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Barts Great Hall
St Bartholomew's Hospital
West Smithfield
City of London
London
EC1A 7BE
England
Tickets
Prices: £100
Book Tickets
Programme
Francois Couperin – Selection
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in A minor, Op.132
Leonard Bernstein – Selection
Cole Porter – Song selection
Henry Purcell – Selection
Gilbert and Sullivan – Selection
Performers
Simon Callow – Presenter
George Robarts – baritone
Claire Ward – soprano
Donald Macleod – Presenter
Nathaniel Mander – harpsichord
Edward Picton-Turbervill – piano
James Larter – Percussion
City Music Foundation
Paddington Trio
Programme Note
Following the enthusiasm for our evening of ‘900 Years of Music and Medicine’ in June 2023, just before the closure of the Great Hall for renovation and conservation, we are holding a further medical themed evening – ‘More Music and Malady’. This will celebrate the re-opening of the North Wing, with a miscellany of music about lithotomy, doctors and illnesses – both real and imagined – including music from Couperin to G&S, Purcell to Cole Porter, Bernstein to Beethoven.
The programme begins with the founding of the hospital and explores eye watering 18th century surgical procedures – with original instruments! You’ll hear about a range of ailments of mind and body contracted through love – and some possible remedies from some rather dodgy doctors. You’ll find that the doctor-patient relationship may go beyond what is considered proper. And finally we will leave you with part of Beethoven’s Op132 – a thanksgiving for restored heath and healing. The narrative will be woven together and subverted in equal measure by CMF Patron Simon Callow and BBC Radio 3 presenter Donald Macleod.
Performers include Claire Ward, soprano, George Robarts, baritone, Ed Picton Turbervill, piano, Nathaniel Mander, harpsichord, James Larter, percussion, members of the Paddington Trio, and other CMF artists.
‘More Music and Malady’ will be presented on Tuesday 25th November, in Barts Great Hall in the North Wing of Barts Hospital, at 7pm. Seating will, like last time, be arranged in small tables of 4.
Tickets include drinks and canapes. Seating will be arranged in small tables of 4
Tickets are only available in advance via City Music Foundation’s website.
