 Oregon Renaissance Band |
"As it fell on a holie eve"
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Admission: $15 general, $12 students and seniors.
Tickets will be available at the door.
What on Earth is a sagbutt?*
The 13 musicians of the Oregon Renaissance Band will perform "As it fell on a holie eve," the second concert in Concerts @ 3:00pm series at St. Aidan's Episcopal Church, 17405 NE Glisan in Gresham, December 30th, 2012. This concert of Christmas and New Years is by 16th and 17th century composers for early instruments and voices. Celtic, Italian, German, English, Spanish, and French music will be featured by composers including O'Carolan, Playford, Praetorius, and Holborne, Byrd, Du Caurroy, and includes the performance of a Magnificat.
The instrumentalists and singers play music of and others on period instruments including violin, viola da gamba, lute, sackbutts, recorders, cornamusen, bagpipes, racketts, tartold, spinettino, krummhorn, tabor, and others. The program will include the splendid Magnificat by Pachelbel's son Charles who worked in 18th century South Carolina.
The other musicians in the ensemble are David Bryan, Sharon Cheney, Daphne Clifton, Ben Fitch, Lori Fitch, Polly Gibson, Andrew Harris, Kathy Langley, Cindy Markham, Kathryn Richer, and Hideki Yamaya.
Admission: $15 general, $12 students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door, or in advance from Mark Jones or by going to the St. Aidan's website and ordering them on line at http://staidans-gresham.org/.
What is a sagbut?
* Also know in English as sacbutt, sackbut, sagbutt, sackbutte, shagbolt, sacabushe, shakbusshe, or more commonly a trombone.
Additional Concert Dates
This concert is also offered 7:30pm: Friday, December 28th and 29th at the Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis St. in Portland. Get Map! Tickets for these concerts are available at the door ONLY.
More Info
Contact Mark Jones, St Aidan's Episcopal Church by phone 503.866.5572.
