Thu 4 Oct
© Julie Cherki
Les Salons en Musique, a new series of chamber music
Le Concert de l’Hostel-Dieu – Baroque au Féminin
Performers: Franck-Emmanuel Comte, harpsichord and conductor, Heather Newhouse, soprano, Benoît Morel, cello
Featured at this year’s London Festival of Baroque Music, le Concert de l’Hostel-Dieu presents a programme dedicated to female composers and poets. This little-known area in Renaissance music grew out from the new emphasis placed on women’s education by the humanists. Conductor Franck-Emmanuel Comte will discuss the key values of this time with journalist and novelist Jessica Duchen before the concert.
Programme:
Thu 4 October 7.30pm (pre-concert talk – 6:30pm) | £15, members £13, students £5, including a free drink after the concert
For 4 concerts of the chamber music series: £52, members £44, student £16
See also: Nash Ensemble on 18 June, Trio Métral on 14 July, Célimène Daudet on 29 November and Thibaut Garcia on 22 October
The event has now finished