Madregalia!!
...and the Pastyme Consort
Madregalia!!
...and the Pastyme Consort
Thanks to all who made our concert of Music for Renaissance Instruments such a success. Our next offering will be music based on Renaissance forms, both historical and modern. As with the standard jazz progression known as the 12 bar blues, musicians in the Renaissance had a variety of chord patterns and repeating bass lines over which they would improvise or compose new works. Perhaps the most well known of these is Pachelbel's famous Kanon in D (see Bart struggling with it below!) However, there were many more, including the chaconne, bergamasca, follia and so forth. We look forward to sharing with you a variety of these, along with some Christmas carols inspired by earlier forms.
When: Saturday and Sunday, January 10 and 11, 2026 at 2:30pm
Where: All Saints Episcopal Church, Dolores & 9th Ave in Carmel
Cost: Suggested donation $25.
Selections from our Program:
Pachelbel Kanon in D
Various Baroque vitruoso duets for violins and recorder
Settings of Christmas carols both old and new
Mass on Renaissance Basses
Watch this space...
Featured Artists:
Penny performs throughout the San Francisco Bay & Monterey Bay areas as a singer, bassist, and/or reed player. Ms Hanna began performing on the Viola da Gamba as music student with the University of Michigan Consort of Viols, later studying with Judith Davidoff in New York. Locally, she has performed in concerts at Colton Hall, UC Davis, UCSC, Cal Berkeley, 1750 Arch St., and with the Santa Cruz Chamber Players & Baroque Festival, Cantiamo! Cabrillo, WAVE, Musica Mundana and the Brandenburg Liberation Front. She has produced numerous recordings of her own music and her arranging credits include works for Jazz Birds, California Gamba Consort, & Sex Chordae Consort of Viols. She is currently the Cabrillo College Stroke Center’s choir instructor, and serves on the boards of The Santa Cruz Chamber Players. Penny has participated in Madregalia!! concerts for several years.
Francis Toldi, Dulcian
Francis Toldi is a native of Carmel, having recently returned after many years in the San Francisco Bay Area. His current musical focus is on the dulcian (Renaissance bassoon) and voice. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Music from San Francisco State University, with further private study on clarinet with Alan Balter in San Francisco, and on Balinese gender wayang with John Badanes and Lisa Gold. He continued with study and performance on various woodwinds, including clarinet, Hungarian tárogáto, quena, recorders, and dulcian. His primary performing emphasis over many decades was singing and playing woodwinds in the Coro Hispano de San Francisco and Conjunto Nuevo Mundo.
Prior Concerts
For the programs of our prior concerts, please take a look at our Repertory page