Composer: Locke, Matthew (1621-1677)

Fact file

Year of birth	1621
Year of death	1677
Nationality	United Kingdom
Period	Baroque

Top works

A Concert in four parts: Suite no. 2 in D minor / major A Concert in four parts: Suite no. 5 in G minor A Concert in four parts: Suite no. 6 in G major The Tempest The Tempest: Suite See all...

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HalleCorona Aurea. Myths of light

Händel-Haus, Mon 4 Jun at 19:00

Handel, Locke, Jarzębski, Scheidt, Valderrabano

Paweł Miczka; Alon Portal; Claudius Kamp

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Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Mon 4 Jun at 20:00

Shakespeare, Purcell, Locke / Weldon, Dowland, Blow

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Anna Prohaska; Georg Kallweit

Royal Albert Hall, Thu 2 Aug at 22:15

Purcell, Graupner, Sartorio, Locke, Handel, Castello, Cavalli, Hasse

Il giardino armonico; Giovanni Antonini; Anna Prohaska

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Queen Elizabeth Hall, Tue 25 Sep at 19:30

Ferrabosco II, Holborne, Brade, Gibbons, Locke, Lawes, Jenkins

Jordi Savall; Hespèrion XXI

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OxfordFlorilegium - A Choice Collection

SJE Arts at St John the Evangelist Church, Sun 6 May at 20:00

Purcell, Baltzar, Simpson, Blow, Handel, Locke, Barsanti

Florilegium

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All the pleasures: Dunedin Consort honours St Cecilia

Roy Westbrook, 22 Nov

The Dunedins venture south to show London how to play and sing Purcell.

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Jenny Camilleri, 27 Sep

Themed around legendary African queens Dido and Cleopatra, Prohaska’s recital with the virtuosi of Il Giardino Armonico could serve as a template for the ideal Baroque programme.

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Katherine Watson performs with Archangelo and director Jonathan Cohen © BBC|Chris Christodoulou

Dominic Lowe, 13 Aug

Arcangelo and three excellent singers performed 17th-century music inspired by Shakespeare in a vivid and amusing performance. Lipstick and pashmina anyone?

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