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First Encounters - Musical Journeys from the Dawn of the Global Age
An exploration of the fascinating musical links between China and Western Europe in the 17th &18th centuries
Part of the Music-at-Hill Midtown Concerts 2024 Series
Add to my Calendar 21-06-2024 13:15 21-06-2024 15:15 36 First Encounters - Musical Journeys from the Dawn of the Global Age Join us at this special concert for 'Make Music Day UK', at which a six-strong ensemble - comprising both Western and Chinese instruments, and drawing on sources from both sides of the globe - will explore the musical interactions between Ming & Qing Dynasty China and their European contemporaries in what was already then a global age of cultural cross-currents. Refreshments will be served at the back of church both before and after the concert. Holy Sepulchre Church (Musicians’ Church), London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Holy Sepulchre Church (Musicians’ Church)
Holborn Viaduct
Holborn, City of London
London
EC1A 2DQ
England
Programme
Christopher Eley – Lord Macartney's Journey (1794-95)
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les Indes galantes
Loum Kikua – A Chinese Air (1757)
Henry Purcell – King Arthur: 'Fairest Isle'
Giulio Caccini – Regret Old Age without Virtue
Giulio Caccini – Amarilli mia bella
Performers
Philippa Hyde – soprano
Diana Moore – baroque violin
Ibrahim Aziz – viola da gamba
William Summers – baroque flute
Yeo Yat-Soon – harpsichord
Agnes Chin – guzheng
Divertissements Chinois
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Programme Note
Join us at this special concert for 'Make Music Day UK', at which a six-strong ensemble - comprising both Western and Chinese instruments, and drawing on sources from both sides of the globe - will explore the musical interactions between Ming & Qing Dynasty China and their European contemporaries in what was already then a global age of cultural cross-currents.
Refreshments will be served at the back of church both before and after the concert.
