Details
Handel and Hendrix in London
23 & 25 Brook Street
Mayfair
London
W1K 4HB
England
Programme
Francesca Caccini – Primo Libro della Musiche
Performers
Juliet Fraser – soprano
Jamie Akers – lute
Anna Beer – Musicologist
Programme Note
400 years ago, Francesca Caccini, composer to the Medici, published her only collection of music: Il primo libro delle musiche. Anna Beer (musicologist) is joined by Juliet Fraser (soprano) and Jamie Akers (lute) to present a selection of Caccini’s rarely heard songs alongside stories about her life and times.