Proms At … Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe

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Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe London, Greater London, United Kingdom

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Programme

Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Timon of Athens, Z 632: Curtain Tune
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Timon of Athens, Z 632: I Spy Celia
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Timon of Athens, Z 632: I See She Flies Me
Blow, John (1649-1708)	Venus and Adonis: excerpts
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	The Fairy Queen Z 629: Arias
Locke, Matthew (1621-1677)	The Tempest: Curtain Tune
Draghi, Giovanni Battista (1640-1708)	The Tempest - Dance of the Fantastick Spirits
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	The Tempest: excerpts

Performers

Katherine Watson	Soprano
Samuel Boden	Tenor
Callum Thorpe	Bass
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen	Conductor

Jonathan Cohen directs a concert of early vocal music inspired by the works of Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago this year. The programme includes music by Purcell, Blow, Locke and Draghi.

Seats £14 (plus booking fee)

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Shakespeare at the Sam Wanamaker

Dominic Lowe, 13th August

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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