Orchestra of the 17th Century: Dido and Aeneas - Sailor's Dance

Orchestra of the 17th Century: Dido and Aeneas - Sailor's Dance Video Clips. Duration : 0.85 Mins.

Orchestra of the 17th Century, Washington DC Michael Holmes, Music Director Live performance of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas: Sailor's Dance The Orchestra of the 17th Century ("O17"), directed by its founder Michael Holmes, is dedicated to the exploration and promotion of music from the century that saw the birth of the modern notion of the "orchestra." Since there was no standardized orchestra for most of the 17th century, each performance by O17 is a unique experience in instrumental color. Its audiences hear groups that feature a variety of wind instruments such as cornetts, sackbuts, curtals, shawms, and recorders, as well as performances that feature the more familiar large string group with continuo. O17 is now in its eighth season of its existence and still striving to produce more unique and fascinating programs otherwise difficult to produce due to the specialized use of period instruments. One of the subsets of O17 is the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, North America's premiere ensemble of its kind. Another subset is the Ensemble Stylus Luxurians. O17 released its first CD recording of Roman and Venetian music in the Fall of 2004, in collaboration with the Choir of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC Contact: musicdirector@uucss.org