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Middle Temple Hall
Middle Temple Lane
Temple
City of London
London
EC4Y 9AT
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – Harpsichord Concerto no.1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Henry Purcell – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Tierkreis
Performers
Dame Emma Kirkby – soprano
Angela Hicks – soprano
Miriam Allan – soprano
Laurence Williams – baritone
Chau-yee Lo – harpsichord
Nikolas Clarke – Conductor
Bar Musical Society Orchestra
St Genesius Choir
Programme Note
“An opera perform’d at Mr. Josias Priest’s Boarding-School at Chelsey by young Gentlewomen. The words made by Mr Nat. Tate. The musick composed by Mr Henry Purcell.”
The Bar Musical Society is delighted to present a concert performance of Purcell’s only true opera, with Emma Kirkby singing the role of Dido, Queen of Carthage in this tragic tale of her love for the Trojan hero Aeneas. The soloists will be accompanied by the Bar Musical Society orchestra with a chorus (the St Genesius Choir) of courtiers, witches, cupids and sailors.
Chau-Yee Lo plays Bach’s virtuosic Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 and, with Emma Kirkby, Stockhausen’s Tierkreis, twelve melodies representing the signs of the zodiac.
