Concert and educational outreach programs can be designed to fit your needs. Email info@philliprukavina.com or call 651-699-1808 for more information. |
Solo Concert Program I: Renaissance Lute and Vihuela da mano:
Music from the Age of Discovery
Phillip Rukavina, 6-course Renaissance Lute, Spanish 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 II: Renaissance Lute and
Vihuela da mano with Visual Projections of Art:
A Grand Tour: A Musical and Visual Journey
Through Renaissance Europe
Phillip Rukavina, 6-course Renaissance Lute,
Spanish 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. |
English Renaissance Lute Program:
Cleare or Cloudy: The Elizabethan Lute
Phillip Rukavina, 8-course & 10-course lutes
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One of England's finest late Renaissance composers and lutenists, John Dowland led a diverse, interesting, and unusually self-revealing life for a Renaissance figure. Widely traveled and possessing a strong personality, Dowland was extremely forthright in expressing his personal opinions and observations in the prefaces of his popular publications for the lute, as well as in his private correspondence. Dowland's insecurities, perceived poor luck, and notable lack of Elizabethan tact help to put a very human face on life during the tumultuous dawn of the Baroque age in "merry" old England! |
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Concert and educational outreach programs can be designed to fit your needs. |
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The World Untun'd: Music in Elizabethan England |
| The World Untun'd is a journey into the "straunge countrie" that was the world of Elizabethan and Jacobean England at the turn of the 17th-Century. Designed for history, art history, general music and classes on world cultures, the workshop focuses on the life experiences of the famous English lutenist and composer John Dowland. One of England's finest late Renaissance composers and lutenists, John Dowland led a diverse, interesting, and unusually self-revealing life for a Renaissance figure. Widely traveled and possessing a strong personality, Dowland was extremely forthright in expressing his personal opinions and observations in the prefaces of his popular publications of ayres for the lute, as well as in his private correspondence. Dowland's insecurities, perceived poor luck, and notable lack of Elizabethan tact help to put a very human face on life during the tumultuous dawn of the Baroque age in "merry" old England! Email info@philliprukavina.com or call 651-699-1808 for more information. | |
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In The Search for Shakespeare's Music, students take a journey into the fascinating musical world of William Shakespeare. We'll listen to some of the music Shakespeare used and refers to in his plays and discover how his choices of may have been consciously intended to impart meaning to his audiences, not unlike today's film scores. We'll explore the musical influences that shaped Shakespeare's world, including identifying patrons and likely musical colleagues and acquaintances. We'll explore the various genres of music he used in his plays and look at some of the actual sources that contain the music a Renaissance audience would have heard attending a performance at Shakespeare's Blackfriars and Globe Theatres. Email info@philliprukavina.com or call 651-699-1808 for more information. |
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Topics discussed include: Music and music making in the Elizabethan theatre. Was Shakespeare a musician? Shakespeare's patrons and musicians in their employ. New (and old) musical instruments in a rapidly changing world. Music making at court and in aristocratic homes. "Shakespeare's Songbook": Examining the sources of Shakespeare's music. Hidden musical references and shared understandings The dawn of the Baroque Age and changing musical style |
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Opera Workshop Project Henry Purcell's "Dido and Æneas" |
| Designed for classes in music performance and theatre, this week long residency invites students to experience professional music making in England, circa 1690. The culmination of the week long experience is the students' performance of Henry Purcell's famous hour long chamber opera Dido and Æneas.Lutenist Phillip Rukavina and soprano Carrie Henneman Shaw direct your students in a historically-informed, semi-staging of this beautiful and touching early English opera. In the process, the students learn the elements of English Baroque style, including the use of Baroque ornamentation, musical improvisation, realization of 17th century basso continuo, 17th century singing style, acting and gesture in early English opera, and much more. Email info@philliprukavina.com or call 651-699-1808 for more information. | |