Name: Byrd Celebration: Elizabeth Weaver ~ soprano & Charles Weaver ~ lute
Start: 2023-10-01T16:00:00
Location: Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church

Charles Weaver

Elizabeth Weaver

Gotham Early Music Scene

One of the greatest champions of William Byrd’s music in his own day was his friend Edward Paston, a member of the landed gentry of Norfolk, England. Byrd and Paston both adhered to the Roman Catholic faith which was illegal in England at that time. Paston’s remarkable private music collection includes both secular and sacred music, even large-scale choral music, preserved in intabulations for a single voice and lute, intended for entertainment and devotion, or possibly even for Masses celebrated in secret by itinerant Jesuits. Hear this unusual repertoire performed by longtime duo partners Elizabeth and Charles Weaver. Elizabeth Weaver is a soprano acclaimed for her “angelic brightness and dedication” and the “remarkable clarity” of her declamation. Charles Weaver is a sought-after performer on early plucked instruments. He is on the faculty at The Juilliard School and holds a PhD in Music Theory from the City University of New York.