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Blackdowns Early Music Projects – Enlightenment & Entertainment
July 20, 2023 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
£8.00 – £15
Courtly and Country Music from Purcell’s England
Post-Restoration music with a twist!
From recorders and viols to shawms and bagpipes,three multi-instrumentalists turn the spotlight onto music from Purcell’s time,encompassing sonatas and country dances.
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Jude Rees, David Jarratt-Knock and Mary Mohan are multi-instrumentalists with wide experience in a variety of genres including early music from medieval to baroque, folk, and classical.
This programme brings to life small-scale music making from the time of Henry Purcell, juxtaposing formal trio sonatas with
earthy country dances, on a range of instruments including recorders, shawms, cornetts, viols and bagpipes.