Name: Sons of England
Start: 2024-05-30
End: 2024-05-30
Location: West Road Concert Hall

Organization

Chanteur

Contre-ténor

Reginald Mobley

Contre-Ténor

Direction d'orchestre

Laurence Cummings

Orchestra

Academy of Ancient Music

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Harpsichord

Sons of England

Cambridge

Royaume-Uni

West Road Concert Hall

Liverpool

The Tung Auditorium

Londres

Milton Court Concert Hall

Bristol

St Georges

Sons of England: Concert Various

Public

Concert

Valide

Countertenor Reginald Mobley and AAM explore a different vision of the English baroque: in which the music of Purcell, Handel and Ignatius Sancho redefined the culture of a nation.
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.

English

Sons of England by Various, jeu. 30 mai 2024, Du (2024/2024), Chef d'orchestre Laurence Cummings, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, Royaume-Uni

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