An 18th-century musical family, possibly that of Carl Friedrich Abel

St Mary Magdalene Thornham Magna
Saturday 11th July 2026 4.00pm

Tassilo Erhardt & Patrick Rimes violins
Louise Jameson bass violin & violoncello
Sally Holman bassoon
Peter Holman harpsichord

with Lucy Jameson soprano

Tickets £20, children / students free

Interval refreshments

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We are delighted to be hosting this special concert in celebration of Peter Holman's 80th year. A varied programme ranging across the 17th and 18th centuries, the full programme is below.

 

Biagio Marini (1595–1663): Balletto Primo, op. 22 (published 1655)

Biagio Marini: Sonata sopra ‘Fuggi dolente cori’, op. 22

Giovanni Battista Fontana (1589–1630): Sonata no. 5 in C major (published 1641)

Gottfried Finger (c.1655–1730): Sonata in C major, op. 5, no. 10 (published c.1702)

Henry Purcell (1658/9–1695): Music for a while (from Nathaniel Lee’s tragedy Oedipus, ?1692)

John Weldon (1676–1736): Suite in D minor (c.1700)

Overture – Minuet – Almain – Corant – Two in One upon a Ground

Tarquinio Merula (1594/5–1665): Chiacona, op. 3 (published 1637)

Interval

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Sonata in C major RV801 (c.1730)

            Largo – Allegro – Largo – Allegro

François Couperin (1668–1733): Concert XIII in G major

from Les goûts réunis ou Nouveaux concerts (published 1724)

Vivement – Agréablement – Sarabande (Tendrement) – Chaconne (Légère)

Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770): Sonata in G minor ‘Il trillo del Diavolo’ (1713, published 1798)

Sogni dell autore (The Composer’s Dream)

Andante – Allegro assai – Andante – Allegro assai – Andante – Allegro assai – Adagio

William Nisbet of Dirleton (c.1710–1783): The Sow’s Tail

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759): Suite in F major from the Oxford Water Music (c.1720)

Air – Menuet 1 & 2 – Boree – Hornpipe