The Battle between Shrovetide and Lent at St John's Wood Church, London on Saturday 10th February 2018

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

The Battle between Shrovetide and Lent

Add to my Calendar 10-02-2018 19:30 10-02-2018 21:30 36 The Battle between Shrovetide and Lent The Battle between Shrovetide and Lent: Music, words and song from 16th & 17th Century Britain for Shrovetide and Lent. Feasting, fasting, revels, sports, pancakes, and football. Ballads, carols, dances, masque songs, theatre music and readings. Includes music by Campion, Ferrabosco, Gibbons and Peerson; words from Dekker, Dunbar, Gay, Hawkins & Shakespeare. Performed in costume by Passamezzo    St John's Wood Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John's Wood Church
Lord's Roundabout
St John's Wood
London
NW8 7NE
England

Saturday 10th February 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Thomas Campion – Come away
John Playford – Jack a Lent
John Playford – Ash Wednesday
Orlando Gibbons – For the first day of Lent
Alfonso Ferrabosco Jr. – Why stays the bridegroom

Performers

Taylor Aucoin – Narrator

Passamezzo

Programme Note

The Battle between Shrovetide and Lent:

Music, words and song from 16th & 17th Century Britain for Shrovetide and Lent.

Feasting, fasting, revels, sports, pancakes, and football.

Ballads, carols, dances, masque songs, theatre music and readings.

Includes music by Campion, Ferrabosco, Gibbons and Peerson; words from Dekker, Dunbar, Gay, Hawkins & Shakespeare.

Performed in costume by Passamezzo

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