Evangelina Mascardi and Frédéric Zigante Play Renaissance Lute Works

ByBradford Werner
2021

Evangelina Mascardi performs Dowland solos and is joined by Frédéric Zigante for some Renaissance Lute Duos. This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s excellent YouTube channel. Beautiful playing by Mascardi and nice to hear the duets with Zigante. Here’s the programme:

00:09 Anonimo – A ground

John Dowland (1563 – 1626)
02:53 A Fancy
04:15 Mrs. Clifton’s Almain
06:06 The right Honourable The Lady Clifton’s Spirit
08:45 Robin
11:18 Forlorn Hope Fancy

Thomas Robinson (c. 1560 – 1610)
14:43 A plaine Song

17:03 Anonimo – La Rosignoll

My Editions of Renaissance Duets for Guitar

Guitar Duets
Anonymous: La Rossignol, Renaissance lute duet for 2 guitars, early-intermediate
Anonymous: Lesson for Two Lutes, Renaissance lute duet for 2 guitars, easy/intermediate
Dowland: My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home & My Lord Chamberlain, His Galliard, Renaissance lute duets for 2 guitars, late-intermediate-adavnced
Milano: Canone & Spagna, Renaissance lute duet for 2 guitars, intermediate
Robinson: Plaine Song for Two Lutes, Renaissance lute duet for 2 guitars, intermediate
Robinson: Toy for Two Lutes, Renaissance lute duet for 2 guitars, early-intermediate

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.