On Sunday, November 20 at 4 pm, Church of the Messiah, 22 Church Street, Woods Hole, MA will host Courante Cape Cod players Jan Elliott (recorder), Molly Johnston (viola da gamba), David Gable (violin), and Brittany Lord (harpsichord) in a concert titled "Music for a While." This outstanding Cape Cod group will perform the same program on Saturday, November 19 at 3 pm at the Federated Church, 320 Main Street, Hyannis. Guest artist for both concerts will be soprano Joan Kirchner.
Courante performs music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries on period instruments. The group's name is taken from a popular baroque dance characterized by sprightly rhythms and triple meter. This concert's attendees will be treated to songs and dances by Henry Purcell, courante by Giovanni Battista Buonamente, songs by Claudio Monteverdi's Scherzi Musicali, and cantatas by Georg Philipp Telemann.