Time
22 March 2026 6:00 am - 7:45 am
Location
Manor Road, Sulgrave, Northamptonshire Banbury (8 miles) OX17 2SD
Event Details
The year 1776 – a decisive moment in the world order – saw British colonialism in the US reduced to ashes.
Event Details
The year 1776 – a decisive moment in the world order – saw British colonialism in the US reduced to ashes. Fiori mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence, metaphorically drawing the warring parties together in the ancestral home of George Washington at Sulgrave Manor through music published by the ‘London’ Bach that same year.
President Washington’s musical prowess was somewhat limited, but he did reputedly play the fipple flute; so in tribute we perform suave flute quartets from 1776 alongside contemporary Mozart Epistle Sonatas.
Esteemed by the incumbent president, Thomas Jefferson, as ‘the greatest genius that ever existed’, Mozart is also of course well known for adding his own magic to some of JC Bach’s musical inventions (brazenly perloining his mentor’s music to imbue it phoenix-style with new life).
JC Bach Flute quartet no.3 in C
MozartEpistle sonata in F K224
JC BachFlute quartet no.1 in D
GiordaniTrio for flute, viola & cello op.12 no.2 in G
Mozart Epistle sonata in D K245 in D
JC Bach Flute quartet no.5 in A
Eva Caballero flute
Rebecca Dinning violin
Nichola Blakey viola
Poppy Walshaw cello
Penelope Rapson harpsichord/director
This concert is supported by the Continuo Foundation and is performed at Sulgrave Manor – ancestral home of the Washington family