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St Giles Cripplegate
Fore Street
City of London
London
EC2Y 8DA
England
Tickets
Prices: £20 (£15) + booking fee
Book Tickets
Programme
Henry Purcell – The Fairy Queen, suite no.2
Henry Purcell – King Arthur Suite, Z.628
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les Boréades
Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-George – Symphony in G major, Op.11 no.1
Georg Philipp Telemann – Ouverture-Suite, TWV 55:A2
Ignatius Sancho – 12 Country Dances
Performers
Ensemble Hesperi
Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble
Programme Note
For this special collaborative project, generously supported by a grant from the Continuo Foundation, Hesperi and Buskaid present a joyful programme of familiar favourites and lesser-known gems for strings, recorder and harpsichord, building musical bridges across time, borders and cultures.
Programme to include: a string arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied; two sparkling movements from Georg Philipp Telemann’s suite in A minor for recorder and strings; a string symphony by the French composer and performer of African descent, Joseph Bologne; a stunning trio sonata by George Fredrick Handel; and charming dances by British-African abolitionist and composer Ignatius Sancho. The concert will also feature compelling rhythms and haunting melodies from Jean Philippe Rameau, one of the Buskaid musicians' favourite composers, and we celebrate both ensembles' affection for Henry Purcell with a selection of incidental music from Purcell’s King Arthur and Faerie Queen.
The concert will end, as Buskaid concerts always do, with Kwela music, an improvised genre of street music with roots in traditional African township music and anti-apartheid protest songs, arranged and performed (with dance moves!) by members of the Buskaid ensemble.
