[Milton-L] "Milton Regained ...by contemporary artists, performers, poets and musicians!"

[Yuko Nii]

FROM TERRANCE LINDALL:

Dear Milton Scholars:

As our festival honoring John Milton draws to it’s finish on November  
2nd, I wanted to share with you one of the last wonderful events, a  
musical IN 17th CENTURY COSTUME BY CANDLELIGHT.  I have put up a few  
excerpts from the October 17th performance on Youtube, hoping to  
entice those of you who can come to the October 24th performance this  
friday at 8 PM. It is an intimate setting in the historic paneled mid  
19th C. grand reception hall of our art center.
Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4_Gp2L71PU
Part 3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tiYxB02BqE
Part 4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd9ffYzQZB0

Many of the 15 works of music presented (see list below) have never  
been performed or recorded in modern times.  In this production we  
have Lisa Kelly on harp, Heather Arzberger on classical guitar and  
Arthur Kirmss as narrator, soprano-alto, bass-baritone, etc. I was  
deeply moved by the production done at my request for the festival.

We had a visit to our show from Laurel Bradley, Director of Carlton  
Colleges Art Collection in Minnesota. She loved it.  We  
enthusiastically decided we should have a second Paradise Lost costume  
ball out in Northfield Minnesota in the dead of winter in two years.  
Of course we will have a Milton exhibit too. Imagine hot toddies by a  
roasting fire among the pine trees! Wolves howling outside the door  
while we are safe inside celebrating and reciting Milton. Tim Raylor  
is the Milton scholar out there. I think it would be a great place to  
convene “Carter’s Conclave” of Milton scholars on “Why Milton  
Matters.” We would record it on video.

  Sadly, on November 2nd our Milton festival ends. On that day, S.  
David will do a “poet’s tour" of the show at 3 PM, reciting his own  
work in response some paintings in the show. He will also sign his new  
book. Afterwards is the ‘Artist’s Dinner.” Each artist and ANYONE WHO  
WANTS TO COME will bring a dish they have prepared or contribute $10  
to the dinner. The art center supplies free wine and beer. I hope some  
of you will come and sit down with my artists and have a jolly time!  
They are always animated and exciting events.



I will soon start work on my elephant folio, sooner rather than later.  
The book, as currently envisioned, will be 23 X 16 inches. Each of the  
five or ten (at most) copies that I produce will be unique - different  
bindings, and each personally dedicated to the owner. I am thinking  
that the covers may be identified by different motifs, such as the  
"Archangel Michael" or the "Lucifer," etc. I will see as things  
progress. Each copy will have one c. 1979 conceptual drawing (or  
perhaps a finished drawing) from the project.. The design, production  
and hand finishing of the first copy may take up to a year.





COURANTE:, The Testament of the Poet, a musicale honoring the 400th  
birthday of John Milton, produced by Arthur Kirmss

Part I: THE GRACE OF HIS CHILDHOOD

1)    Hyde Park” English/Dutch, c. 1660

2)    “callino Casturame” (William Byrd) English, c. 1600



Part II: His Youth and Romance: His Ambition

1)    “Ach Ameryllis” (Anon. Dutch), C. 1599

2)    “Rest Sweet Nymphs” (Francis Pilkington) English (vocal), c. 1605

3)    “Courante” (Johan Schop) Dutch, c. 1650

4)    “Shall I Come Sweet Love to Thee” (Thomas Campion) English (vocal)



Part III, His Maturity and the Drama of Events

1)    “Brabantse Dragonere Mars” Anon. Dutch (Camphuysen MS), c. 1620

2)    “”DeEngelsche Fortuin” English/Dutch, c. 1650

3)    “Mal Sims” Dutch, anon., c. 1600

4)    “Greensleeves” (Francis Cutting) variations, English, c. 1580



Part IV: His Sorrow, His Achievement, and His Indomitable Spirit

1)    “Where Griping Grief” (Richard Edwards) English (vocal). C. 1540?

2)    “Mr. Warwickes Maske” Anon. English, c. 1600

3)    “Sir John Grayes Galliard” (William Byrd) English, c. 1600

Part V: His Legacy – The Testament of the Poet
1)    “English Pavane” (Pierre Attaignant/Claude Gervaise), c. 1600

2)    “Ballet Bronckhorts” Anon. Dutch, Housed in St. Petersburg  
Leningrad Academy of Sciences (MS), c. 1650
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