Winchendon Music Festival: Hideki Yamaya & William Simms, Renaissance lutes
Free
- Hideki Yamaya, lute
- William Simms, lute
Thomas Robinson — Selected works
John Dowland — Selected works
John Danyel — Selected works
Mr. Yamaya and Mr. Simms have selected several popular 16th-century lute duets by John Johnson (c.1545-1594), Thomas Robinson (c.1560-c.1610), John Dowland (c.1563-1626), and John Danyel (1564-c.1626).
About the 2023 Festival: The Winchendon Music Festival, led by Founder and distinguished American musician Andrew Arceci (who performs on colascione, viola da gamba, and double bass), returns this year for seven concerts from August 16-27. Featuring performances by international artists from a variety of genres including classical, folk, jazz, historical performance, and world music, this festival will showcase Mr. Arceci, Renaissance lutanists Hideki Yamaya and William Simms, other WMF Artists, the Arcadia Players, John Arcaro & Band, pianist George Lykogiannis, the folk collective Floyds Row, and the Worcester Jazz Orchestra.
For more information, please contact Hemsing Associates at (212) 772-1132 or visit www.hemsingpr.com.
About Winchendon Music Festival
WMF brings international artists to Winchendon, MA for solo & chamber concerts. Andrew Arceci, Director.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057439419622About Hideki Yamaya, lute
About William Simms, lute
​William Simms is an active performer of early music. Equally adept on lute, theorbo, and baroque guitar, he appears regularly with Apollo's Fire, The Bach Sinfonia, The Washington Bach Consort, Ensemble Vermillian, and Harmonious Blacksmith. He has performed numerous operas, cantatas, and oratorios with such ensembles as The Washington National Opera, The Cleveland Opera, Opera Lafayette, and American Opera Theatre. Venues include The National Cathedral, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Library of Congress, The Corcoran Gallery, The Kennedy Center and The Barns at Wolftrap. He has toured and recorded with The Baltimore Consort as well as with Apollo's Fire. His recording with Ronn McFarlane, Two Lutes, was the CD pick of the week on WETA in Washington DC in 2012. Mr. Simms received a Bachelor of Music from The College of Wooster and a Master of Music from Peabody Conservatory. He serves on the faculties of Mount St. Mary's University and Hood College, and is the founder and director of the Hood College Early Music Ensemble. He has recorded for the Dorian, Centaur, Naxos, and Eclectra labels.