Frontispiece from A booke of christian prayers ["The Queen's Prayerbook"] Richard Day (London, 1581) Courtesy of the Rare Book and Special Collections Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend
Concerts
Sunday, March 5, 7pm, St. Francis Chapel, John Carroll University Campus
Program
[complete program as pdf file]
Lute-song ca. 1600: A Genre in Transition
Lisa Rainsong, soprano; Stephen Toombs, lute & theorbo
Soprano, lute:
Flow my teares (Lachrimae Pavin) |
John Dowland (1563?-1626) |
|---|---|
| Oft have I sigh'd | Thomas Campion (1567-1620) |
| Never weather-beaten saile |
Solo lute:
| Lachrimae Pavin (Flow my teares) | John Dowland (1563?-1626) |
|---|---|
| Frog Galliard (Now o now) | |
| Fantasie |
Soprano, lute:
| Time stands still | John Dowland (1563?-1626) |
|---|---|
| Could my heart | Thomas Campion (1567-1620) |
| Now o now (Frog Galliard) | John Dowland (1563?-1626) |
—————— intermission ——————
Soprano, theorbo:
| Dolcissimo sospiro | Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) |
| Cruda Amarilli | Sigismondo d'India (ca. 1580-1629) |
| Torna il sereno Zefiro hear a preview of this piece by the performers (mp3) |
Solo theorbo:
| Toccata VI | Alessandro Piccinini (1566-ca. 1638) |
| Corrente X | |
| Toccata XII | |
| Chiaccona |
Soprano, theorbo:
| Like hermit poor | Nicolas Lanier (1588-1666) |
| No more shall meads |
March 5 th , 7:00 p.m. — St. Francis Chapel, John Carroll University
Reception and Exhibit Preview to follow in Grasselli Library
No Admission Charge
Performer Biographies
Lisa Rainsong, soprano
Lisa Rainsong's musical life integrates composition, theory, education and vocal performance. She is a member of the Music Theory faculty of The Cleveland Institute of Music and is the CIM DMA Coordinator. She holds a DMA in Composition from The Cleveland Institute of Music and is member of the Cleveland Composers Guild. She delights in the rewarding challenges of setting poetry for vocal soloists, for chorus and for mixed vocal/instrumental chamber ensembles.
As a soprano soloist Rainsong performs recitals featuring 17th-century solo song repertoire and is the soprano soloist in Ensemble Lautenkonzert. In addition, she also performs her own compositions for soprano. She is a choral musician active in several ensembles. These include the chorus of Apollo's Fire ( Cleveland 's Baroque orchestra), Cantores Ecclesiae, and the lute song ensemble Mignarda. She founded and has sung in the early music vocal ensemble Concorditas and is a chorister at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.
Stephen Toombs, lute & theorbo
Stephen Toombs holds degrees in music and musicology from Washington University ( St. Louis ) and a soloist diploma from the Netherlands Royal Conservatory ( the Hague ) where he studied lute and basso continuo with Toyohiko Satoh. He is the director of the early music quartet Ensemble Lautenkonzert and is active as a solo and accompanying lutenist, theorbist and baroque guitarist. He is the music librarian for Case Western Reserve University .