Madregalia!!
...and the Pastyme Consort
Madregalia!!
...and the Pastyme Consort
Madregalia!! presents the Pastyme Consort in Music for Renaissance Instruments on Sunday afternoon, August 31 at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Carmel. The concert will feature music from the Renaissance up through the early Baroque on all sizes of recorders, viols, harpsichord, dulcian, violin, and percussion in a variety of combinations and styles. The program will include instrumental music by Gabrieli, Dowland, Praetorius, Boismortier and others.
When: Sunday, August 31, 2025 at 2:30pm
Where: All Saints Episcopal Church, Dolores & 9th Ave in Carmel
Cost: Suggested donation $25.
Our Program:
Hans Leo Hassler: Intradas 6 and 7 (all)
Giorgio Mainerio: Dance Suite (treble curtal and viols)
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon primi toni a 8 (recorders)
John Dowland: Lachrime Anitquae a 5 (viols)
Anon: Spanish suite a 3 (renaissance recorders)
Diego Ortiz: Recercada sobre Doulce memoire (treble curtal, 4 viols and harpsichord)
Joseph Boismortier: Sonata in A for 3 alto recorders
Michael Praetorius: Suite of Courantes from Terpsichore (violin, bass recorder, tenor viol, dulcian)
Intermission
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon 28 (recorders)
Giovanni Bassano: Frais et gaillard (recorder and harpsichord)
Elway Bevin: Browning a 3 (viols)
Anon: My Lady Carey's Dompe (harpischord)
Johann Schmeltzer: Sonata a7 (recorders)
Tobias Hume: The Spirit of Gambo Lyra viol
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon 7 et 8 toni a 12 (recorders, viols)
Michael Praetorius: Suite of Voltas from Terpsichore (all)
Featured Artists:
Penny performs throughout the San Francisco Bay & Monterey Bay areas as a singer, bassist, and/or reed player. Ms Hanna began performing on the Viola da Gamba as music student with the University of Michigan Consort of Viols, later studying with Judith Davidoff in New York. Locally, she has performed in concerts at Colton Hall, UC Davis, UCSC, Cal Berkeley, 1750 Arch St., and with the Santa Cruz Chamber Players & Baroque Festival, Cantiamo! Cabrillo, WAVE, Musica Mundana and the Brandenburg Liberation Front. She has produced numerous recordings of her own music and her arranging credits include works for Jazz Birds, California Gamba Consort, & Sex Chordae Consort of Viols. She is currently the Cabrillo College Stroke Center’s choir instructor, and serves on the boards of The Santa Cruz Chamber Players. Penny has participated in Madregalia!! concerts for several years.
Francis Toldi, Dulcian
Francis Toldi is a native of Carmel, having recently returned after many years in the San Francisco Bay Area. His current musical focus is on the dulcian (Renaissance bassoon) and voice. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Music from San Francisco State University, with further private study on clarinet with Alan Balter in San Francisco, and on Balinese gender wayang with John Badanes and Lisa Gold. He continued with study and performance on various woodwinds, including clarinet, Hungarian tárogáto, quena, recorders, and dulcian. His primary performing emphasis over many decades was singing and playing woodwinds in the Coro Hispano de San Francisco and Conjunto Nuevo Mundo.
Prior Concerts
For the programs of our prior concerts, please take a look at our Repertory page