Acclaimed Ensemble Chaconne to perform Music of Shakespeare's Plays in PA and CT

SOMERVILLE, Mass. - Sept. 11, 2018 - 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.

On Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm, the group will perform at Misericordia University, Lemmond Theatre in Walsh Hall, 301 Lake Street, Dallas PA. Call the box office at 570 674-6719. On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 7:00 pm, the Shakespeare concert will be held at Pine Street Presbyterian Church, 310 N. Third Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, Tickets $20, Information:  (717) 238-9304.  On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 7:30 pm, Ensemble Chaconne will perform the Music of Shakespeare's Plays in the Music at the Meeting House, Concert series, First Church of Christ Congregational, 2183 Main Street, Glastonbury CT.  For information:  860-633-4641.

Hailed as a "powerhouse of great playing," (Classical Voice of North Carolina), 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-...

Founded in 1985, Ensemble Chaconne concertizes in the U.S. and abroad, 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