Fri 4/26 & Sat 4/27 @ 7PM
Sun 4/28 @ 3PM
Northeast Ohio has several well-known period music groups, but smaller ensembles keep popping up as well. For instance, there’s Trobár, a Cleveland-based group which specializes in medieval music ensemble.
Its upcoming concert program is called Godi, Firençe, and it focuses on everyday life in 14th century Florence, just as that city, was starting to become a financial and political power, giving it the resources to flourish in areas such as sculpture, architecture, poetry and music.
They say, “This program sets some of our favorite Trecento polyphonic works against the monophonic lauda, a sacred Italian offshoot of the troubadour tradition, as well as instrumental dance songs collected from the period. These genres all intersected in the city of Florence, home to many of the century’s leading composers as well as numerous laudesi companies. Within a framework of the seasons, drawing on the music’s many references to themes of nature, love, birth, death, and rebirth, this program provides a glimpse into everyday Florentine lives — the mundane, the passionate and the sublime — through music that speaks to the universal human experience.”
The program features an impressive ensemble of early music specialists including the group’s artistic director Allison Monroe on medieval strings; soprano/medieval harpist Elena Mullins Bailey; soprano/medieval winds player Sian Rickets; tenor Nathan Dougherty; and percussionist Allen Otte.
They’ll perform at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights on Friday April 26; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Gordon Square on Saturday April 27; and Saint Anselm Church in Chesterland on Sunday April 28.
Go here for more information and tickets.