Private Musicke

There are Renaissance ensembles and Baroque ensembles, guitar groups and viol consorts, accompanimental bands and instrumental groups. Private Musicke has succeeded by being all of these things at different times. It was founded in 1998 and has been under the direction of guitarist and lutenist Pierre Pitzl. Private Musicke embraced both Renaissance and Baroque repertory, something unusual for early music ensembles, but entirely justifiable in view of the presence of the guitar and lute in a tradition of their own throughout the two periods, and often residing on the cutting edge of the wider musical tradition. ~ James Manheim