Garrick Comeaux
Garrick Comeaux is the founder of Consortium Carissimi, a group created in 1996 with the intent of uncovering and bringing to modern-day ears the long forgotten ltalian-Roman music of the 16th and especially the 17th century. They primarily consist of male vocalists accompanied by original instruments which range from theorbo, arcilute, harpsichord, organ, several viola da gambas and dulciana. With a profound interest in sacred music, in particular the Motets and Oratories, Consortium Carissimi recreates at each concert event, an atmosphere in which the listener is involved completely in the content of the texts. They do their own transcriptions (of both sacred and secular music) from library manuscripts or early printed editions, consequently much of this music that hasn't been played and heard in hundreds of years.
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