Acclaimed Ensemble Chaconne to perform Music of Shakespeare's Plays in NY and NJ

SOMERVILLE, Mass. - Sept. 19, 2017 - PRLog -- The internationally renowned 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 in September.

Friday, September 22, 2017 at 11:15 am, Onondaga Community College, Arts Across Campus, Recital Hall (P 100 in Academic Building II, Performing Arts Building), 4585 W Seneca Turnpike,  Syracuse, NY 13215.  Free and open to the public

Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 2:00 pm, Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center, 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ 07840. Tickets in advance:  $22.50, $15 students and children under 12.  Prices increase by $5 on day of show. Call  908-979-0900

Monday, September 25, 2017 at 4:30 pm, Drew University, The Great Hall, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison NJ 07940. Reservations required:  617 776 8778

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 8:00 pm, Binghamton University,Casadesus Recital Hall (Fine Arts Building), 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY 13902. Free admission

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).  The disc is available at https://www.noteworthysheetmusic.com/cds/517-measure-for-measure-the-music-of-shakespeare-s-plays

Founded in 1985 and now celebrating its 32nd season, Ensemble Chaconne concertizes internationally, 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 venerable Edison Theatre in St. Louis, the famed 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:

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