Author: Laura Conrad

Meeting Report

I was in New London celebrating the 600th anniversary end of
the Avignon papacy, but I’m told the people who were here
played:

• Morley,
  See,
  myne own sweet jewel
• Lots of Susato
• Dowland:
  Now, O now, I needs must part, Burst forth my tears

Schedule

We meet Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, as
long as enough people have told me by Monday night that they want
to come.

Concert

This Tuesday through Thursday, Nathaniel Cox, cornettist, will
be playing the SOHIP
concert series. He’ll be improvising on 16th century tunes.

Meeting Reports

July 3, 2018

We played:

• Josquin</a,
  En
  l’ombre d’un buissonet>
• Lots of Praetorius Bransles
• Dowland:
  Unquiet
  thoughts, If
  my complaints, Can
  she excuse my wrongs, Now,
  O now, Burst
  forth my tears
• Welcome
  every guest

July 10, 2018

We played:

• Morley:
  Miraculous
  Love’s wounding, Go
  ye my canzonets, When
  lo by break of morning, Sweet
  nymph, Il
  doloroso, La
  Girandola
• Byrd,
  Attend
  mine humble prayer, Lord
• Quand
  je boy du vin claret
• Tappster,
  drynker

Schedule

We usually meet Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, as
long as enough people have told me by Monday night that they want
to come.

This coming Tuesday, the meeting will be on the other side of
Central Square, since I will be out of town. Let me know if you
want to go, and I will tell you the address.

Meeting report

We played:

• Morley,
  Il
  Lamento
• de
  la Rue, Nos
  debemos gratias agere
• Bransles and Gavottes by Praetorius
• Gibbons,
  The
  silver swan
• Arcadelt,
  Il
  bianco e dolce cigno
• Welcome
  every guest

Schedule

We meet Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, as
long as enough people have told me by Monday night that they want
to come.

The next exception to that is likely to be July 17, when I will
be out of town. If you want someone to organize something for
that night, you should let us know.

Meeting report

We played:

• O
  Maria mater pia
• Byrd,
  Susannah
  fair
• Entre
  vous qui aymés
• de
  la Rue, Nos debemus gratias agere

Schedule

We meet Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, as
long as enough people have told me by Monday night that they want
to come.

Meeting report

We played:

• Morley:
  Leave
  now mine eyes, Fyre
  and Lightning, Il
  Grillo, Flora
  wilt thou torment me
• Byrd,
  Susannah
  fair
• Morley:
  Ladie those eyes, Love learns by
  laughing, Cease
  mine eyes
• Ravenscroft, To Portsmouth

Schedule

We meet Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, as
long as enough people have told me by Monday night that they want
to come.

Meeting Report

We played:

• Morley:
  When
  lo by break of morning, Miraculous
  Love’s wounding,Sweet
  nymph, Lo
  here another love
• Bransles from Praetorius’
  Terpsichore
• Entre
  vous qui aymés
• Byrd,
  Susannah
  fair
• Welcome,
  welcome, every guest

Schedule

We meet Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, as
long as enough people have told me by Monday night that they want
to come.

Meeting report:

We played:

• Morley:
  When
  lo by break of morning, Miraculous
  Love’s wounding, Leave
  now mine eyes
• Entre
  vous qui aymés
• Sermisy,
  Martin
  menait son pourceau au marché
• Lassus,
  Fiera
  stella/Ma tu prendi
• Welcome,
  welcome, every guest

Schedule

We meet Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, as
long as enough people have told me by Monday night that they want
to come.

Meeting Report

We played:

• Morley:
  When
  lo by break of morning, Sweet
  nymph, Miraculous
  love’s wounding
• Tallis:
  Psalm
  67, If
  ye love me
• Dowland:
  Lachrimae
  Antiquae, Lachrimae
  antiquae novae, Lachrimae
  gementes, Lachrimae
  tristes, Lachrimae
  coactae, Lachrimae
  amantis, Lachrimae
  verae, Semper
  Dowland, semper dolens

Schedule

We meet Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, as
long as enough people have told me by Monday night that they want
to come.

Concert

Renaissonics is playing a
CD release concert on Friday, May 25 at 8pm at First Church in
Cambridge, 11 Garden St.

Meeting report

We played:

• Giamberti duos
• Motets
  from Bicinia

Schedule

We meet Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, as
long as enough people have told me by Monday night that they want
to come.

Meeting report:

We played:

• Morley:
  Go
  ye my canzonets, When
  lo by break of morning, Sweet
  nymph, Il
  Doloroso
• Byrd:
  The
  Nightingale, Right
  blest are they, Susanna
  fair, Who
  looks my leap
• Rosenberg duet arrangements of Susato
• Morley,
  La
  Sirena

Performance Report

The weather was cool and cloudy — perfect for the walkers.
There were 5 raindrops at about noon, but nothing to justify how
freaked out some of the new performers were by the idea of playing
in the rain.

Our sets of dances by Susato and Holborne went well. We played
the Fairie
Round on almost no rehearsal and people clapped and
cheered.

A welcome improvement this year was that we had a guest group
who alternated sets with us. This meant that our breaks could be
long enough to get to the bathroom and back, and that we got to
hear as well as play beautiful music. They opened with a
poignantly beautiful Il
bianco e dolce cigno. Also striking was their arrangment
of “Quem Pastores”.