A musical entertainment modelled on the series of subscription concerts presented by Charles Avison in Newcastle from 1736 to his death in 1770. ELSA KENDAL (mezzo-soprano) JACK ROTHSTEIN (violin)
CHRISTOPHER HIRONS (violin) CHRISTOPHER GOUGH (cello) COLIN TILNEY (harpsichord) BBC NORTHERN SINGERS conductor STEPHEN WILKINSON
NORTHERN SINFONIA ORCHESTRA directed by JACK ROTHSTEIN Act 1
Avison Concerto in D, Op 2 No 6
12.55* Domenico Scarlatti Two Sonatas: D (L 363); D (L 461) I.I* Aoison Dirge
1.8* Geminiani Concerto Grosso in B fiat major, Op 3 No 5
1.15* during the interval English Music Clubs of the 18th Century by ARTHUR HUTCHINGS
1.25* Concert ⓢ Act 2
Avison Concerto in E minor, Op 6 No 8
1.34* Mareello Psalm No 8
1.49* Avison Trio-Sonata in E minor, Op 1 No 5
1.55* Scarlatti, arr Avison Concerto No 6, in D major
2.5* during the interval Charles Avison of Newcastle by ARTHUR MILNER
2.15* Concert ⓢ
Act 3
Rameau Suite: Castor et Pollux
2.38* Avison Sonata in B flat major, Op 7 No 3
2.45* Avison Concerto in D major. Op 9 No 12
(Before an invited audience in the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne)