Sweet Bird

Join soloists from Instruments of Time & Truth for a musical cornucopia drawn from early Georgian times. The musical feast will be bookended with music by Henry Purcell and GF Handel. ‘Sweet Bird’ refers to the aria of that name in Handel’s pastorale ode L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato which features alongside works by Daniel Purcell, Francesco Geminiani, John Eccles, John Weldon, William Croft, JC Pepusch, and Jeremiah Clarke.

Programme:
Henry Purcell (1659–95) Fairest Isle
William Croft (1678–1727) Trio in B flat major
John Weldon (1676–1736) O Lord, rebuke me not
Francis Withy (c. 1645–1727) Division for bass viol
Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762) Violin Sonata in D minor Op. 1 No. 12
Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667–1752) Solo cantata: Love frowns
Daniel Purcell (c. 1664–1717) Solo cantata: Amintas
Gottfried Finger (c. 1655/6–1730) Recorder sonata in F Major Op. 3 No. 8
John Eccles (1668–1735) and John Weldon (1676–1736) Miscellaneous songs
Jeremiah Clarke (1674–1707) Lesson in A for solo harpsichord
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) Sweet Bird from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

Instruments of Time & Truth:
Charlotte Bowden soprano
Davina Clarke violin
Kate Latham recorder
Susanne Heinrich bass viol
Edward Higginbottom director, harpsichord