The Picture Gallery at Temple Newsam, with green wallpaper, a white ceiling and wooden floors

MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS

Name: MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS — Leeds Baroque Choir & Orchestra directed by Peter Holman
Start: 2026-09-27T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-09-27T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Temple Newsam

Leeds Baroque Choir & Orchestra directed by Peter Holman

Temple Newsam House

Sun 27 Sep 15:00

Temple Newsam

Temple Newsam House

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Sun 27 Sep

15:00

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A programme of musical scenes from plays put on in London during the Restoration period in celebration of Leeds 400, directed by Peter Holman.

We feature music from The Tempest, including the Masque of Devils from Thomas Shadwell’s spectacular operatic version, with music by Matthew Locke, Pelham Humfrey and others, and songs from the early eighteenth-century setting by John Weldon, long attributed to Henry Purcell. There will also be music by Louis Grabu, John Eccles and Purcell, including the rarely performed Temple Scene from Bonduca (1695) and the hilarious Poet’s Scene from The Fairy Queen (1692). Celebrating Leeds 400, we include pieces from a manuscript of Restoration theatre music now in Leeds City Library.

Pre-concert talk: Join us for a free pre-concert talk Music and the Restoration Theatre at 2:00pm given by Dr Alan Howard (University of Cambridge)

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