Anne's Amorous Ayres

Two queens called Anne bookended the Stuart dynasty: Anne of Denmark (consort of King James I), and her great-granddaughter Queen Anne (of the Oscar/Bafta-winning film ‘The Favourite’). English composers such as Byrd, Dowland, Lawes, Locke, Tomkins, and Purcell flourished under the Stuarts, as did such émigrés as Baltzar, Matteis, and Handel, thus creating a distinct national musical style.

Programme:
Thomas Tomkins - A Verse of 3 parts
John Dowland - Mr Collier his Galiard
William Lawes - Ayre and Almain
Henry Purcell - Sonata XII Z.801 & Chaconne Z.807
Matthew Locke - Broken Consort Set No.4
William Byrd & Thomas Baltzar - Divisions on ‘John come kiss me’
Nicola Matteis - Aria Amorosa
George Frideric Handel - Trio sonata Op. 2 No.6 HWV.391

May Robertson - baroque violin
Hannah Parry - baroque violin
Sarah Small - bass viol
Kah-Ming Ng harpsichord