Dear Friends: I am pleased to announce the release of my second CD of lute music, "Patrons of the Lute". Look around a typical LSA seminar and you see a few professional players, but you see many more dedicated amateurs who love the lute and can, at least occasionally, play a nice piece themselves despite having a day job. This CD is dedicated to those amateurs with a day job of old; the Doctors, Princes and Counts who supported the professionals but also played and published their works. Includes works by Thomas Campion (medical doctor), Prince Lobkowitz (Weiss dedicated one of his C Major sonatas to him), Count Logy and Count Bergen. The CD begins with the Plainte by Weiss, which has a hand written note on the MS complaining about non-payment! I close the circle of patronage by finishing with a new Passacaglia that I commissioned from Ronn McFarlane.
I'm joined on the CD by lutenist Kenneth Bé (Logy duet) and soprano Nell Snaidas (Campion songs). Promotional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeM0DdDOGg0 CD booklet: http://www.dshoskes.com/Patrons.pdf Buy or download on CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/danielshoskes2 Download on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/patrons-of-the-lute/id878859427 Danny -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
