The Woods so Wild - ballads to listen to and dances to dance along to!

Sunday, May 18, 2025, 3 p.m. - Bavarian National Museum, Mars-Venus Hall

1.00 pm - 2.30 pm - Introduction to Renaissance dance styles with Véronique Daniels

Bawdy songs and entertaining dances from the streets and theaters of London! Ballads with secular themes or news of the latest scandals were printed in England and sold on street corners. We will perform such ballads and juxtapose their arrangements for a mixed ensemble of unusual instruments, a so-called "Broken Consort". And there will be dancing!

We will entertain you with a mixture of courtly and peasant dances and invite the audience to dance along after the concert. Under the guidance of dancers experienced in historical practice, we will explore the steps of the Renaissance melodies together.

Performers:
Emma-Lisa Roux - soprano, lute
Giovanna Baviera - mezzo, viola da gamba
Félix Verry - Renaissance violin
Tabea Schwarz - recorder, one-handed flute and drum, viola da gamba, dance
Sam Chapman - cittern, lute
Joel Frederiksen - bass, bandora, lute, conductor

Véronique Daniels - Dancing master

4th Concert of the XVII Series “Between Mars and Venus”

With the kind support of the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts and the District of Upper Bavaria.