The French lute song, or 'air de cour', flourished in cultivated Parisian musical circles through the Baroque period.
In this recital, the tenor Nigel Rogers is accompanied by Jakob Lindberg on lute, theorbo and guitar in airs by many of the leading composers, including Guedron,
Moulinie and Lambert.
11.30 A reading from a letter written by the 18th-century traveller Tobias Smollett , describing Parisian life of the period.
11.35 Part 2
(In association with the Friends of the festival)