Summary
It sounds rather a heady mix, with much rattling of the cups and saucers and creasing of the tablecloths, but High Tea and Passionate Embraces promises to be an altogether more civilised affair for a Sunday afternoon - though no less passionate in its embrace of some fine music.
This is the latest musical event by Newcastle's period instrument group The Avison Ensemble, who are inviting lovers of 18th Century Italian music along to the Assembly Rooms in Fenkle Street, Newcastle, for a high tea accompanied by music from the Baroque masters, starting at 3pm on Sunday February 1.See the full content of this document
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Passion Over the Teacups
The ensemble take their name from Charles Avison, the 18th Century Newcastle composer who represented a serious challenge to Handel when it came to concerto form. Avison was much ...
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