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West Road Concert Hall
11 West Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 9DP
England
Programme
John Dowland – Lachrimae antiquae
John Dowland – Melancholy Galliard
Henry Purcell – Why, Why are all the muses mute?: 'Britain, thou art now great'
Henry Purcell – Oedipus: 'Music for a While'
Henry Purcell – Ground in D minor
Henry Purcell – Come ye sons of Art, away, Z.323: 'Strike the viol, touch the lute'
Henry Purcell – Trio Sonata in E minor, Z.796
Henry Purcell – O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z.406
John Blow – An Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell
Francesco Geminiani – Concerto Grosso in D minor 'La follia', Op.5 no.12
Thomas Augustine Arne – Sweet muse inspire thy suppliant bard
Jean Baptiste Loeillet – Sonata in A minor for Flute and Continuo, Op. 3 No. 4
George Frideric Handel – Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132a
Ignatius Sancho – 12 Country Dances
Performers
Reginald Mobley – countertenor
Laurence Cummings – director / harpsichord
Academy of Ancient Music
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Baroque England was a nation turned inside out: a fledgling democracy that could also be profoundly unjust, a culture convinced of its own uniqueness but which welcomed genius from all lands. Tonight, Academy of Ancient Music explores an era that’s never felt more current.
So, the music of the London-born Purcell sits alongside masterpieces by Handel – a German who became English by choice – and Ignatius Sancho, who was born into slavery but found freedom and musical success in Georgian England. Curated by American countertenor Reginald Mobley, Sons of England weaves music and words to explore alternative histories of the English baroque, culminating in a Sancho-inspired new commission by composer Roderick Williams: musical history shaping a shared future.
A free pre-concert talk will take place in the auditorium at 6.30pm before the Cambridge and London performances.
We would like to thank the Arts and Humanities Research Council for their support of this performance.
