John Blow Suite from Venus and Adonis

Henry Purcell Suite from Abdelazer

Matthew Locke Music from The Tempest

Endelienta Baroque perform three suites by foremost composers of the English Restoration; Henry Purcell, John Blow, and Matthew Locke.

The music of this programme inherited the French tradition, typified by that of Jean-Baptiste Lully, a style that had proliferated in England upon Charles II’s return from exile.

Locke, as Composer-in-Ordinary to His Majesty, was pivotal in satisfying the Francophile King’s tastes, and his incidental music to The Tempest exhibits all the colour and grace one finds in Lully.