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Danielle Svonavec ~ soprano
Mary Anne Ballard ~ treble & bass viols
Mark Cudek ~ cittern
Larry Lipkis ~ bass viol, recorder, crumhorn & gemshorn
Ronn McFarlane ~ lute
Mindy Rosenfeld ~ flutes, fifes, bagpipes & crumhorn

Shakespeare’s stage band combined strings and winds (such as our viols, lute, cittern, and flutes). This “broken” consort played a repertory which “reflected the remarkable synthesis of popular taste and humanist eloquence which gave vitality to the Shakespearean theatre” in appealing to “every level of spectator, from the simplest groundling who could hum along with his favorite ballad tune, to the most sophisticated gallant who could take delight in the rich harmony and embroidery surrounding the melody.” (Sydney Beck). The program will present popular ballads, love songs, and instrumental dances related to the plays.

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As You Like It
Kemp’s Jig (Anon., Cambridge MS (late 16th C.))
It was a Lover and his Lass, from First Book of Ayres (1600) (Thomas Morley (1557–1602))
Twelfth Night
O Mistresse Mine, from Consort Lessons (1599) (Thomas Morley (1557–1602))
Farewell, dear love, from First Book of Songs (1600) (Robert Jones (ca. 1577–1617))
The Buffens (Les Buffons), from Tiers livre de danseries (1559) (Jean d’Estrée (?–1576))
Romeo and Juliet
Lady Carey’s Dump, from Marsh Lutebook (ca. 1595) (Anon. (late 16th C.))
Complain my lute (broadside ballad) (Anon. (16th C.))
Henry IV, Part II & A Winter’s Tale
Fancy (John Dowland (1563–1626))
The Carman’s Whistle (broadside ballad) (Anon. (ca. 1600))
The Tempest
Greensleeves Anon., 16th C. & (John Johnson (ca. 1545–1594))
Where the bee sucks (Robert Johnson (ca. 1583–1634))
Full fathom five (Robert Johnson (ca. 1583–1634))
Merry Wives of Windsor & Othello
Fortune my foe, from The Dallis Lute Book (1585) (Anon. (late 16th C.))
Willow Song, from The Lodge Lute Book (ca. 1559) (Anon. (mid-16th C.))
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Fairie Rownde, from Pavans, Galliards, and Almains (1599) (Antony Holbone (ca. 1545–1602))
The Mad, Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow (tune Dulcina) (Anon., Folger Library MS (1623–1653))

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