March 8, 2015 – Pastime with Good Company

Founded in 2008 in Austin, Texas by the award-winning lutenist and early music specialist Slobodan Vujisic, the Austin Troubadours is an international group of instrumentalists and singers that is dedicated to reviving the beauty of musical masterpieces from Medieval and Renaissance Europe. Seven musicians in period costumes with more than 30 authentic period instruments perform dances and songs of Medieval and Renaissance Europe.

Program

(Renaissance Music from England, France, Italy and Balkans)
English Renaissance
– Pastime With Good Company (Henry the Eighth)
– Kemp’s Jig (Anonymous c. 1600)
– Greensleeves (Anonymous c. 1560)
– A Jigge Ye Firste (Matthew Holmes Consorts c. 1588)
French Renaissance
– Pierre Attaignant (1529) – La Magdalena Suite
– Aire de Cour
– Branle De Champagne (Anonymous Lute)
Italian Renaissance
– Passamezzo (Adrian De Roy, Lute solo)
– Frotolla
– Two Dances (Dalza)
Songs and Dances From The Balkans
-Beda Oro
– Gusta Mi Magla Padnala
– Juggler’s Play
– Wedding Dance