Music from the London stage travelled far beyond the capital thanks to arrangements transmitted in manuscript or printed form. The latest leg in Arcangelo's multi-season English Baroque Journey takes in the musical delights contained in anthologies such as those produced by Henry Playford and John Walsh or carried around the country by itinerant musicians. Carolyn Sampson and Hugo Hymas help bring the world of the Restoration theatres to life in the programme's first half, while the post-interval bill dives deeply into the cosmopolitan riches of England's music making in the opening decades of the 1700s.

Programme:

John Blow Chaconne in G
Henry Purcell The Mock Marriage Z 605: Man is for the woman made
John Eccles Love's but the frailty of the mind
Henry Purcell Aureng-Zebe, or The Great Mogul Z 573: I see she flies me
Sonata in Four Parts No. 9 in F Z 810
From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war (Ode for the Wedding of Prince George and Princess Anne 1683) Z 325: No. 5 The Sparrow and the gentle Dove
John Eccles The Judgment of Paris: Hither turn thee
Henry Purcell Amphitryon, or The Two Sosias Z 572: Suite
Timon of Athens Z 632: Hark! how the songsters of the grove
Giuseppe Sammartini Recorder Concerto in F
George Frideric Handel (arr. Anon.) Rinaldo HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga
Thomas Arne (arr. Anon.) Alfred: From the dawn of early morning
Arcangelo Corelli Trio Sonata in F Op. 4 No. 7
John Eccles The Judgment of Paris: O ravishing delight
William Croft Ode for the Peace of Utrecht (With Noise of Cannon): Peace is the Song

Performers:

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Hugo Hymas tenor
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord