Episode six of Bite-Sized Broadway is out. This time I had the pleasure of producing and orchestrating The Trial of Bastiano di Bologna, an absurd courtroom farce set in 8th-century Vatican.
This one was a wild orchestration challenge because we chose to use only instruments from medieval Europe for the ensemble! Recorders, Natural Horns, Sackbut (the Trombone’s early ancestor), Tambourines, Pipe Organs, Bass Viol, and a choir of monks. Which is a huge learning curve, especially when we’re making them play jazz chords and show tunes. But they were game for the gig and I’m very proud of the product we created.
Oh! And it’s written by none other than the composer for Schitt’s Creak, Aaron Jensen! And it stars the multi-talented Max Crumm.
What are you waiting for? Check it out!
Recorders by Rob Jacoby,
French Horn by Dakota Corbliss,
Sackbut by Paul Von Hoff,
Bass Viol by Anna Steinhoff,
and Organ and Percussion by Andrew Fox.