Photo: Jane Hilton   Matthew Truscott Photo: Pierre Doumenge

Early Music Day

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Matthew Truscott  director/violin
Julia Doyle  soprano
7.00pm  (Please note early start time)
St Margaret’s Church
£17 (unreserved)
Ticket Offer: See Late Night Early Music concert below

Handel Concerto Grosso Op.6, No.10 in D minor
Purcell Suite:The Fairy Queen
Bach Violin Concerto in E major
Handel Arias from Alcina, Rodelinda, Giulio Cesare
Handel Concerto Grosso Op 6, No.9 in F major

Playing on original instruments to ensure the music is heard as it would have been when originally written, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment musicians are masters of the baroque. The crystal-clear voice of soprano Julie Doyle provides vocal content to this enchanting programme.

Sponsored by John Mallen

 

James Bowman

Late Night Early Music
Time Stands Still
Music by John Dowland and his Contemporaries
James Bowman counter-tenor
Dorothy Linell lute
9.30pm St Margaret’s Church
£10 (unreserved)

SPECIAL OFFER: £7 if bought as a double ticket with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

James Bowman has been one of the world’s leading counter-tenors for more than 40 years. His career spans opera, oratorio, contemporary music and solo recitals and he has more than 150 recordings to his name. Renowned lutenist Dorothy Linell has a wide-ranging career including television and radio, performances worldwide for international festivals and orchestras and work on cruise ships. She accompanies James Bowman for a programme of delightful early music in the atmospheric late-night setting of St Margaret’s Church.

Sponsored by Miss Jean Scott