The GRAMMY-winning musicians of Apollo's Fire invite you back to 1610, when the "wall" between art music and popular music barely existed. In this musical tour of pubs and parlors, we hear how great composers of London, Venice, and Madrid wrote artful variations on popular street tunes. Soulful ballads, bluesy laments, lively party tunes, and virtuosic dances by Dowland, Playford, Monteverdi, Merula, and Ortiz leap to life. Apollo's Fire's dynamic violinist and concertmaster, Alan Choo, leads this program with three friends.

5/23's program is funded in part by the City of Portsmouth and the Portsmouth Museum and Fine Arts Commission.
5/24's program is funded in part by the City of Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Area Arts Commission.

Apollo’s Fire presents
The Coffeehouses of 1610

Alan Choo & Emi Tanabe, violins
Anna O’Connell, soprano & harp
René Schiffer, cello

I. The Coffeehouses of Italy

M. UCCELLINI La Bergamasca
G. FRESCOBALDI Begli Occhi
B.MARINI Sonata sopra la Monica

II. The Coffeehouses of Spain

J. del ENCINA Oy comamos
D. ORTIZ – Recercada Primera
D. ORTIZ – Recercada Settima

III. The Coffeehouses of Ireland

trad. – Óró Mo bhaidin
T. O’CAROLAN O’Carolan’s Cup
T. O’CAROLAN O’Carolan’s Favorite Jig

IV. The Coffeehouses of France

M. LAMBERT Vos mépris chaque jour
J.P. RAMEAU Tambourin in E minor

V. The Coffeehouses of Hungary

V. MONTI Czardas

VI. The Coffeehouses of England

J. DOWLAND Flow, my Tears
S. ECCLES Bellamira
trad./BALTZAR John Come Kiss me Now

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