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Our third and final 2020 festival event with Apollo’s Revels was held last Sunday and proved to be a great success and much appreciated.

Dancers Kath Waters and Anne Deller, and musicians Alison Kinder and Linda Sayce gave a brilliant performance of music from the European Courts of the early 18th Century. The music informed the dance and the dance informed the music illustrating the close relationship of music to dance during this period.

The dance workshop in the morning was well received too

WEM is very grateful to the Elmley Foundation, Worcester Arts Council and to Border Marches Early Music Forum for their support

Dancers Kath Waters and Anne Deller will teach Baroque dances during the workshop, and this will be followed by a European Tour of theatres, ballrooms, salons and concert halls of the early 18th century in music and dance performed by Apollo’s Revels. They will entertain with music and dance from the Opera House of Paris; from the sophisticated homes of the English aristocracy; and from the feisty salons of Spain.  There will be rustic shepherdesses, elegant courtiers and footstamping Follia with music by Corrette, de la Barre and Marais. What’s not to like? So blow away the January blues and come and join us!  Tickets from Eventbrite (booking fee applies)  http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/apollos-revels-a-european-tour-in-music-and-dance-tickets-202073375907

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Annabel Knight (flute), Robin Bigwood (harpsichord) and Reiko Ichise (viola da gamba) will lead an afternoon workshop, before performing in a concert of works from the Prusssian Court of Frederick the Great.

Saturday March 12th 2022

 Our next concert (the final of the three postponed 2020 festival events) will be in January on Sunday 16th and features Apollo’s Revels. Alison Kinder (viol) and Linda Sayce (flute /lute) will perform music by Corrette, de la Barre and Marais, with dancers Kath Waters and Anne Deller.

We will be taken on an early 18th century European tour through theatres, ballrooms, salons and concert halls, with dances for shepherdesses, elegant courtly dances and a footstamping Follia. 
Tickets for the workshop will be £10, for the concert £20 and a combined ticket of £25 for both events from barbara.wem@gmail or 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/apollos-revels-a-european-tour-in-music-and-dance-tickets-202073375907  (booking fee applies)