Retrospect Ensemble

Performers

Retrospect Ensemble

Soloists from Retrospect Ensemble’s Young Artists Programme

Matthew Halls

director

Programme

Purcell

• Celestial music did the gods inspire
• Suite from 'The Gordion Knot Unty'd'

Blow

Venus and Adonis

About this concert

Retrospect Ensemble is joined by talented vocal soloists from the group’s Young Artists Programme in a feast of English Baroque music.

Blow’s opera Venus and Adonis stands out for its lively dance music and exquisite vocal writing. It is heard here alongside occasional and incidental music by Blow’s most famous protégé, Purcell.