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Songs & Dances of Renaissance Europe

Part of the Worcestershire Early Music Festival

Add to my Calendar 14-04-2016 19:15 14-04-2016 21:15 36 Songs & Dances of Renaissance Europe K'antu Ensemble take their name from an ancient style of Peruvian and Bolivian music and dance. Their colourful and energetic arrangements combine elements of folk and world music with historically informed techniques, bringing early music to new audiences. They bring a range of rare and wonderful musical instruments from recorders and crumhorns to guitar, archlute and psaltery, with voices and percussion. "K'antu Ensemble is a breath of fresh air: early music presented with beguiling virtuosity and inventiveness." (Howard Skempton) Old St Martin's Church, Worcester DD/MM/YYYY

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Old St Martin's Church
The Cornmarket
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2PN
England

Programme

Tobias Hume – Tobacco
John Dowland – Fine knacks for ladies
Orazio Vecchi – So ben mi ch'a bon tempo
Michael Praetorius – Canarios
Jacob Van Eyck – When Daphne from fair Phoebus did fly
Pierre Certon – Je ne l'ose dire
Juan del Encina – Amor con fortuna

Performers

K'antu Ensemble

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Programme Note

K'antu Ensemble take their name from an ancient style of Peruvian and Bolivian music and dance. Their colourful and energetic arrangements combine elements of folk and world music with historically informed techniques, bringing early music to new audiences. They bring a range of rare and wonderful musical instruments from recorders and crumhorns to guitar, archlute and psaltery, with voices and percussion.

"K'antu Ensemble is a breath of fresh air: early music presented with beguiling virtuosity and inventiveness." (Howard Skempton)

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