The Queen's Revels orchestra

The Queen’s Revels (or, an Elizabethan dance party) was held last night in Mt Victoria. Along the same lines as, and organised by the same people as the Feast of Fools, this was a great night of Renaissance music and dance.

Being based two or three hundred years later than the medieval Feast, the music was more readily recognisable, and a number were pieces that any classical orchestra would recognise. The orchestra of period instruments were amazing, as were the madrigals sung by quartets and quintets of the St Mary of the Angel’s choir.

A travelling minstrel?