Shakespearean Music for 'Broken Consort'

Bloomsbury Baroque is an ensemble of some of London’s finest historically informed musicians.

They perform on period instruments with a mission to illustrate the cultural life of the eighteenth century – and earlier. Formed to combine the repertoire of High Baroque composers with more local music of the same period, Bloomsbury Baroque has a particular association with Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare, where the actor David Garrick built a ‘retirement project’ in Hampton by the Thames, not far from Hampton Court Palace. It became a focus for entertainment and rehearsal – regularly involving notable contemporary composers such as Arne and Dibdin.

Members of Bloomsbury Baroque are active in a wide range of musical ventures, reflecting the diversity of London’s current early music scene. They are performing for us in the Shakespeare in Music Festival both today and tomorrow. In this recital they concentrate on music relating to Shakespeare and his immediate legacy: Dowland, Morley, Byrd, Handel and Willem de Fesch.

Performers:
Philippa Hyde soprano
Diane Moore baroque violin
William Summers baroque flute and recorder
Ibrahim Aziz bass viol
Yeo Yat-Soon harpsichord