W&M Early Music Ensemble: Anniversaries and Weird Instruments

Starts: November 7, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Location: Wren Chapel

Summary

Music in memory of Purcell, Handel, and...John Calvin (?!) Premiere of several very unusual new instruments in our collection.

Full Description

The W&M Early Music Ensemble presents renaissance and  baroque music in honor of Purcell (b. 1659), Handel (d. 1759) and John Calvin (b. 1509)  Admission free; seating limited to 120 people.  The concert also features such highly unusual instruments as the serpent and a six-foot-tall contrabass recorder built by a member of the ensemble.  For more info: email director Ruth Griffioen rvbgri@wm.edu or call 221-1089.  See also the news story about student Evan Callaway ('12) building the contrabass recorder that will premiere at the concert.