Our ninth tour in Italy included sung masses & concerts in Naples, Sorrento & Rome, performing works for voices & recorders by Gesualdo, Macque, Mazzone, Morales, Palestrina, Alessandro Scarlatti, Trabaci, Victoria & Wert
Sheila Beardslee & virtuoso organist Libor Dudas, co-directors
There’s not much early music heard in Croatia, and we have the opportunity to share our passion for this wonderful music first hand. For our 10th music trip to Europe, Ars & Amici will present concerts and sing masses in Renaissance & Baroque churches. Our repertoire features music from England and Italy from ca 1560-1700 for voices and recorders. Our program will include a variety of sacred & secular, vocal & instrumental repertoire including Croatian Renaissance motets!
Using Zagreb & Osijek as our home bases, we visit Trakoscan, Varazdin & Djakovo to sing in castles and cathedrals, as well as crossing into the Baroque city of Pecs in Hungary for a day. There are free days in Zagreb & Osijek for exploring on your own. Our schedule is being finalized in January 2009.
Accommodations in 3-star hotels (doubles with private bath/singles available at a surcharge; breakfast included. Lunch & dinner will be on your own (with suggestions from Libor).
Rehearsals: 1 weekend/month November-March; solos & small ensemble solos may be available for singers.
Places available for friends to travel with us. We are a well-seasoned group of independent travelers sharing a common love of music & adventure.
Interested? Contact Sheila Beardslee, sheilabb@verizon.net.
Ars et Amici & Concordia Consort together present a concert of English & Italian music from the late 16th & 17th centuries.
The English pieces feature sacred & secular choral works by Byrd, Gibbons, Tallis, Farmer & Morley, with instrumental pieces by Dering & Tye. The Italian pieces feature choral works by Verdelot, Arcadelt & Palestrina with instrumental works by Gesualdo, Gabrieli & Bertali. The two ensembles jointly perform works of Gibbons, Marenzio, Gabrieli & Cavalieri.
Performances:
Admission $15, $10 students/seniors