MUSIC//BAR//NONEÂ Season 3#10
(Swiss Edition)
ENSEMBLE RESONEZ
Angelique Greuter, Ann Allen, Katarina Ster VOICE
Marie Verstraete RECORDER
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COCKTAIL: O Amor Deus
Watermelon
Gin
Sparkling wine
Blitz the watermelon and and gin together and pour into a champagne flute - as much as desired. Top off with sparkling wine and add ice if the ingredients haven't been chilled before.
MUSIC//BAR//NONEÂ Season 3#9
(Margaret's Edition)
Ann Allen doucaine
Carolin Sophie Margraf renaissance harp
Liane Sadler renaissance flute
Maya Webne-Behrman renaissance violin
Music from Margaret of Austria's Chansonnier
(Koninklijke Bibliotheek MS 228)
by Ockeghem, de la Rue, Pipelare and Anon.
COCKTAIL: My fair lady
1½ oz. genever
1 oz. dry vermouth
½ oz. Amaro CioCiaro
1 tsp. maraschino liqueur
3 dashes orange bitters
Stir all the ingredients with ice until chilled, then strain into a chilled glass; garnish.
MUSIC//BAR//NONEÂ Season 3#8
(fowr Edition)
fowr
Corina Marti (direction)
Ann Allen
Fiona Kizzie Lee
Antonio de Sá Godinho
Greatest hits for recorder consort from 13th-15th century France and Italy.
COCKTAIL: The Clover Club
2 oz Gin
0.5 oz lemon juice
0.5 oz raspberry syrup
1 egg white or 20 ml aquafaba
Dry shake ingredients to emulsify, add ice, shake and served straight up.
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MUSIC//BAR//NONEÂ Season 3#7
(Zorzi Edition)
ALTA BELLEZZA
Ann Allen, Hanna Geisel SHAWMS
Nathaniel Wood SLIDE TRUMPET
Zorzi Trombetta: Highlights from a 15th century ship trumpeters log book.
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COCKTAIL: Zorzini
60 ml shot cognac
20 ml orange infused grappa (recommendation: https://www.sciurlimun.ch/shop/)
20 ml sweet red vermouth (recommendation: https://gryff-spirits.ch/vermouth-red)
2 dashes peach bitters
Combine with ice and stir. Serve up without ice and with an orange twist. A tweak of a very old cocktail from the end of the 19th century called the Renaissance this is my modern twist with an extra orange hit!
MUSIC//BAR//NONEÂ Season 3#6
(Renaissance Edition)
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Ann Allen, Silke Gwendolyn Schulze, Raffaella Bortolini, Teresa Ortner
Recorders, Douçaines, Dulcians, Shawms, Cornetto
The renaissance babes blasting through the 16th century on a plethora of crazy instruments.
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COCKTAIL: Renaissance
1 1/2 shot cognac
1/4 shot limoncello
1/2 shot sweet red vermouth
2 dashes peach bitters
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Combine with ice and stir. Serve up without ice and with an orange twist.
MUSIC//BAR//NONEÂ Season 3#5
(Faenza Marathon pt 2)
Ann Allen, Fiona Kizzie Lee, Julia Marty, António de Sá Godinho
Recorders, Voice, Organetto, Douçaine
COCKTAIL: Bees Knees
50 cl Gin
50 cl Lemon Juice
25 cl Honey Syrup
Shake with ice and pour into a suitable glass with a slice of lemon as garnish.
MUSIC//BAR//NONEÂ Season 3#4
(Alta Bellezza Again)
Greatest hits from Alta Bellezza's current CD 'L' alta bellezza' and their forth coming one based on Zorzi Trompetta's note book.
ALTA BELLEZZA
Ann Allen & Hanna Geisel SHAWMS
Nathaniel Wood SLIDE TRUMPET
COCKTAIL: PUCCINI
Tangerine Juice
Prosecco
(Splash of ginger liqueur if desired)
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For this Venetian winter little know classic, fill a flute glass with ca 2 cm of tangerine juice
and top off with cold prosecco.
Tangerine juice can be made by blitzing the fruit in a Nutribullet/Food Processor
and then straining through a cheese cloth.
MUSIC//BAR//NONEÂ Season 3#3
(Douçaines de Bâle)
The 'douçaine damen' return once more for a hypnotic journey through the middles ages with music
from Spain, France, England and Italy on recorders and doucaines.
Ann Allen, Rafaella Bortolini, Silke Schulze
DOUÇAINES/RECORDERS
CHERRY SOUR
6 ml Luxardo Cherry Gin
2 ml Lemon Juice
2 ml Sugar syrup
1 egg white Maschino Cherry
1. Dry shake (ie no ice) all the ingredients
2. Add ice cubes and shake again
3. Pour and serve with maraschino cherry
MUSIC//BAR//NONEÂ Season 3#2
(Faenza Marathon pt 1)
Ann Allen & Fiona Kizzie Lee start their Faenza Codex odyssey with the help of Arthur Wilkens.
A collection of keyboard in tabulations of the most popular French & Italian songs from the end of the 14th century,
Biblioteca Comunale Faenza MS 117 (Faenza Codex) was original created at the beginning of the 15th century
in northern Italy and is a rare glimpse into a rich instrumental tradition
which was going on undocumented up till then.
Aim is to perform all 50 pieces by the end of the season!
Ann Allen - Recorders & Doucaine
Fiona Kizzie Lee - Recorders & Organetto
Arthur Wilkins - Organetto
FAENZA FUSION
1 shot amaretto
1 shot rum
1/2 orange
1 lime Crushed ice
1. Cut the orange and lime into small cubes and place at the bottom of a glass
2. Pour over the amaretto and rum and stir to combine
3. Add crushed ice and serve with a straw
MUSIC//BAR//NONE Season 3#1
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Join Lisa, Liza and myself for the first MUSIC//BAR//NONE of the new season.
We are returning to one of my favourite manuscripts exploring beautiful music for the Virgin Mary
from the Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de las Huelgas.
MEDIVA
Ann Allen & Lisa Dunk - Voice
Elizabeth Sommers - Fiddle & Voice
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THE WHITE LADY
As all the music tonight comes from a cistercian nunnery,
where the sisters wore white to differeniate themsleves from the black clad benedictines,
the cocktail we are serving is a 'white lady'.
4 cl gin
2 cl triplum (orange liqueur)
2 cl lemon juice egg white (optional)
1. Dry shake all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with no ice to help the egg emulsify
(this step can be ignore if not using egg)
2. Add ice and shake again until the shaker is cold to to the touch
3. Strain into a glass and serve with a twist of lemon
MUSIC//BAR//NONEÂ Season 2 #8
(Summer Finale)
A last celebration before taking a summer break.
Music from Dunstable, Faenza Codex and Las Huelgas Manuscript.
Ann Allen, Teresa Ortner, Fiona Kizzie Lee, Elizabeth Sommers, Pascal Renaud
voices, recorders, fiddle
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SUMMER SPICED WINE
Big thanks to Max Miller at Tasting Histories for posting a video for this yummy summer spice wine. I was very inspired and immediately decided to steal the recipe for the next MUSIC//BAR//NONE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZcrS...
CLICK HERE for recipe
MUSIC//BAR//NONE Season 2 #7
(Martini Edition)
Ever since starting this MUSIC//BAR//NONE adventure I have wanted to perform something by Johannes Martini ... as an excuse to make my favourite cocktail.
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Tonight my dreams come true!
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Ann Allen, Doron Schleifer, Henry Van Engen, Jedediah Allen VOICE
Summer Spiced Wine Cocktail
CLICK HERE for recipe
MUSIC//BAR//NONE Season 2 #6
(Henry VIII Edition II)
Back to MUSIC//BAR//NONE roots ... Julia Marty and & Arthur Wilkens, who have been playing from the start, are joining me along with Holly Scarborough and Sara-Maria Fantini and collective we will be deep diving into an early 16th century manuscript own by the English King Henry VIII.
Ann Allen DOUCAINES, RECORDERS Julia Marty GITTERN Arthur Wilkens LUTE Sara Maria Fantini LUTE & GITTERN Holly Scarborough FLUTE with thanks to Mark Searle for the technical wizardry
Rosie Glow Cocktail
CLICK HERE for recipe
MUSIC//BAR//NONE Season 2 #5
(Mediva Edition)
Mediva are reunited after a long corona pause ... come and celebrate with our greatest hits from 14th cnetury Italy and champagne cocktails!
Ann Allen SHAWM, DOUCAINES, RECORDERS Adrien Reboisson SHAWM, DOUCAINES, RECORDERS Maxime Fiorani SPERCUSSION with thanks to Mark Searle for the technical wizardry
Champagne Cocktail
CLICK HERE for recipe
MUSIC//BAR//NONE Season 2 #4
(Saltarello Edition)
Dancing into 2022 with a selection of 15th century Italian dance music played by an array of loud wind instruments.
Saltarello Cocktail
CLICK HERE for recipe
MUSIC//BAR//NONE Season 2 #3
(Christmas Edition)
The Hinterhof Harmonists return to bring some festive cheer with an array of carols from England and Germany.
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Cocktail: Spiced Mulled Apple
CLICK HERE for recipe
MUSIC//BAR//NONE Season 2 #2
(Medieval Medley )
An extravaganza from 13th century Orkney Islands to 16th century London via 14th & 15th century France and Italy.
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Cocktail: Old Hickory
CLICK HERE for recipe
MUSIC//BAR//NONE Season 2 #1
(Hothby Edition)
An English Monk in 15th century Italy whose music was preserved in the blank pages of the Faenza Codex.
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Cocktail: Gin & It
CLICK HERE for recipe
MUSIC//BAR//NONE #10
(Season Finale)
MUSIC//BAR//NONE #9
(Alta Bellezza Edition)
ALTA BELLEZZA (Ann Allen, Hanna Geisel, Nathaniel Wood - Shawms, Bagpipes, Slide Trumpet and Sackbut) return to present highlights from their latest programme inspired by music jotted down in the diary of a 15th century ship's trumpeter as he sailed around the Mediterranean. www.altabellezza.com
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Cocktail: Giselle Spritz
CLICK HERE for recipe
MUSIC//BAR//NONE #8
(La Fiamma Edition)
Ann Allen & La Fiamma (Fiona Kizzie Lee & Amy Farnell)
Beautiful medieval music for recorders, organetto, doucaine and voice.
Music to light your inner fire!
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Cocktail: La Fiamma
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MUSIC//BAR//NONE #7
(Douçaine Edition)
Going by a myriad of names, the mysterious douçaine is the newest kid on the block when it comes to modern-day-fashions in medieval wind instruments ... a cylindrical bored early double reed instrument, it is mentioned frequently in literature and chronicles from the thirteenth to early seventeenth centuries and has a soft haunting sound. The only surviving instrument was discovered thirty years ago on the sunken wreck of Henry VIII's flagship - the Mary Rose.
ANN ALLEN, SILKE GWENDOLYN SCHULZE and RAFFAELLA BORTOLINI bring you an evening of Doucaine trios from Spanish monasteries to Tudor palaces via French motets and Italian caccias.
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MUSIC//BAR//NONE #6
(Easter Edition)
ANN ALLEN & CORINA MARTI (recorders & organetto) present a medieval version of the Stabat Mater. This poem, famously set to music by Pergolesi, is in fact a 13th century hymn depicting the Virgin Mary as she stood at the foot of the cross weeping for her son. It has been set to music many times since it was composed, from medieval plainchant versions through to James Macmillan's version for chorus and strings written just a few years ago.
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MUSIC//BAR//NONE #5
(Las Huelgas Edition)
MUSIC//BAR//NUN - ANN ALLEN, JULIA MARTY, LENA TSCHINDERLE, PASCAL RENAUD and LYDIA PACEVICIUS perform music from the Las Huelgas manuscript ... just as the Cistercian nuns at the convent of Santa MarÃa la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos, did 700 years ago.
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MUSIC//BAR//NONE #4
(The Pioneers II)
This week the original crew - ANN ALLEN, ARTHUR WILKENS, JULIA MARTY and FIONA KIZZIE LEE return performing Machaut, Dunstable and friends.
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MUSIC//BAR//NONE #3
(Alta Bellezza Edition)
ANN ALLEN, HANNA GEISEL and NATHANIEL WOOD present some of ALTA BELLEZZA's greatest hits.
Dufay, Binchois and beyond ...
MUSIC//BAR//NONE #2
(Homesick Edition)
ANN ALLEN & CORINA MARTI (recorders, clavicymbalum, organetto) present a homage to England performing beautiful music from 14th & 15th England including Estampies from the Robertsbridge codex and antiphons by Dunstable and Frye.
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MUSIC//BAR//NONE #1
(The Pioneer Edition)
ANN ALLEN, ARTHUR WILKENS, JULIA MARTY, FIONA KIZZIE LEE perform a potpourri of medieval music from Spain, France and England.
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