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Centred around Cavalli's depiction of the fall of Troy in La Didone, Musica Antica weave the work of some of the most daring composers of the 16th and 17th Centuries into a drama celebrating the powerful and highly experimental musical language of the Renaissance and Early Baroque.
Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe
T R I S T E P L A I S I R
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Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe
Sopranos Angela Hicks, Kristiina Watt, and the band of Musica Antica present two centuries of French and Italian song spanning the 15th, 16th and early 17th Centuries, with much of it performed as it would have been: self-accompanied variously on the harp and lutes.
CHRISTMAS IN THE NEW WORLD II
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Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe
Musica Antica return to 16th and 17th Century Mexico, Bolivia and Peru with a programme of songs and dances by indigenous and Iberian composers, centred on Mexican composer
Francisco López Capillas' as-yet unrecorded Hexachord Mass.
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R I T R A T T I
Musica Antica present a programme of songs and cantatas written by two of the most prolific female composers of the 17th Century: Barbara Strozzi and Antonia Bembo.
O U R O W N O R P H E U S
S A T 1 1 J U N E, 7 . 3 0 P M
Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe
Countertenor Tristram Cooke, lutenist Peter Martin and gambist Harry Buckoke present a century of English song and music for the lute and division viol, culminating in the work of Henry Purcell.
Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe
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W O R K S H O P:
T H E A R T O F G E S T U R E
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Sands Films Studios, Rotherhithe
We have partnered with Sands Films Studios and soprano Kat Carson (The Dutch Historical Acting Collective) to host a workshop on incorporating historical movement and gesture into performances of music and the spoken word. Click the image (from our 2018 performance of Lo Spedale) to find out more and book tickets (pay what you can) via the Sands Films Studios website.
