Creating Night Games with The Toronto Consort

In Rehearsal with The Toronto Consort
Creating 'Night Games' is a short film exploring how The Toronto Consort conceptualizes and develops its concerts. In this case, its a program exploring the marvellous music of Renaissance Italy's famed composer Orazio Vecchi and his contemporaries, madrigal comedy, and commedia dell'arte.
Featuring:
Katherine Hill, Artistic Director, soprano, viola da gamba
Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, commedia dell'arte master dancer, actor, director
Kirk Elliott, accordion, fiddle, mandolin
Ben Grossman, hurdy-gurdy, percussion
Paul Jenkins, tenor
Cory Knight tenor
Esteban La Rotta, lute, Renaissance guitar
Alison Melville, flute, recorder
John Pepper, bass
Laura Pudwell, alto
Musical Excerpts:
Spagnoletta by Michael Praetorius (1612)
Mostrava in ciel by Orazio Vecchi (1590)
Leggiadria d’Amore by Fabritio Caroso (1581)
Shot & Edited by Limber Lost Films.