
A GARDEN OF BLACK FLOWERS
Love poetry and melancholy in late 16th century diminutions, motets and madrigals
by Palestrina, Bovicelli, Rognoni, Bassano et al.
Nova Atlantis
- Travel to utopia
Music by William Byrd, John Wilbye, Thomas Tomkins et al.
Excerpts from Francis Bacon’s „New Atlantis“ (1627) and Marge Piercy’s „Woman on the Edge of Time” (1976)
TO MUSICKE BENT IS MY RETYRED MIND
A secret musical gathering in Elisabethan England with music by Campion, Dowland, Tye, Byrd et al.
A TRAVERS LE MIROIR - THROUGH THE MIRROR
Franco-Flemish chansons, new compositions and audio installations for traverso consort and lute
NIGHTINGALE’S OWN BROTHER
English music of the Tudor and Jacobean Era for Traverso and Virginal
IN TEMPORIBVS - THE ART OF TIME
Music from the 16th and 17th centuries about time, transience, and rhythms of (everyday) life
by Dowland, de Rore, da Milano, Zirler, Othmayr et al.
We constantly develop new programmes and projects. If you have interest in a concert, instrumentations, background information or you want to make a booking request, please don’t hesitate to contact us!