Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival 2025: Event 9

ENSEMBLE AUGELLETTI

Sunday 25 may 7.30pm
£24.00 (£22.00 concessions | £10.00 under 35)
Venue: Toll Gavel United Church, HU17 9AA

And we were enchanted

Ellen Bundy violin Toby Carr lutes
Carina Drury cello Olwen Foulkes recorders
Benedict Williams keyboards

John Courtney (1734-1806) was a local Beverley gentleman with a love of music, dancing, and playing cards. Declaring that ‘musick is better than cards by far’, he eagerly participated in music making with local musicians and had an organ built in his house for this purpose. He also frequented concerts and plays in Beverley and London, hearing some of the most exciting performers of the time. Regularly recording these musical exploits in a diary, Courtney leaves us with a fascinating insight into Georgian music making in Beverley and London. In this programme Ensemble Augelletti explore the music-making in Courtney’s world. This programme will include music by Corelli, Sammartini, Handel, Giardini, and Bach.

“the playing is wonderful, with exquisite sensitivity, a refined tone and perfect balance between the instruments” Early Music Review

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The New Generation Baroque Ensemble is supported by BBC Radio 3, the Royal College of Music and the National Centre for Early Music.

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Event Date: 25/05/2025 7:30pm

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