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Featured Event
January 20th, 2019, 4:00PM
Austin Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists
Just in time for Carnival season, we present a chamber program made up of early baroque works from Venice and northern Italy. Often seen as a reaction against the controlled restraint of the late Renaissance, music in 17th-century Italy changed drastically, and the expressivity and emotional frankness of the music of Monteverdi and his contemporaries can be arresting, even today. Works by Monteverdi, Merula, Uccellini, Caccini, and others, performed by a small ensemble including violin, recorder, cello, dulcian, harp, and theorbo.
Featured Composer
William Byrd
1537-1623 Known as the “Father of British Music”, William Byrd in 1563 was appointed organist and choirmaster of Lincoln Cathedral, later moving to London to become co-organist with Thomas Tallis at the Chapel Royal.
Featured Instrument
Crumhorn
A capped reed in the woodwind family, developed in the Renaissance period. Its name means "bent horn."
