Concertini at St. Mark’s: Recital by organist Abraham Ross and friends

This interesting concert will feature three young performers, baroque specialists Abraham Ross, Albano Berberi, and Joya Muma. They will present a program of works for lute, keyboard, violin, and nyckelharpa, drawing on the lute tablature of Nicolas Vallet titled Le Secret des Muses, published in 1615. The program will feature several works for solo organ before the ensemble comes to the front of the church to present violin sonatas of the French baroque interspersed with improvisations on tunes from the lute tablature. An unusual harpsichord known as the keyed lyre will be used for accompaniment, a pseudo-hybrid between lute, harp, and plucked-string keyboard.