Alkemie: 'Love to My Likin': Album Release Concert
$30-$50 ($15 student/economic need)
- Tracy Cowart, voice, harps, & percussion
- Ben Matus, medieval bagpipes
- David R. McCormick, vielle
- Niccolo Seligmann, vielles, psaltery, scheitholt, gittern, & percussion
- Sian Ricketts, voice, recorders, & douçaines
- Adrienne Lotto, voice
- Elisa Sutherland, voice
Continuing the tradition of the troubadours, the trouvères of Northern France wrote some of the most captivating vocal music of the 13th Century. Their songs of public and private adoration wove together allusions both sacred and secular—creating mystical and spicy meditations on love and longing, punctuated by repeating refrains that recur across songs and texts. Alkemie reimagines these courtly love lyrics for our time, transforming songs typically sung for and written by men into passionate evocations by female singers. The lush musical textures are equally informed by historical performance practice, bluegrass, old time, and Celtic music, creating an alien yet familiar soundscape that bridges the past and present. Alkemie celebrates 10 years together with this album release and concert!
2 performances:
- Saturday, April 13, 4pm at Brooklyn Public Library – Central (free w/registration)
- Sunday, April 14, 7pm at All Saints Episcopal Church ($30-$50, $15 for students/those in economic need)
About Alkemie Medieval Music Ensemble
Alkemie exists to explore and share the life-affirming and alternative perspectives to be experienced in the sounds of centuries past. Comprised of singer-performers playing over a dozen instruments (including vielles, harps, psaltery, gittern, recorders, douçaines, and percussion), the ensemble has a particular interest in the porous boundaries between the court and folk music of the Medieval period.
http://www.alkemie.orgAbout Tracy Cowart, voice, harps, & percussion
About Ben Matus, medieval bagpipes
About David R. McCormick, vielle
Leading the charge for early music in the 21st Century, David McCormick is a multi-instrumentalist, scholar, and educator recognized for curating imaginative performances, creating educational opportunities for students of all ages, and guiding prominent arts organizations through the challenges of our time. He plays baroque violin and vielle in Alkemie Medieval Music Ensemble.
https://www.davidryanmccormick.com/