This year marks the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world.” The historic events at Lexington and Concord on the morning of April 19, 1775 sparked the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the eventual creation of the United States. This tour of early New England traces a musical lineage from the first settlers at Plimoth to their descendants on the eve of the Revolution and eventual victory at Yorktown. English catches and early shape note hymns lead to songs of liberty, rants against taxation and tyranny, wartime laments, and even some of George Washington’s favorite dance tunes. The program includes works by Thomas Arne and William Billings, selections from the Ainsworth Psalter and the Bay Psalm Book, and a pleasing variety of dance tunes from 18th-c. American manuscripts.
Seven Times Salt
Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano
Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto
Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, baritone
Josh Schreiber, viola da gamba, cello, bass
Matthew Wright, lute, guitar, tenor
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