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TENET: Portraits in Song, Renaissance Italy from Ciconia to Petrucci

By Amanda Keil, 06 February 2012
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Reviewed at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, New York City on 3 February 2012
Performers
Tenet Ensemble
Jolle Greenleaf, Soprano
Ryland Angel, Countertenor
Aaron Sheehan, Tenor
Jesse Blumberg, Baritone
Grant Herreid, Plectrum Lute
Scott Metcalfe, Vielle, Harp
Debra Nagy, Recorder, Harp, Douçaine
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Amanda Keil
Amanda Keil
Amanda Keil is a native New Yorker who sings, teaches, writes about music and fundraises for the arts. Her broad musical interests have led her to perform music from ancient to modern times, and she is the founder of Musica Nuova, which stages Baroque songs in modern settings. She blogs at thousandfoldecho.