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LUTE NEWS
THE LUTE SOCIETY MAGAZINE
NUMBER 101
MARCH 2012
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Humorous 18th century prints featuring English guitars; see Cover Picture essay. Top left: The Twelve Months: February, by Richard Dighton, after Robert Earlham, c.1781; top right: Beauty, Innocence, & Music, are Powerfull Incentives, to Love, & Friendship, by John Jones, 1790; bottom left: The Boarding-School Hair-Dresser, anon, 1774; bottom right: The Syrens, by Rowlandson, 1787. All images © Trustees of the British Museum
European UnionFriday 18 May • 7.30pm • St. John’s, Smith SquareJordi Savall – Le Concert des Nations
Vivaldi: L’Olimpiade The UK premiere of this dazzling operaSaturday 19 May • 7.00pm • St. John’s, Smith SquareMhairi Lawson – Marie Elliot – Rachel Lloyd – Jonathan Gunthorpe etc.La Serenissima – Adrian Chandler
Les Nations: Couperin the InternationalistSunday 20 May • 7.30pm • St. John’s, Smith SquareMusica ad Rhenum – Jed Wentz
The Contest of Phoebus and Pan: Bach’s secular cantatasTuesday 22 May • 7.30pm • St. John’s, Smith Square Dunedin Consort & Players – John Butt
Le Grand Concours: Locatelli v. LeclairFriday 25 May • 7.00pm • St. John’s, Smith Square Elizabeth Wallfisch – Japp ter Linden – Albert-Juan Roelofs
Bach v. the World: J.S Bach and Louis MarchandSaturday 26 May • 4.30pm • St. John’s, Smith SquareKimberly Marshall (organ)
Handel and the Rival Queens: Cuzzoni v. BordoniSaturday 26 May • 7.30pm • St. John’s, Smith SquareRosemary Joshua – Mhairi Lawson Early Opera Company – Christian Curnyn
in association with Rolls-Royce plc
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Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music Contests, Competitions and the Harmony of Nations 18–26 May 2012 | St. John’s, Smith Square