Date : 6 / Jul / 2024
Time : 16.30
Address : St. Margaret's Church
Walmgate
York YO1 9TL
Tel : 01904 658338
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Music in 18th Century London
National Centre for Early Music
Music in 18th Century London – Entertainment in 18th-Century London
Bethany Seymour soprano
Frederick Long bass
Ian Hoggart recorder
Peter Seymour harpsichord
Stephen Varcoe reader
London in the 18th century was, for those who could afford it, a city of pleasure. In this concert we visit the opera (“extravagantly lavish in its decorations, its only design to gratify the senses”), and take in the delights of the vibrant pleasure gardens at Ranelagh and Vauxhall. Music by Handel, Arne, Boyce, Chilcot, Fischer and Haydn joins with readings from Goldsmith, Carey, Burgess, “Hurlothrumbo”, Charlotte Papendieck and Burney.