Enlightenment and Entertainment
Courtly and Country Music from Purcell’s England

Post-Restoration music with a twist!
From recorders and viols to shawms and bagpipes,
three multi-instrumentalists turn the
spotlight onto music from Purcell’s time,
encompassing sonatas and country dances.

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Jude Rees, David Jarratt-Knock and Mary Mohan are
multi-instrumentalists with wide experience in a variety
of genres including early music from medieval to
baroque, folk, and classical.
This programme brings to life small-scale music
making from the time of Henry Purcell,
juxtaposing formal trio sonatas with
earthy country dances, on a range of instruments including
recorders, shawms, cornetts, viols and bagpipes.