Chester Meeting House; 4 Liberty Street, Chester

5:00 PM

Songs to the Lute and Viol

Experience the world of Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare through the music of the time. The concert includes popular continental favorites—French courtly ayres and Italian dances, as well as traditional Appalachian ballads rooted in the British Isles, as well as works by John Dowland, Thomas Campion, Pierre de Ronsard, Clément Janequin, Shakespeare himself, and the always fascinating “Anonymous.”

Ronn McFarlane, lute

Mary Anne Ballard, viola da gamba

Danielle Svonavec, soprano

Program subject to change.

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