Piffaro, the Renaissance Band released Vespers through Navona Records. The highly acclaimed Philadelphia-based early music ensemble teamed up with composer Kile Smith, Conductor Donald Nally and The Crossing, tracking the outing inside a church in rural PA. This special CD is released in digipak format, featuring a 24 page booklet and enhanced CD content replete with behind-the-scenes photos from the recording sessions and PDF study scores of each of the album’s 13 tracks.
The Crossing
Karen Blanchard • Steven Bradshaw • Maren Montalbano Brehm • Veronica Chapman-Smith • Brian Ming Chu • Micah Dingler • Jeff Dinsmore • Steven Gearhart • Chris Hodges • Erin Jeanette • Vincent Metallo • Frank Mitchell • Rob Phillips • Lourin Plant • Susan Polack • Rebecca Siler • Dan Spratlan • Rebecca Whitlow • Shari Alise Wilson • Steven Ziegler
Donald Nally, conductor
John Grecia & Jodi Bohr, accompanists
Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
Joan Kimball and Robert Wiemken
Artistic Co-Directors
Grant Herreid – lute, guitar, recorder, shawm, percussion
Greg Ingles – sackbut, recorder, percussion
Joan Kimball – shawm, recorder, dulcian, bagpipe, krumhorn
Christa Patton – shawm, harp, recorder, bagpipe
Robert Wiemken – dulcian, shawm, recorder, krumhorn, percussion
Tom Zajac – sackbut, recorder, bagpipe, krumhorn, percussion
Priscilla Herreid – shawm, recorder, dulcian