Royal Academy of Music Baroque EnsembleDemons, Gods and Fairies – a Midsummer Celebration
Directed by Lisa Beznosiuk

Lully Overture to Roland
Muffat Movements from Florilegium II & IV
Purcell Suite from The Fairy Queen
Purcell Chacony in G minor, Z730
Handel Overture to Orlando
Corrette La Furstemberg

The Royal Academy of Music Baroque Ensemble returns to Hatchlands with a programme of French and English music using Ariosto’s influential epic poem Orlando Furioso as a starting point. French theatrical style was taken to Germany and Austria by Georg Muffat and one can hear the influence of French dance in the music of Henry Purcell even though he never travelled there.