Name: Viol Vignettes: Music of Forgotten Viol Players (Sept. 17, Boston)
Start: 2022-09-17T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2022-09-17T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Chase Young Gallery

Viol Vignettes: Music of Forgotten Viol Players (Sept. 17, Boston)

Lyracle

Celebrating forgotten viol players through music and story telling

Chase Young Gallery

"Viol Vignettes: Music of Forgotten Viol Players" tells the stories of viol players and singers whose musical experiences aren't typically the focus of modern-day concert programs.  In this program, you'll meet <ul><li>Ann Ford (1737-1824), a London socialite who started her own concert series to support herself after fleeing from her father and an unwanted suitor.   </li><li>Dudley Ryder (1691-1756), a law student in London, whose 1715-1716 diary invites us to celebrate the centuries-old joy of making music just for the fun of it.  </li><li>Mancio Ito, Miguel Chijiwa, Martino Hara, Juliano Nakaura, and other students at Jesuit schools in Japan (c. 15601613) who became accomplished viol players and singers. </li></ul>Get to know these viol players through music that we know they played or that they likely knew, including works by old favorites like Handel and Lully and could-be-new-favorites like John Weldon and Damião de Goís.Actor Danielle Boivin will help give voice to these forgotten musicians with short dramatic readings by them or their contemporaries. Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano; James Perretta, viol; Arnie Tanimoto, violMasks RequiredLight refreshments will be served.

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