December 19

The New Lute Café presents....

Terzetti Lute Duo

Phillip Rukavina and Thomas Walker, Jr. - Renaissance lutes

Terzetti brings some of the best Renaissance lute music to the stage anywhere, period. Composed of two nationally recognized performers on the lute, Terzetti is Phillip Rukavina and Thomas Walker, Jr who come together to bring rarely heard, virtuosic masterpieces of lute music to life before your very ears.

Terzetti will be appearing in the Summit Center on Thursday, December 19 at 7:30 pm, presenting a program entitled “La spagna.” The lute duets and solos on this program were composed at the very flowering of the High Renaissance musical style. The program includes music by such musical luminaries as Francesco da Milano, Vincenzo Capirola, Francesco Spinacino, as well as music from Emmanuel Adriaenssen’s (c. 1554-1604 ) Pratum Musicum, which contains lute solos, and more importantly settings of madrigals for lute duo. Make no mistake, this performance will not be a ponderous performance of simple plucks and plinks, but a virtuosic display of how this music really sounds... rich, full of flashy diminutions, and with the luscious sound of two incredible lutes and lute players paired together. And, the Summit Center is just the right place to experience this kind of music – up close and personal within an delicious acoustic space.

The New Lute Café is sponsored by the St. Paul Conservatory of Music.

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Thursday, 7:30 pm - doors open at 7pm (Enter at the Southeast door).

Admission: Suggested donation: $15