Renaissance  2023 NPC A
Channel: Nut Point Centre Christchurch
Date: 2023-04-29

Renaissance: an Elizabethan Consort 
Roger Buckton: treble viol, flute, recorder: Nicolette Paul: tenor viol, recorder: Jane Brown: bass viol: Jonathan Le Cocq: lute: Scout White: cittern, violin: Liam Oliver: bandora with guest artist Esmail Fathi: traditional Persian tonbak & frame drum
  
Renaissance is a wonderful combinations of period instruments - treble viol, flute/recorder, bass viol, cittern, bandora and lute. The combination of instruments with the wind instrument - the flute or recorder - combined with the treble and bass viols and plucked strings of cittern, bandora and lute lead to it being given the name – ‘broken consort’.  Just google ‘broken consort’ to see more details and background. This is arguably the first chamber music ever written with each instrument being specified in the quite extensive repertoire of music available.  It is many years since NZ has had the opportunity to hear a broken consort. Apart from Shakespearian repertoire, the concert will feature contrasting Persian music with traditional Persian tonbak & frame drum played by Esmail Fathi.