EARLY MUSIC PROGRAMS
(Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque-- Music first performed before 1750)

Food of Love [CD]
Renaissance instrumental music from the British Isles. Dances, ayres, divisions and variations, featuring HESPERUS’ trademark­—improvisation.
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My Thing is My Own [CD]
The lighter side of love, lust and marriage from 18th century composer/poet Thomas D’Urfey’s collection Pills to Purge Melancholy.
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Neo-Medieval [CD]
Medieval polyphony and improvisations on lute, recorder, vielle, saz, dombek, kamenj, dulcimer and vielle with Scott Reiss, Tina Chancey, and Grant Herreid.
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Luminous Spirit: Chants of Hildegard von Bingen [CD]
Soprano Rosa Lamoreaux sings the chants of the 12th-century abbess, to the improvisational accompaniment of Scott Reiss (recorder and hammered dulcimer) and Tina Chancey (vielle and kamenj).
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I Love Lucette [CD]
Bright and lively songs and dances from the French Renaissance theater, with Rosa Lamoreaux.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
Douglas Fairbank’s 1922 silent film of Robin Hood is accompanied by a quintet of HESPERUS musicians who perform lively and dramatic medieval and renaissance works about the gallant outlaw. A residency is also available, including educational materials and a pre-concert talk on The Outlaws of England.

A Christmas Carol
HESPERUS and revered singer/actor Charles Williams were commissioned by Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage to create an accompanied reading of the beloved classic, using country dance tunes and 18th century British carols.

Dancing Day [CD]
Traditional Christmas music from the British Isles, Italy, and Germany spanning the Middle Ages to the 18th century with Rosa Lamoreaux.

Sleeping Beauty
HESPERUS provides the live music for a bi-lingual, staged production of the familiar fairy tale with the internationally-known French/English-language theatre company Le Neon.

THE WILD KINGDOM: A Book of Beasts
An irreverent exploration of the animal kingdom, with guests, mime Mark Jaster and narrator Robert Aubry Davis. The mysterious cat, slithering panther, mythical phoenix and majestic lion live in medieval & renaissance texts and music, and Mark’s hilarious antics.

Baroque Recorder Concerti [CD]
Concertos by Telemann, Vivaldi, Graupner, Naudot, and Babel featuring recorder virtuoso Scott Reiss.
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A Slave to Fashion: the Aristocratic Pardessus de Viole [CD]
Tina Chancey is one of a handful of exponents on this rare and beautiful hybrid of the viol and violin. She and Webb Wiggins perform baroque sonatas and suites on pardessus & harpsichord.