Now is the Month of Maying — Music of Thomas Morley with Ryosuke Sakamoto, lute

Now is the Month of Maying presents the music of Thomas Morley. Wonderful madrigals combine in this program with virtuosic instrumental variations for an interesting combination of instruments, the broken consort. Hear the cittern, bandora, Renaissance violin, gamba, Renaissance flute and lute combine in these arrangements by Morley of folk songs and famous composers of the day such as John Dowland.

Ensemble Phoenix Munich: Theresa Dlouhy — soprano / Marketa Cukrová — alto / Timothy Leigh Evans — tenor / Mauel Warwitz — tenor / Joel Frederiksen — bass, lute, cittern / Sven Schwannberger — flute, recorder, lute / Baptiste Romain — Renaissance violin / Ryosuke Sakamoto — lute / Dr. Lyle Nordstrom — bandora, lute / Domen Marincic — viola da gamba