Gainsborough's Musical Friends - part of the Suffolk Villages Festival Autumn Concert Series
The painter Thomas Gainsborough was intensely musical and included many prominent professional musicians in his circle of friends, including Abel and J.C. Bach, the joint promoters of the most successful and prestigious concert series in London in the 1760s and 70s. In this concert we explore music composed by Gainsborough’s friends, much of it performed at the Bach-Abel concerts. The programme includes orchestral songs and a symphony by J.C. Bach, Mozart’s extraordinarily accomplished first sym
6pm. Tickets £18 (reserved), £12 (unreserved) with half-price tickets available to full-time students from the National Centre for Early Music: www.ncem.co.uk or 01904 651485
St Peters, Market Square, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2TP
Sun 9 Nov 2014