About the Show
Alison Balsom’s performances of Purcell, Handel and their contemporaries give heart and soul to a bustling, exuberant entertainment; a breathtaking evocation of baroque London in all its colour, clamour, diversity and glorious chaos. Characters from monarchs to watermen cross paths in a narrative tied together by Purcell’s music and Balsom’s resplendent natural trumpet-playing.
Barbican Hall
Cast
Alison Balsom
trumpet
Elizabeth Watts
soprano
Christopher Lowrey
countertenor
Gwilym Bowen
tenor
Jamie Parker
actor
Jack Farthing
actor
Anjana Vasan
actor
Amanda Wilkin
actor
Creatives
Harry Bicket
Musical Director
Samuel Adamson (text)
Other
Dominic Dromgoole
Director
Guildhall School Chorus
Company
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