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Dunedin Consort - Through The Night With Henry Purcell

Thu 06 Feb at 6:30pm In Conversation with Nicholas Mulroy / 7:30pm Concert Northesk Parish Church An intimate concert in Musselburgh

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From beautiful love songs to infectious dances, this intimate concert will take you on a tour of Purcell's catalogue of hits that starts at sunset and runs all the way through till the morning.

Event Description

Join Nicholas Mulroy and a handful of Dunedin's outstanding string players for a gig that knits together some of Henry Purcell's greatest tunes with instrumental music by his contemporaries in London in the 1680s and 1690s. 

Join us at 6.30pm for a half hour, pre-concert talk: In conversation with Nicholas Mulroy.

Programme:

Henry Purcell - Fantasia Upon One Note, Z.745 

Henry Purcell - An Evening Hymn, Z.193

Henry Purcell - ‘See, even Night is here’, Fairy Queen Z.629

Henry Purcell - O Solitude, my solitude 

Georg Muffat - Sonata II, Armonico tributo

Henry Purcell - The Plaint, ex Fairy Queen Z.629

Henry Purcell - So when the glitt’ring Queen of Night, ex Z.333

Georg Muffat - Fantazia V in 4 parts

Henry Purcell - Be Welcome then, Great Sir

Henry Purcell - The sparrow and gentle dove, ex Z.325

Giovanni Battista Draghi - Sinfonia, From harmony, from heav’nly harmony

Henry Purcell - Beauty thou scene of love

Henry Purcell - Curtain Tune from Timon

Henry Purcell - By beauteous softness, ex Z.332

Henry Purcell - Sonata I, Armonico tributo

Henry Purcell - Now the Night is chased away, ex Z.629


Nicholas Mulroy director
Dunedin Consort Strings
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Truscott, violin I
Huw Daniel, violin II
Oliver Wilson, viola I
Kay Stephen, viola II
Jonathan Manson, cello
Toby Carr, theorbo

Venue & Accessibility

This event will be held at Northesk Parish Church, North Bridge Street, Musselburgh EH21 6AG. 

  • Seating is unallocated.
  • Interval refreshments are served in the church hall, adjacent to the church.
  • There are 2 steps into the church with a ramp that can be placed over the steps.
  • There are level access toilets inside the church hall, accessed by going out of the church and into the adjoining hall.
  • Spaces for wheelchairs are at the side, front of the church.
  • Accessible parking is across the road, with designated parking bays on Ladywell Way.
  • Gracefield car park is behind The Brunton and there is also a car park on Ladywell Way.

If your booking requires a wheelchair user space or you have any access requirements for your visit, please contact our box office  0131 653 5245 / boxoffice@eastlothian.gov.uk   

 

Tickets

£23 (£21), £6 18-30 years, free under 18

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