Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas Libretto by Nahum Tate If Opera concert performance with guest conductor Christian Curnyn and the Bristol Ensemble. The course of true love runs far from smooth for Dido, Queen of Carthage, and Trojan hero Aeneas in Purcell’s famous opera. We are thrilled that our If Opera Company singers will be […]
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor Frank Bridge Miniatures In 1839, when Mendelssohn produced his Piano Trio in D minor, Op 49, Robert Schumann immediately proclaimed it ‘the master trio of the age’. The beloved chamber work has a classical-era structure but is unmistakably Romantic, with its extended lyrical themes, often a dialogue between […]
Bristol Ensemble Baroque The Vauxhall Players Introduced by Dr Matthew Spring This programme intermixes music composed by William Herschel during his years in Bath (1766-82) and in the six years he spent in the North of England, with music by those who worked with him and whose music he knew: Charles Avison, Thomas Linley, Venanzio […]