Early Music Seattle: La Nef – Sea Songs & Chanties
$45 ($30 students/under 35)
Early Music Seattle presents ensemble La Nef as they perform capstand shanties, halyard shanties, laments, forecastle songs, short haul shanties, songs, and music to accompany work and play. Inspired by this tradition of maritime music, Seán Dagher has arranged these songs and tunes to display all the warmth and depth they deserve. Music from England, Scotland, Ireland, the Americas, and the Caribbean is sung by a chorus of seven male voices – a powerful instrument indeed. All aboard for this Seattle debut!
About La Nef
Founded in Montréal in 1991, La Nef creates, produces, and distributes concerts, multimedia and multidisciplinary shows, physical and digital albums, musical tales, and CD-books. Its activities are aimed at audiences of all ages.
Its wide-ranging repertoire includes early music, the music of oral traditions, world music, and experimental and contemporary approaches to musical creation.
According to the approach chosen, its performances integrate theater, movement and dance, visual arts, video, and now, with advances in technology, digital arts.
All these elements contribute to the high artistic quality, stylistic diversity, and distinctive character that are the company’s unique signature.
Over the course of years, La Nef has presented its shows in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Often nominated or listed as a finalist for its concerts, shows, discs, and CD-books, La Nef counts Opus, ADISQ, and CFMA prizes among its many awards and distinctions
https://lanefeng.comIllsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall
200 University St.Seattle, WA 98101
United States