After years of civil war and an Interregnum, the King has returned...

The restoration of Charles II to the throne in 1660 is generally seen as a time of rejoicing, when all the good things Parliament had tried to ban or destroy could be enjoyed again.

Our programme uses 17th Century music, words and song to give a picture of these times, with: ballads about the Plague, the Great Fire, the Frost Fair, horseracing, chocolate and coffee; loyal songs and theatre songs; tavern rounds, dance music, and divisions and solos for the violin, viol and cittern.

Includes music by Jenkins, Banister, Simpson, Locke, Purcell, and Playford.