Members of Apollo’s Fire Baroque “The Coffeehouses of 1610” (WRL)
May 24 @ 10:30 am
$18.75 – $25
The GRAMMY-winning musicians of Apollo’s Fire invite you back to 1610, when the “wall” between art music and popular music barely existed. In this musical tour of pubs and parlors, we hear how great composers of London, Venice, and Madrid wrote artful variations on popular street tunes. Soulful ballads, bluesy laments, lively party tunes, and virtuosic dances by Dowland, Playford, Monteverdi, Merula, and Ortiz leap to life. Apollo’s Fire’s dynamic violinist and concertmaster, Alan Choo, leads this program with three friends.
Tickets available for purchase at the Virginia Arts Festival website: https://www.vafest.org/tickets/2324/apollos-fire/
Funded in part by the City of Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Area Arts Commission.