Folger Consort
The Folger Consort is an early music ensemble associated with the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The group was founded in 1976 by lutenist/guitarist/harpist Christopher Kendall, and to this day he and fellow founding member and viol and recorder player Robert Eisenstein form the core of the ensemble. Having met as students at Ohio's Antioch College, Kendall and Eisenstein shortly thereafter formed a group that became the resident music ensemble for the Folger Library. Within a short time, it took on a life of its own, the Folger Consort becoming an American exponent of early Celtic-Anglo-European music, which, after all, has a tradition going back to the time of the Roanoke Colony and Walter Raleigh. Although the ensemble specializes in music of the Renaissance, its repertoire extends well past the 16th century in both directions, covering repertoire from the high Middle Ages all the way through to the 18th century. In addition to extensive live concerts and National Public Radio broadcasts, the Folger Consort produces one recording per year. So far, their body of recorded work gives an example of the ensemble's broad range, from 12th century Christmas carols to Swiss-Austrian Alpine airs. In addition to guest performers, past members have included Tina Chancey and Scott Reiss. The latter has expanded the borders of the consort, by association at least, through the crossover ensemble Hesperus by playing blues and jazz on the recorder, citing providing a link with the improvisational tradition in much early music. Similarly, the Folger Consort remains an active and important New World link to the Old World tradition. It is based, with the rest of the Folger organization, in Washington, D.C.
© TiVo
Artistes similaires
Discographie
13 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
-
This England: Music From the Time of Shakespeare
Classique - Paru chez Bard Records le 1 janv. 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
A Medieval Tapestry: Instrumental and Vocal Music from the 12th through 14th Centuries
Classique - Paru chez Bard Records le 1 janv. 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Songs of the Troubadours & Trouveres: Music and Poetry from Medieval France
Classique - Paru chez Bard le 1 janv. 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Playing with Fire: The Art of the Renaissance Instrumentalist
Classique - Paru chez Bard Records le 1 janv. 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
CHAMBER MUSIC (14th Century) (A Distant Mirror) (Folger Consort) (John Aleyn - Anonymous)
Classique - Paru chez Delos le 1 janv. 1986
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Alpine Airs: Music of Switzerland, 13th-16th Centuries
Classique - Paru chez Bard Records le 1 janv. 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Divisions on an Ayre, Lute Songs and Instrumental Music circa 1600
Classique - Paru chez Bard Records le 1 janv. 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A New Song: Celebrating The King James Bible
Classique - Paru chez Bard le 9 déc. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sing Heigh, Ho! Unto the Green Holly!
Classique - Paru chez Bard Records le 7 nov. 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Christmas in New Spain
Classique - Paru chez Bard le 12 nov. 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo