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Blow: Venus and Adonis – review

Daneman/Thomas/Williams/Theatre of the Ayre/Kenny(Wigmore Hall Live)We owe the current surge of interest in John Blow's Venus and Adonis, ironically, to the Purcell tercentenary two years ago. Purcell admired Blow's little opera, written for Charles II probably in 1683, and modelled Dido and Aeneas on it. Comparison of the two works, however, has resulted in repeated assessments of Blow in a Purcellian context, something that lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and her ensemble Theatre of the Ayre admir...

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Blow: Venus and Adonis – review

Guardian Music — Daneman/Thomas/Williams/Theatre of the Ayre/Kenny(Wigmore Hall Live)We owe the current surge of interest in John Blow's Venus and Adonis, ironically, to the Purcell terc... more info
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