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Brook Street Band

Dartington Music Summer School and Festival

Playing the Picture

Dartington Music Summer School and Festival
Blending art and music, The Brook Street Band brings to life the music and musicians depicted in eighteenth-century paintings by Hogarth and Gainsborough. Each painting offers up a mystery to solve: what is the manuscript lying on the table, or artfully placed on the shelf, and why is it there? Music by Handel, Corelli and Geminiani will accompany projections of these artworks, as The Brook Street Band unravels the stories behind the paintings, players and music.

  • festival Dartington Music Summer School and Festival
  • date Mon, 31 July 2023
  • location Dartington Hall, Totnes
  • time 7:30pm
  • ticket £16-22 (£8-11 under 26s)

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Blending art and music, The Brook Street Band brings to life the music and musicians depicted in eighteenth-century paintings by Hogarth and Gainsborough. Each painting offers up a mystery to solve: what is the manuscript lying on the table, or artfully placed on the shelf, and why is it there? Music by Handel, Corelli and Geminiani will accompany projections of these artworks, as The Brook Street Band unravels the stories behind the paintings, players and music.

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Location

Dartington Hall, Totnes
Totnes, TQ9 6, United Kingdom

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