Reginald Mobley performs "Sons of England" with the Academy of Ancient Music
Baroque England was a nation turned inside out: a fledgling democracy that could also be profoundly unjust, a culture convinced of its own uniqueness yet. Reginald Mobley joins with the Academy of Ancient Music to explore an era that has never felt more current. The music of the London-born Purcell sits alongside masterpieces by Handel – a German who became English by choice – and Ignatius Sancho, who was born into slavery but found freedom and musical success in Georgian England.
Curated by Reginald Mobley, "Sons of England" weaves music and words to explore alternative histories of the English Baroque, culminating in a Sancho-inspired new commission by composer Roderick Williams: musical history shaping a shared future.
25th may 2024 | 7:30PM | west road concert hall, Cambridge
28th may 2024 | 7:30PM | the tung auditorium, Liverpool
30th may 2024 | 7:30PM | milton Court concert hall, London
31st may 2024 | 7:30PM | St George’s bristol
Sons of England