Oregon Renaissance Band at Family
Fridays at CMC
One performance only:
- Friday, May 17th
at 7:15pm, 2013
at the Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis, Portland, Oregon.
Music of Early Transylvania.
Music exclusively from the 17th century Transylvanian
manuscript Codex Caioni. Canzonas, dances, motets, and a song about
rabbit hunting will be performed by voices, violin, viola da gamba,
recorders, sackbutts, cornamuse, krummhorns, spinettino, racketts,
tartold, bagpipes, and percussion. The 11 person ensemble will perform "Lupul
Vaidane eneke," "Olah Tancz," "Tegnap groff halala," "A' nyul," "Delicta mea
horreo," and many more. The concert will be approximately one hour long without
intermission.
The Oregon Renaissance Band, celebrating its
22nd year, specializes in the performance of 16th and early 17th century
repertoire on historical instruments. They have appeared on NPR's
Performance Today and performed at the Regensburg Early Music Festival in
Germany.
Their new CD "Now make we joye," featuring Renaissance Christmas and other
celebratory music has just been released, and their earlier CD "Carnevale!," featuring Italian carnival songs and other festive
pieces, is in its second pressing. Many of the instruments played by
members of ORB are built by the performers themselves after museum
originals. Members include David Bryan, Sharon Cheney, Daphne Clifton,
Ben Fitch, Lori Fitch, Polly Gibson, Andrew Harris, Cindy
Markham, Gayle Neuman, Phil Neuman, Kathryn Richer, and Hideki Yamaya.