Renowned Ensemble Chaconne Tours Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota with Music of Shakespeare’s Plays

BOSTON - Nov. 1, 2014 - PRLog -- The esteemed trio Ensemble Chaconne (Peter H. Bloom-Renaissance flute; Carol Lewis-viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen-Renaissance lute), with noted mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal, will tour Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota from November 13 through November 18, featuring their signature concert, Measure for Measure: The Music of Shakespeare’s Plays (“the perfect Elizabethan evening” – The Portland Press Herald).

Concert dates are: Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 7:00 pm, College of Saint Mary, Gross Conference Center, Science Building, 7000 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE 68106 (information:  402-399-2622); Friday, November 14, 2014 at 7:30 pm, Dordt College, B.J. Haan Auditorium, 498 4th Avenue NE, Sioux Center, IA  51250 (Free. Information:  712-722-6203); Monday, November 17, 2014 at 7:30 pm, Cornell College, King Chapel, 600 First Street SW, Mount Vernon, IA 52314 (information  319-895-4320); Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 8:00 pm, Concordia University, 1282 Concordia Ave, St Paul, MN 55104 (information:  651-641-8753).

Praised for “vitality and character…style and verve” (MusicWeb International), Ensemble Chaconne (Peter H. Bloom, Renaissance flute; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, Renaissance lute) and mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal transport the audience to Shakespeare’s time with Measure for Measure: The Music of Shakespeare’s Plays.   Hailed by The Portland Press Herald as “the perfect Elizabethan evening,” the concert features music by leading composers of Shakespeare’s time (Robert Johnson, Thomas Morley, John Dowland and others), with selections from As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Henry V, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and other plays.

Ensemble Chaconne and Pamela Dellal have recorded their Shakespeare program on the Americas Musicworks label, and their CD, Measure for Measure, The Music of Shakespeare’s Plays can be found on CD Baby:  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ensemblechaconne    The CD has been called “impressive” (Early Music, UK), “pleasingly evocative” (Bostonia), and “a rich musical experience,” while David Duff of Alabama Public Radio wrote, “For anyone interested in an historically informed perspective on the music of Shakespeare's plays, this disc is a must have!”

Now celebrating its 29^th season, Ensemble Chaconne tours internationally, with recent tours in England, Ontario and across the United States. The group has performed at the National Gallery in London, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s residency at Davidson College, the venerable Edison Theatre in St. Louis, the famed Spivey Hall in Atlanta, the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Florida, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Indiana State University, Boston’s legendary Jordan Hall, and other venues.   Guest artist Pamela Dellal has toured the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan and has recorded for Arabesque Records, Artona, BMG, Dorian, Meridian, and KOCH International.  Critics have called her singing “outstanding” (The New York Times) and “lushly fluid”(The Washington Post).

Among the many selections in Measure for Measure are “The Willow Song” sung by Desdemona in Othello; “It Was a Lover and His Lasse” (As You Like It); “O Mistress Mine” (Twelfth Night); “Hark, Hark! The Lark” (Cymbeline); “Take O Take Those Lips Away” (Measure for Measure); “Full Fathom Five” (The Tempest), “Go from My Window” from Ophelia’s mad scene in Hamlet; and “Greensleeves,” the famous ballad tune (quoted in The Merry Wives of Windsor).

Ensemble Chaconne is managed exclusively by Americas Musicworks, Rebecca DeLamotte, Managing Director, telephone 1-888-887-7169, Email:  delamotte-amw@comcast.net        http://phbloom.home.comcast.net/~phbloom/