Satono Norizuki, clavisimbalum; Patricia Ann Neely, vielle. Today, only a part of the instrumental music repertoire in the medieval period is still extant, because musicians in those days often didn’t write down their compositions. They usually performed pieces in the improvisatory style. This program includes dance music and keyboard transcriptions of secular works with varying degrees of decoration and elaboration. Patricia Ann Neely has appeared with many early music ensembles including, the Folger Consort, Smithsonian Chamber Players, the New York Collegium, the Washington Bach Consort, Amor Artis, Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Opera, the Boston Camerata, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, The Newberry Consort, Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity, The New York Consort of Viols, and Early Music New York, among others, and was a founding member of the viol consort Parthenia. Satono Norizuki, an early keyboardist (harpsichord, clavisimbalum, clavichord, and organ), has performed frequently as a soloist and a basso continuo player in North America, Europe, and her native country Japan.
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