An Elizabethan tribute to Nick Drake

"Nick was strangely out of step with his time. If he had lived in the 17th century, at the Elizabethan court, alongside composers such as Dowland or William Byrd, he would have fit right in. Nick was elegant, honest, a lost romantic – and at the same time so cool. In short: the perfect Elizabethan." – Rick Kirby

Joel Frederiksen and his ensemble Phoenix Munich explored this sentiment of a friend of English singer-songwriter Nick Drake, who died in 1974 at the age of only 26, and created the program “Requiem for a Pink Moon.” With their award-winning signature style and sound, the experts in Renaissance and early Baroque music give Drake's songs an “Elizabethan” sound with lute, theorbo, and viola da gamba in their Musikfest debut. Songs by John Dowland and Thomas Campion fit seamlessly into the adaptations, as Drake's lyrics, like those of the Elizabethan poets, revolve around deeply felt, personal moments of human existence.

Performers:

Joel Frederiksen - lute, vocals, concept, and direction

Colin Balzer - tenor

Axel Wolf - lute, theorbo

Domen Marinčič - viola da gamba