The ensemble The Playfords provides the music for the ball. The sounds that once filled London townhouses—accompanying dancing, music-making, and social gatherings—come alive again at the Berlin Early Music Festival as a spirited ball-concert. The Playfords have created varied and imaginative arrangements of these “Country Dance Tunes,” which range from cheerful and lighthearted to dreamy or even melancholic. Historic melodies meet a palpable joy in performance, inviting everyone to join in the dance.
Cast: Mark Frenzel – Dance Master
Björn Werner – Vocals, Baroque guitar Annegret Fischer – Recorders Claudia Mende – Baroque violin Erik Warkenthin – Lute, Baroque guitar, Chitarrone Benjamin Dreßler – Viola da gamba Nora Thiele – Percussion
The English Dancing Master (1651) – Dance Music from England
10115 Berlin
The ensemble The Playfords provides the music for the ball. The sounds that once filled London townhouses—accompanying dancing, music-making, and social gatherings—come alive again at the Berlin Early Music Festival as a spirited ball-concert. The Playfords have created varied and imaginative arrangements of these “Country Dance Tunes,” which range from cheerful and lighthearted to dreamy or even melancholic. Historic melodies meet a palpable joy in performance, inviting everyone to join in the dance.
Cast:
Mark Frenzel – Dance Master
Björn Werner – Vocals, Baroque guitar
Annegret Fischer – Recorders
Claudia Mende – Baroque violin
Erik Warkenthin – Lute, Baroque guitar, Chitarrone
Benjamin Dreßler – Viola da gamba
Nora Thiele – Percussion