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Matthew Locke’s The Tempest: The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment steps back in time

By Emily Owen, 28 January 2015
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Reviewed at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London on 25 January 2015
Programme
Locke, The Tempest
Works by Banister
Works by Purcell
Performers
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Samuel Boden, Tenor
Frazer Scott, Bass-baritone
Katherine Watson, Soprano
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Emily Owen
Emily Owen
A postgraduate student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama specialising in early music, Emily Owen is a freelance soprano, singing with numerous ensembles. She deputises in churches around London and also manages the newly formed London Youth Choir. Her website is here.