For the past two weekends I had the privilege to play lute for a production of The Lion in Winter done by Bath Studio Theatre. It was presented at the Chocolate Church-- a somewhat decaying structure in downtown Bath with a rich history of performers and productions. Bath is a nice town/city near the ocean-- home of the ship building site Bath Iron Works-- also home of a ballet studio I frequented for years: David Church's School of Classical Ballet (directly and ironically across the street from the ship builders).
Ironically, which it seems everything is nowadays, Natalie MacMaster was my favorite fiddle player and performer in my early 20's. We share a sign finally!
In case no one looked at the lighted sign, a homemade one was up written in ye olde English hand.
The show was well acted, it was rewarding for me to play music that was dear to my heart (early music), and I got to finally play my lute which arrived the 2nd weekend. The 1st weekend was played on a Neapolitan mandolin-- cousin to the lute but limited in range. I played pieces by Mudarra, Dowland, Milan, Cutting, and Vivaldi-- I know, not medieval-- but in researching, few medieval pieces exist, let alone playing single lines of Gregorian chant (which I did for a bit).
I made new friends and I hope to meet up and work with this group again soon.
Thank You!
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