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Fie, cease to wonder, Though you hear Orpheus with his ivory lute, Move trees and rocks, Charm bulls, bears and men more savage to be mute, weak foolish singer, here is one, Would have transformed thyself to stone. Phillip Massinger in The Fatal Dowry

The Musicians In Ordinary for the Lutes and Voices, Hallie Fishel, soprano, and John Edwards, lutes and guitars, take their name from the ensemble which played in the most private quarters of the Stuart monarchs. They are dedicated to the performance of early solo song and vocal chamber music and are often joined by some of North Americas leading performers of early music for their lively and moving concerts. The Musicians In Ordinary present two series for their 12th season. As well as our annual series at Heliconian Hall in Yorkville, we will be performing as Ensemble-inResidence at St. Michaels College, University of Toronto.

John Edwards - lutes Hallie Fishel - soprano

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As part of of MIOs residency at St. Michaels College, we will perform a series of concerts at Charbonnel Lounge, 81 St. Mary Street. Join us for a pre-concert talk at 7:30pm, with music at 8pm.

Suitable for the Chapels or Chambers of Princes October 23, 2012 Sacred Love Songs of the Early Baroque by Claudio Monteverdi, Alessandro Grandi and Sister Isabella Leonarda. With Christopher Verrette and Patricia Ahern, Baroque violins and Philip Fournier, chamber organ. Aria di Fiorenza November 13, 2012 Music from the court of Ferdinando de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, from the songbook of Cosimo Bottegari and from the prints of Giulio Caccini and Jacopo Peri. Hail Bishop Valentine February 12, 2013 To celebrate its 400th anniversary, we present love songs from the time of the wedding between Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, daughter of James I, and Frederick, Elector Palatine. With Prof. David Klausner reading John Donnes great Epithlamion on that event.

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Ladies that are Most Rare March 19, 2013 Settings of the poems by Ladies Mary Sidney and Mary Wroth, songs composed for the Egerton sisters, and music from the lute books of Mary Burwell and Margaret Board.

Principals Music Series St. Michaels College

Charbonnel Lounge, St. Michaels College, 81 St. Mary Street

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For the lutes and voices His Perfections Like the Sunbeams Music from the life and on the untimely death of Henry, Prince of Wales (1594-1612) 8pm, October 6th, 2012

Baroque settings of the great Italian poets: Petrarch, Tasso, Marino, Guarini 8pm, March 2nd, 2013

James Is son Henry might have been one of Britains greatest kings. If he had not died of typhoid at the age of 18, his hapless brother Charles would not have come to the throne, blundered into the English Civil War and lost his head. By all accounts, Henry was a talented young man. Most important for us, he surrounded himself with the latest avant garde musicians, like Alfonso Ferrabosco II (born in England), Angelo Notari (an Italian composing in the new Baroque style), Giovanni Coprario (really John Cooper, born in England and writing in an English style) and Robert Johnson (composer for Shakespeares plays). As the poets Thomas

Campion and John Donne commemorated his passing with elegies, we mark the 400th anniversary of Henry with music by his household musicians. Hallie Fishel, soprano and John Edwards, lute and theorbo are joined by Christopher Verrette, violin and Justin Haynes, viola da gamba. A New Years Day Concert Baroque cantatas and sonatas 2pm, January 1st, 2013 8pm, January 2nd, 2013

Vincenzo Galilei was as clever with music as his son was with a telescope. He said, the most important part of music is the imitation of the concepts of the words and that the best musicians would observe the man infuriated or excited, the married woman, the clever harlot, the lover speaking to his mistress as he seeks to persuade her to grant his wishes, the man who laments Given words by the greatest poets of all ages and voice by India, Monteverdi, Caccini and others, these characters and many more put in an appearance at this concert. Hallie Fishel sings and John Edwards plays theorbo.

Our annual New Years Concerts have become a Toronto tradition. Hallie Fishel, soprano and John Edwards, theorbo are joined by Christopher Verrette and Edwin Huizinga, violin and Philip Fournier, keyboards in a concert of late Baroque music.

French Cantatas Mixed With Symphonies

Cantatas by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Clerambault and instrumental music by Marais 8pm, April 27th, 2013

In his book of Cantates Franoises Meles de Symphonies published in 1708, Andr Campra tells us he has mixed with the delicacy of French music, the vivacity of Italian. All composers of French cantata sought to meld the elegance of the Sun Kings court with the, well, ashiness of the Italian Baroque in both the vocal and instrumental (that is the symphonies of the title) sections. Hallie Fishel, soprano and John Edwards, theorbo are joined by Christopher Verrette, violin, Philip Fournier, harpsichord and Justin Haynes, viola da gamba.

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