The Santa Cruz Baroque Festival presents: Primal Winds (Concert V), featuring The Whole Noyse (16th & 17th century cornets, sackbuts, and curtal).
The Whole Noyse derives its name from medieval England, when a group of loud wind instruments was called a ‘noise’. One of the finest early music bands in the world, the group was founded in 1986 and plays the instruments and music of professional wind bands in the 16th and 17th centuries. The members of Whole Noyse are Stephen Escher (curved cornetts), Richard Van Hessel & Sandy Stadtfeld (sackbuts, an ancestor of the trombone), and Herbert Myers (curtal, an ancestor of the bassoon). At the cusp of Renaissance and Baroque, their repertoire includes rousing dances and canzonas by Josquin Desprez, Giovanni Gabrieli, Girolamo Frescobaldi and others. Special Guest (intermission): Darryl Coe returns, with 'Affe' and his Drehorgel (monkey organ).
Concert V takes place on Saturday, May 14, at First Congregational Church (900 High Street, Santa Cruz) beginning at 7:30 pm. Tickets can be purchased through the UCSC Ticket Office (www.santacruztickets.com, 831-459-2159), the Civic Center Box Office, and the SC Baroque Festival (www.scbaroque.org, 831-457-9693). Ticket price range: $3-23 ($23 general, $17 senior, $6 college student, $3 K-12).
