THE QUEEN'S COURTIERS

Parthenia with Ex Umbris
(Paul Shipper, Tom Zajac, Grant Herreid, Nell Snaidas and Karen Hansen)

Friday, April 25, 2008, at 8 PM

Corpus Christi Church
529 West 121st Street, Morningside Heights

Preferred seating $35
General seating $25
RUSH tickets $10 (limited availability at the door)

Listen at the keyhole of the Queen's Presence Chamber as Elizabeth's courtiers vie for favor and power. Songs, ballads and instrumental music by Byrd, Dowland, Hume, Morley and Holborne, relating to Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Philip Sydney, Sir Henry Lee and Robert Devereaux.

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2007-2008 Season

Highlights of Parthenia's new 2007-2008 season include exciting new collaborations with tenor Rufus Müller, Spiritus Collective, Ex Umbris, Barbara Feldon & Paul Hecht.

New Music Commission

Thanks to a 2006 grant from the Jerome Foundation, Parthenia is excited to be commissioning and premiering 'Nothing Proved Can Be,'" a new song cycle for viol consort, voice and interactive audio processing, set by composer Kristin Norderval to the extraordinary poetry of Queen Elizabeth I.

Our Latest Release

A Reliquary for William Blake - a new song cycle for voice and viols and other music of American composer Will Ayton with Alexandra Montano, mezzo-soprano.

Now on MSR Classics
Available at Amazon.com and MSRCD.com

"Possibly the most aesthetically cohesive setting of Blake's poetry and prose to music yet." - World Magazine