Bassenthwaite Festival
The first of three concerts of this friendly annual festival of Baroque music, given by the voices, strings and continuo of Cumbrian chamber group, Ensemble Buxtehude, directed by David Gibbs. They will perform amazing music by the great English composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695), including his beautiful opera Dido and Aeneas, recounting the tragic love story with playful airs and dances, menacing witches and thunderstorm scenes, and most famous of all, Dido’s heart-breaking lament and the tend
7.30pm - 9.45pm
Tickets free to under-11.
Adults £12, under-18 £5.
Festival Pass for all 3 concerts £23 (£7 under-18)
St John’s Church, Bassenthwaite, near Keswick, Cumbria CA12 4QH
Fri 29 May 2015