The early music ensemble Aurus will present a program based on the plays and poems of the great playwright. Songs to the texts of Shakespeare, English folklore, and European hits from the Shakespearean era will be performed. In the English theater of the Elizabethan era, music played the role of the nervous system. Overtures, interludes, and dances helped the audience experience what was happening on stage. On this evening, the early music ensemble Aurus will connect the playwright's works with the melodies of his time. Court songs, folk motifs, and European hits of the Renaissance will be performed. The concert program consists of a variety of vocal and instrumental numbers. The song Where the Bee Sucks from "The Tempest" embodies playful lightness and a taste of freedom; It Was a Lover and His Lass from "As You Like It" captures the mood of a walk through sunny meadows; Orpheus with His Lute from "Henry VIII" is a meditative aria about the power of art, while the simple melody The Willow Song from "Othello" hides a sinister fate. Works for lute by John Dowland, Guillaume de Machaut, Lorenzo de' Medici, and the piece Pastime with Good Company, attributed to King Henry VIII, will also be performed.