NewsPress Release - 3/21/2000

MARLBORO, VT -- For the closing concert of its 35th anniversary season, the Marlboro Recorder Workshop will present "Ensemble Cordiforme," a distinguished Early Music ensemble featuring vocal and instrumental music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque, at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 9, in Marlboro College's Whittemore Theater.

The music, originating in England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, will be sung in the original languages and played upon instruments of the various periods, including luths, vihuela, portative organ, harpsichord, recorders, transverse flutes, Baroque guitar, and various percussion instruments.

"Ensemble" regulars Edmund Brelsford (a Marlboro College faculty member) and Wendy Redlinger will be joined by guest artists Sarah Cantor, Eric Redlinger, and Christiane Schmitz, and Marlboro College students Matthew Doyle (Class of 2003) and Julia Slone (Class of 2002).

The concert is free and open to the public. The Whittemore Theater is fully accessible. For more information, please call (802) 257-4333. The Marlboro events calendar can be found on-line at http://www.marlboro.edu/calendar/calendar.html.