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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Medieval and Renaissance Forum presents Ensemble Chaconne

Medieval and Renaissance Forum presents Ensemble Chaconne

Ensemble Chaconne, with mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal, will join the 30th Annual Plymouth State University Medieval and Renaissance Forum for a single public performance Friday at 8:15 p.m. The concert will be performed at Heritage Hall in Hall Residence Hall on Highland Street in Plymouth.

Praised for "vitality and character … style and verve" by MusicWeb International, Ensemble Chaconne is celebrating its 23rd season. Members of the ensemble are Peter H. Bloom, Renaissance flute; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba and Olav Chris Henriksen, Renaissance lute.

Ensemble Chaconne will perform "Measure for Measure: The Music of Shakespeare's Plays" at PSU, a sampling of the music Shakespeare's audiences would have heard, written by the leading composers of his day.

Selections are tied directly to the plays and include music from "As You Like It," "Measure for Measure," "Twelfth Night," "Henry V," "The Winter's Tale," "The Tempest," "Hamlet," "Othello," "Macbeth" and other plays.

Ensemble Chaconne has garnered consistent critical acclaim for its vivid concerts of Renaissance music on period instruments. They have developed themed program for organizations including Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and the Peabody Essex Museum, and have performed in concert halls across the U.S.

Guest artist Pamela Dellal has toured the U.S., Europe, Australia and Japan and has recorded for Arabesque Records, Artona, BMG, and others.

Tickets for Ensemble Chaconne's Plymouth performance are $12 for adults, $9 for seniors and students. Contact Professor Karolyn Kinane at 535-2402 or send e-mail to kkinaneplymouth.edu.

Taken From Citizen.com

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