Thames Consort directed by Jeremy Boughton
Purcell


Time & location
04 Oct 2025, 7:30 pm
St Mary-le-More Church, Wallingford, Market Pl, Wallingford OX10 0EG, UK
About the event
Purcell:Â Come Ye Sons Of Art
Interval
Purcell:Â Dido and Aeneas
We close our season in customary fashion with the Wallingford-based ensemble, the Thames Consort, who, after last year’s concert of mainly sacred music, go distinctly secular with a concert performance of Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas, with mezzo-soprano, Elinor Carter singing the part of Dido, Lisa Gifford-Guy (soprano) as Belinda, her lady-in-waiting, joined by Belinda Gifford-Guy (mezzo-soprano), BBC Young Chorister 2023, who makes a welcome return as the Sorceress. First given in 1689, Purcell’s work is the first English language opera and charts the tragedy of Dido’s abandonment by Aeneas, plotted by the dastardly witches. There is plenty of colour and humour with a group of rustic sailors, a coven of witches and a ghostly spirit.
In the first half of the concert, we hear Purcell’s most popular ode: Come Ye Sons Of Art, written in 1694 to celebrate the birthday…
Tickets
Regular seat
From £20.00 to £22.00On Sale
- £20.00
- £22.00