Details
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England
Programme
Georg Muffat – Splendidae Nuptiae (Florilegium Secundum)
Jean-Baptiste Lully – Ballet des Arts
George Frideric Handel – Alcina: Suite
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer – Le Journal du Printemps
Johann Sebastian Bach – Orchestral Suite no.2 in B minor 'Flute', BWV 1067
Performers
Lisete da Silva – baroque flute
The Brook Street Band
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Programme Note
Following on from the morning’s exhilarating dance workshop, experience some of the wonderfully rich and joyous orchestral music for strings, flutes and recorders that was such an important part of life at French Courts and further afield. This concert is preceeded by a free festival talk at 5.30pm
Festival Talk: Muffat – his life, his music and his legacy
Tatty Theo presents an illustrated talk, exploring this rich period of political and musical change in 17th-century Europe that shaped and defined Muffat’s music.
Free admission with ticket for 7.30pm concert