The Early Interval
A Mediterranean Twelfth Night Celebration

Early Music in Columbus presents The Early Interval in its annual celebration of Twelfth Night on January 9, 10 & 11, 2009. The concerts on January 9 and 10 begin at 8:00 pm with a pre-concert lecture at 7:30 pm. The January 11 performance begins at 2:30 pm with a pre-concert lecture at 2:00 pm. This year’s Twelfth Night Celebration will feature music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque that originated in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. This musical celebration of the close of the holiday season will once again be presented in the stunning acoustics of the St. Turibius Chapel of the Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625 North High Street in north Columbus.
A Mediterranean Twelfth Night Celebration will feature early music from Spain, Cyprus, France, northern Africa, Turkey and Italy. The group will perform vocally and on its usual wide range of instruments, including recorders, medieval and Renaissance harps, violas da gamba, medieval lute, vielles, rebec, violin and pipe and tabor. Sean Ferguson, performing on chitarone and Baroque guitar, will join The Early Interval for this year’s Twelfth Night concerts.
Among the composers represented on the program will be Cristóbal de Morales, Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz, Claudin de Sermisy, Eustache Du Caurroy, Costanzo Festa, Claudio Monteverdi and Ermeni Murad Çelebi. As with past concerts, this season’s program will include music from early improvisatory traditions, including Ron Cook’s improvisation on the harp of a north African taqsim based upon a traditional middle eastern maqam, or mode.

The members of The Early Interval are Ron Cook, director, Jim Bates, Janice Cook*, William Dunlap, Aaron Minnick, Monica Rudy* and Tamara Seckel. (*CEOMTA members!)

The Early Music in Columbus concert series features regional, national and international artists who perform music from the medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods on reproductions of historical instruments. Tickets are $25 general admission, $20 for seniors and $10.00 for students and may be purchased at the door or charged by phone. To order tickets, call Ticketmaster (614-431-3600), CAPA ticket offices (614-469-0939) or contact Katherine Wolfe at 614-861-4569. Tickets also may be purchased at The Loft Violin Shop, 4604 N. High Street.

The Early Music in Columbus concert series is supported by funding from the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and The Columbus Foundation.