You still have a few days left to catch a performance of O Magnum Mysterium at the Folger.

The collaboration between singers Roger Isaacs, Rosa Lamoreaux, François Loup, William Sharp, and Aaron Sheehan, and instrumentalist Joseph Gascho and the hilariously named ‘Piffaro the Renaissance Band’ was surprisingly great fun.

The use of period instruments was both enlightening and entertaining and the obvious joy the performers took in the music was wonderful. The way they bobbed and swayed to some of the music could have fooled you into thinking they were playing the latest catchy song on the radio, rather Spanish music from the 1500s.

All in all, a welcome respite from the hurly burly goings on at work and the sadness of the news of George Whitman’s death.