In Angel’s Wede: Music for Mary, Queen of Scots

The dramatic story of Mary, Queen of Scots is presented in a program of music from her life, narrated by radio personality Robert Aubry Davis. The layers of romance, deceit, political maneuvering, and the long Catholic/Protestant feud in the British Isles and France are all told in Mary’s tale. Members of the Baltimore Consort (playing lute, viols, wooden flutes and recorders, cittern and rebec) perform dances and accompany soprano, Danielle Svonavec in songs by the French poet Ronsard and anonymous Scots/English poets.

The Baltimore Consort Mary Anne Ballard, viols and rebec; Mark Cudek, cittern, bass viol; Larry Lipkis, viols, recorders; Ronn McFarlane, lute; Mindy Rosenfeld, winds; Danielle Svonavec, soprano; with Robert Aubry Davis, narrator

Founded in 1980 to perform the instrumental music of Shakespeare’s time, the Baltimore Consort has explored early English, Scottish, and French popular music, focusing on the relationship between folk and art song and dance. Their interest in early music of English/Scottish heritage has also led them to delve into the rich trove of traditional music preserved in North America. Recordings on the Dorian label have earned them recognition as Top Classical-Crossover Artist of the Year (Billboard), as well as rave reviews elsewhere. Besides touring in the U.S. and abroad, they often perform on such syndicated radio broadcasts as St. Paul Sunday, Performance Today, Harmonia and the CBC’s OnStage.