Solo Concert Program: Renaissance Lute and Vihuela da mano
Music from the Age of Discovery
Phillip Rukavina, 6-course Renaissance Lute, vihuela da mano
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Music from the Age of Discovery features music for the 16th-century Renaissance lute and its Spanish equivalent, the vihuela da mano ("viol of the hand"). During the high Renaissance in Italy and Spain, solo music for the six-course lute and the vihuela da mano was considered one of the most refined expressions of the musical arts. Virtuoso players of these instruments were often considered as national treasures. The music composed for these instruments is simply captivating! |
Multimedia Concert Program: Renaissance Lute and Vihuela da mano with Visual Projections
A Grand Tour: A Musical and Visual Journey Through Renaissance Europe
Phillip Rukavina, 6-course Renaissance Lute, 10-course lute, vihuela da mano
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A Grand Tour is a concert of Renaissance masterpieces for the solo lute, blended with projections of visual artworks from the period. The result is a multi-media performance rich in historical cultural context for the audience. The paintings, linked to the music by their close proximity in time and place, offer a complimentary perspective into the world of Renaissance Europe and into the music we hear. As A Grand Tour unfolds, seemingly unrelated elements of the sister arts begin to interact, combining to offer a deeper sense of the human experience during Europe’s Renaissance age. |
Lute Song Recital Program
Cleare or Cloudy: The English Lute Ayre and Continuo Song
featuring Carrie Henneman Shaw, soprano
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Phillip Rukavina joins forces with oustanding soprano Carrie Henneman Shaw performing a wide variety of Renaissance and Baroque songs. The program, entitled Cleare or Cloudy, presents lute ayres composed by English lutenist/composers of the Elizabeathan age, including John Dowland, Thomas Campion, Philip Rosseter, Robert Jones and Thomas Morley. These ayres or lute songs display the gamut of emotions characteristic of the Renaissance era, from the brooding melancholic to the brightest of love songs. With texts by some of the most beloved English Renaissance poets, including John Donne, Sir Philip Sidney and even William Shakespeare, these ayres represent the Golden Age of the solo song. Also available are programs of songs from the Baroque era by composers such as Henry Purcell, John Eccles, Claudio Monteverdi, Carissimi, Rossi, Cavalli, and many more. |
| Soprano, Carrie Henneman Shaw | |
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