BRATTLEBORO-In Stile Moderno presents "A Garland of Roses: Love Songs from 17th-Century Italy" on Thursday, June 12, at 7 p.m. at the Brattleboro Music Center.
This concert will feature baroque guitar, theorbo and archlute, joining forces with voice, cornetto, recorder, and percussion in a celebration of early Italian music.
In Stile Moderno welcomes the return of Cameron Welke (theorbo, guitar) and Dan Meyers (recorders, percussion) to build its Baroque rhythm section of percussion and plucked instruments above which voice, cornetto, and recorder weave lighter melodies.
Joining Welke and Meyers will be Agnes Coakley Cox (soprano) and Nathaniel Cox (theorbo, guitar, and cornetto).
"Both the delights and the pains of love are celebrated and lamented in what is sure to be an enchanting evening of music," organizers wrote in a news release.
In Stile Moderno is an ensemble for early music, founded in Basel, Switzerland, in 2012 by soprano Coakley and lutenist/cornetist Nathaniel Cox.
Named after the "modern style" of music which emerged in Italy around 1600, the ensemble is described on its website as being "dedicated to music of the 17th century and combines fidelity to historical performance practice with a drive to make early music accessible and relevant to modern audiences."
Both as a lute and voice duo and in larger formations, In Stile Moderno has performed in Boston, Vermont, and New York, as well as in concert series in Switzerland, Germany, and France.
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and are available at bmcvt.org, 802-257-4523, and [email protected].
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