Author: Laura Conrad

We played:

* Ravenscroft ??O my fearful dreams??
* Morley, ??Good morrow, fair ladies of the May??
* Susato group:
** ??Entre du fol??
** ??Danse du Roy??
** ??Bergerette??
** ??Bergerette: Sans roch??
** ??La Morisque??
** ??La Battaille??
** ??Passe et medio??
* Dowland, ??O mighty God??, all three parts, that is, including ??When David’s life by Saul was often sought?? and ??When the poor cripple by the pool did lie??
* Purcell, ??He that would an alehouse keep??

h3. Schedule

The rehearsals for the next two months are restricted to people who will be performing with us. So I’ll probably be sending these detailed reports to that list rather than the wider list. If you want to see what we’re working on in general, I’ll be keeping the “spring performance page”:http://laymusic.org/wordpress/?page_id=318 up to date.

h3. Performing

In theory the deadline for signing up to perform was yesterday, but I’m letting a couple of people dither a little longer, so there’s still time if you want to join us, but act soon. The rules are:

* If you want to play on March 24, you must come to the rehearsal on March 20, and to at least one and preferably both of the rehearsals on March 6 and March 13. Recorder players are especially welcome at this performance.
* If you want to play on May 6, you must come to most of the rehearsals between now and then, except that if you aren’t also playing on March 24 you shouldn’t come on March 20. We can discuss the meaning of the word “most”, but anyone with an absolute commitment to being somewhere else more than half the time certainly shouldn’t sign up. Probably both the April 17 and the April 24 rehearsals will be compulsory.
* To be a performer, you have to be willing to treat this as a serious performing group, not as a dropin group. This means treating rehearsal time as a scarce resource by arriving on time, saving most conversation for the beer-drinking part of the evening, bringing the instruments you intend to perform with, having your music in order, etc.

We played:
* Marcello, ??Sonata III??
* Mozart ??Andante??, Arranged David Goldstein
* Dowland, ??M. Thomas Collier his Galiard??
* Gabrielli:
** Canzon á 5
** Canzon septimi toni á 8
* Wilbye:
** Weep, weep mine eyes
** Draw on sweet night
* Rounds:
** Cakes and Ale
** He that drinks is immortal
** Let us drink and be merry

h3. Schedule

I gave a detailed schedule “a couple of weeks ago”:http://laymusic.org/wordpress/?p=314, so I won’t repeat it here, except to remind people that you need to let me know by next week whether you’re planning on performing with us this Spring. So far, we have me, Paul, Bonnie, and Ishmael, all for both gigs. I think a couple of other people have told me things informally, but if you’re not on this list, please let me know officially. I especially need to know about March 24.

I have heard from the Walk for Hunger people, and it looks like we will have the usual time and place again this year.

We played:

* Lassus Duet
* Dowland Group:
** My thoughts are winged with hopes
** If my complaints
** Can she excuse my wrongs
** Sir John Souch
** The Earl of Essex Galliard
** Captain Digory Piper’s Pavanne
** Susanna Galliard (attributed)
** M. Bucton’s galliard
** All ye whom love or fortune hath betraid
** Sleep wayward thoughts
* Rounds:
** Slaves are they that heap up mountains
** Cakes and Ale

h3. Schedule

I gave a detailed schedule “last week”:http://laymusic.org/wordpress/?p=314, so I won’t repeat it here, except to remind people that you need to let me know by next week whether you’re planning on performing with us this Spring. At the moment, nobody has officially signed up, so I’m working hard on my van Eyck solo recorder music.

h3. Party pictures

Here are some pictures from the “Christmas Party”:http://serpent.laymusic.org/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Christmas-at-Lauras%2C-2006

We played:
* Marcello ??Sonata III??
* Charlton group:
** ??Mon coeur se recommande a vous??
** ??British Grenadiers??
* Gervais ??14 Bransles??
* ??To Drive the Cold Winter Away??
* ??Pasttime with Good Company??
* Dowland Group:
** ??Mistress Nichols Almand??
** ??M Bucton his Galiard??
** ??M george Whitehead his Almand??
* Gabrielli, ??Canzon septimi toni a 8??
* Wilbye, ??Weep, O mine eyes??
* ??I sat next to the Duchess at tea??

h3. Schedule

Here’s the schedule for the Spring. Note that if you’re hesitating about committing to performing until you know what repertoire we’re doing, I can’t decide on the repertoire until I know who’s playing. Specifically, I’d like to do a lot of 5-part Dowland using the big recorders for the Recorder Society, but I can’t do that unless we get at least 4 and preferably 5 recorder players.

* February 13, 20, and 27: regular dropin rehearsals.
* February 27: I need to know whether you’re playing the Play the Recorder day, and whether you’re considering playing the Walk for Hunger.
* March 6 and 13: rehearsal for those playing either gig.
* March 20: rehearsal compulsory for and limited to those playing the Play the recorder day gig on March 24.
* March 20: I need a commitment for who’s playing the Walk for Hunger.
* Saturday, March 24, Play the Recorder Day performance at the Allston Public Library.
* March 27, all rehearsals in April: limited to those playing the Walk for Hunger.
* Sunday, May 6, Walk for Hunger
* May 8: dropin rehearsals resume.

Please sign up for either gig only if you think you will be able to make most of the March and April rehearsals, and to treat the group like a serious performing group and not like a dropin group.