Voices & Lute
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Apr
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May
Program: Passing By – My Life as a Minstrel
Posted by GoodPennyworths Published in News and Info, Upcoming Concert2014-18 Concert Performances Both touching and humorous, Passing By…describes the journeys of a modern day troubadour. This entertainment for the parlor features Renaissance lute songs, songs from Shakespeare’s plays, traditional folk ballads and classics from the 1960s, plus words from Shakespeare and contemporary poets. Garald Farnham has entertained children and adults on five continents with […]
6
Jan
The Sweets of Love – songs for two voices and Renaissance lute – Good Pennyworths share a variety of solos and duets that highlight the many facets of love. The music was composed by prominent artists at the time Shakespeare was writing his plays, often […]
20
Mar
Love is but a Jest: Songs for Lovers and Fools – Although the lute was primarily an instrument that thrived during the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, with imagination our quartet has realized accompaniments for music from later periods. Using a theme based on minstrelsy and […]
20
Mar
A Pennyworth of Christmas – A Yuletide classic that gets better each year. In this concert we broaden our usual Renaissance and Elizabethan repertoire to explore a quilt of carols and winter holiday songs. We make sure to include some ancient and lessor known carols with […]
20
Mar
Songs From Shakespeare: True Love Never Did Run Smooth is a concert of Shakespearean proportions! A staged, fully-scripted concert theater piece, Songs from Shakespeare explores universal truths: love’s messes, life’s heartbreaks and the laughter that sees us through. Working from a creative concept framed by Garald Farnham and Alane Marco (ensemble member 2007-2011) and […]
20
Mar
Love! Lust! Longing… Loss – an Elizabethan Romp – In the late 1500s and early 1600s, the lute songs, ballads, theatre songs and pub songs in this program were the “pop music” of their day, a musical language known to all classes of society, from courtiers […]
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Nov
Join us for our fifth annual Pennyworth of Christmas concerts in New York and Pennsylvania. Performance dates are: December 2, 2012 4:00pm – Orefield, PA December 15, 2012 8:00pm – New York January 5, 2013 7:00pm – Swarthmore, PA
27
Jun
Feature interview for our Early Music in Columbus Concert!
Posted by GoodPennyworths Published in News and Info, Upcoming ConcertChristopher spoke with Columbus, Ohio music columnist Jim Fischer about our new concert, “Love is but a Jest,” which we’re performing this Friday for Early Music in Columbus. Check out Christopher’s interview here.
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