Venere Lute Quartet
Gail Gillispie, alto lute – Chris Morrongiello, baritone & tenor lutes
*Thomas Walker, Jr., tenor lute – Phillip Rukavina, bass & tenor lutes
with special guest Carrie Henneman Shaw, soprano
Galileo’s Father
| Gallarde de Royne d’escosse (Quartet) | MS Thysius 1666 |
| Wie sal mijn troetelen | |
| Sancta et immaculata (Quartet) | Vincenzo Galilei (ca. 1520-1590) |
| Donna Gentil | Secondo libro di madrigali (1587) |
| Vedi che torni | |
| Dura mia pietra (Trio + Carrie) | Vincenzo Galilei |
| Spirito sovran | Secondo libro di madrigali (1587) |
| Voi di color | |
| Fuga a l’unisono dopo sei tempi (Phil & Chris) | Vincenzo Galilei |
| Contrapunto Primo (Phil & Tom) | “BM,” Il Fronimo Dialogo (1584) |
| Contrapunto Secondo (Chris & Tom) (MP3, 3.68 MB; video) | |
| Passomezo d’Italie (Quartet) | MS Thysius 1666 |
| Galliarde d’Italie | |
| Si vous estes belle (Quartet) | MS Thysius 1666 |
| Reprinse | |
| Brande Battaille | |
| L’Euridice: Prologo (Quartet + Carrie) | Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) |
Instrumentarium
6-course alto lute by Grant Tomlinson
8-course tenor lute by Malcolm Prior
two 6-course tenor lutes by Grant Tomlinson
10-course baritone lute by Malcolm Prior
8-course bass lute by André Perkouhnkov
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*Thomas Walker, Jr., is substituting for VLQ founding member Douglas Freundlich.