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Birth of the Orchestra

Add to my Calendar 07-04-2018 19:30 07-04-2018 21:30 36 Birth of the Orchestra Wond’rous Machine, a newly formed period instrument orchestra, explores the birth of the orchestra in France and England in the later seventeenth century, seen as an awe-inspiring new institution at the time.Dances by Lully written for Louis XIV’s court musicians at Versailles exude precision and majesty St John's Smith Square, London DD/MM/YYYY

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St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England

Programme

Jean-Baptiste Lully – Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Henry Purcell – Hail, Bright Cecilia, Z.328

Performers

Joel Sandelson – Conductor
Henry Tong – Leader

Wond'rous Machine

Programme Note

Wond’rous Machine, a newly formed period instrument orchestra, explores the birth of the orchestra in France and England in the later seventeenth century, seen as an awe-inspiring new institution at the time.
Dances by Lully written for Louis XIV’s court musicians at Versailles exude precision and majesty

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