Venue
Duke's Hall
Price
£20

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Programme Details

Rachel Podger director
Academy Baroque Soloists

PURCELL Overture from Bonduca
LAWES Royal Consort Sett No 5 in D
PURCELL Fantasia No 9 in A minor
LAWES Consort Sett No 2 in C for 6 Viols
PURCELL Suite from Abdelazer
LAWES Harp Consort No 9 in D
PURCELL Chacony in G minor

Leading interpreter of Baroque repertoire Rachel Podger leads Academy students in works that resonate with the English Civil War.

Purcell’s music for the rebellious tales of Bonduca and Abdelazer is performed alongside works by Royalist soldier and composer William Lawes, who was killed fighting the Parliamentarians.

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