Renowned Ensemble Chaconne to perform Music of Shakespeare's Plays in NY, NJ, and PA

BOSTON - Sept. 3, 2016 - PRLog -- The internationally acclaimed Ensemble Chaconne (Peter H. Bloom, renaissance flute; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, renaissance lute) with Burcu Gulec, mezzo-soprano, will perform Music of Shakespeare's Plays at multiple venues, joining the global celebration of Shakespeare in 2016, as we mark the 400^th anniversary of his death.  Ensemble Chaconne will perform September 15, 2016 at 7:30 pm at Lebanon Valley College in Annville PA; October 5, 2016 at 8:00 pm at Drew University in Madison NJ; and October 6, 2016 at 7:30 pm at LeMoyne College in Syracuse NY.

Ensemble Chaconne transports the audience to Shakespeare's time with Measure for Measure: The Music of Shakespeare's Plays ("the perfect Elizabethan evening" - The Portland Press Herald). Expect a fascinating mix of love songs, comic antics, madness, and tragedy, with selections from As You Like It, Henry V, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and other plays (music by Robert Johnson, Thomas Morley, William Corkine, and other composers of Shakespeare's times).  Ensemble Chaconne concertizes internationally and has been hailed for "vitality and character…style and verve" (MusicWeb International).

The group's CD, Measure for Measure: The Music of Shakespeare's Plays (Americas Musicworks label) has been called "a must have" (Alabama Public Radio), "impressive" (Early Music, UK) and "a rich musical experience" (The Concord Monitor).  Learn more at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ensemblechaconne

Founded in 1985 and now celebrating its 31st season, Ensemble Chaconne concertizes widely, with tours in England, Ontario and across the United States. The group has performed at the National Gallery in London, the Royal Shakespeare Company's residency at Davidson College, the Edison Theatre in St. Louis, Spivey Hall in Atlanta, the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Florida, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Jordan Hall in Boston, the National Meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America, and other venues.   Read more about Ensemble Chaconne here:http://www.americasmusicworks.com/ensemble-chaconne.html

Among the many selections in Measure for Measure: The Music of Shakespeare's Plays are "The Willow Song" sung by Desdemona in Othello; "It Was a Lover and His Lasse" (As You Like It); "O Mistress Mine" (Twelfth Night); "Hark, Hark! The Lark" (Cymbeline); "Take O Take Those Lips Away" (Measure for Measure); "Full Fathom Five" (The Tempest), "Go from My Window" from Ophelia's mad scene in Hamlet; and "Greensleeves," the famous ballad tune (quoted in The Merry Wives of Windsor).

Ensemble Chaconne is managed exclusively by Americas Musicworks, Rebecca DeLamotte, Managing Director, telephone:  617-776-8778. Email: delamotte-amw at comcast dot net or visit americasmusicworks dot com