Friday Rush Hour: The Brook Street Band at Foundling Museum, London on Friday 9th June 2017

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Friday Rush Hour: The Brook Street Band

Add to my Calendar 09-06-2017 17:30 09-06-2017 19:30 36 Friday Rush Hour: The Brook Street Band Critically acclaimed group The Brook Street Band revive the thrilling music-making scene of Handelian London with a programme of sonatas and solos. The cello enjoyed a huge surge in popularity in eighteenth-century England, becoming the string instrument of choice for many a fashionable Londoner, along with the harpischord. Performing works by composers such as Handel, Arne, Cervetto and Geminiani, Tatty Theo and Carolyn Gibley of The Brook Street Band explore the rich cultural and musical possibilities that led such a diverse group of men, from different countries and religious backgrounds, to chose London as their home. Foundling Museum, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AZ
England

Friday 9th June 2017
5:30 PM

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Cello Sonata in G Major
Giacobbe Basevi Cervetto – Cello Sonata in A minor, Op.3 no.4
Francesco Geminiani – 6 Cello Sonatas, Op.5
George Frideric Handel – Cello Sonata in D minor

Performers

Brook Street Band

Programme Note

Critically acclaimed group The Brook Street Band revive the thrilling music-making scene of Handelian London with a programme of sonatas and solos.

The cello enjoyed a huge surge in popularity in eighteenth-century England, becoming the string instrument of choice for many a fashionable Londoner, along with the harpischord. Performing works by composers such as Handel, Arne, Cervetto and Geminiani, Tatty Theo and Carolyn Gibley of The Brook Street Band explore the rich cultural and musical possibilities that led such a diverse group of men, from different countries and religious backgrounds, to chose London as their home.

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