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Early 18th century British Music Concert at Tremenheere Art Gallery

A concert was given in the Art Gallery of Tremenheere Sculpture Park  in November 2018 as a fund-raising event for the Cornish Charity Bringing Freedom



Conductor  Russell Blacker

Soloists
Katherine Davies (Clarinet,  Bassoon and Flute)
Rebecca Sampson  (Flute)
Martin White  violin

Jenny Rapson violin
Philip Gurney viola
Tim Smithies  cello
Alex Long  double bass
William Box (horn)
Iain Vosper (horn)
Nick Wetherall (oboe)


Programme 

Bach        Orchestral Suite no 2
Mahon    Concerto for Clarinet No.2 in F Major
Purcell  ,  incidental music (Z 570)[a] for a revival in the summer of 1695 of Abdelazar or The Moor's Revenge  a 1676 play by Aphra Behn, an adaptation of the c. 1600 tragedy Lust's Dominion.

  1. Ouverture
  2. Rondeau
  3. Air
  4. Air
  5. Minuet
  6. Air
  7. Jig
  8. Hornpipe
  9. Air
James Hook    Clarinet Concerto







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