7.30pm, Friday 28 January 2011 / Sheldonian Theatre

Theatre Of The Ayre
Elizabeth Kenny director
Sophie Daneman soprano, Venus
Giles Underwood bass, Adonis

Ayres from John Blow's Amphion Anglicus, 1700 Welcome, welcome every guest; Go, perjured man; Cloe found Amintas Lying all in Tears. Instrumental music by Robert de Visée and Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Ayres from Michel Lambert's Livre d'Airs de Cour, 1689 Il est vrai, l'amour est charmant; Vos mespris chaque jour me causent des alarmes. John Blow Venus & Adonis (Purcell Society’s new edition by Bruce Wood)

Written to intrigue the court of Charles II at the height of its opulence, John Blow’s Venus and Adonis, newly edited for the Purcell Society, is performed by a specially assembled group of the UK’s most accomplished performers of the baroque. The entrancing story of love and loss is told in a form which lies somewhere between masque and opera. Theorbo, guitars, voices and recorders bring to life a lost masterpiece from the teacher who inspired Henry Purcell.

Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm given by Elizabeth Kenny

Tickets £40 £26 £18 £10

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