Venus and Adonis
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We’re pleased to invite you to our next concert, an exciting new venture for the Kew Philharmonic, featuring a performance of Venus and Adonis by John Blow (1649-1708).
Blow’s masque, performed for King Charles II, probably at Windsor Castle in 1683, combined vocal and instrumental music, dance and costume, in a concise and lively form first developed in the Tudor and Elizabethan periods.
For our performance of Venus and Adonis, we are pleased to welcome back, as Venus, soprano Amanda Hargreaves, who performed in the choir’s two South American Baroque concerts in 2023, and regular instrumentalists Dylan Quinlan-Baskett (harpsichord), Maddison Furlan (bass), and members of Progetto Corelli. The roles of Adonis and Cupid are sung by Alex Owens and Eliza Bennetts O’Connor, and the dances to Blow’s music have been choreographed by choir member Darcey Newton.
Blow’s masque, performed for King Charles II, probably at Windsor Castle in 1683, combined vocal and instrumental music, dance and costume, in a concise and lively form first developed in the Tudor and Elizabethan periods.
For our performance of Venus and Adonis, we are pleased to welcome back, as Venus, soprano Amanda Hargreaves, who performed in the choir’s two South American Baroque concerts in 2023, and regular instrumentalists Dylan Quinlan-Baskett (harpsichord), Maddison Furlan (bass), and members of Progetto Corelli. The roles of Adonis and Cupid are sung by Alex Owens and Eliza Bennetts O’Connor, and the dances to Blow’s music have been choreographed by choir member Darcey Newton.