Emma Curtis
Contralto

Tuesday 23rd February 2010
The Frolick with Calliope, Launch for The Friends of The Frolick
at 22 Mansfield Street, London W1G 9NR,
the home of  Elisabeth and Bob Boas

In London in the 1740s, a time when society prized illusion and intrigue above all, subverting the accepted sexual system was fair game. Men with high voices ruled the stage, and cross-dressing abounded for comic affect or for survival. Londoner’s have not changed so much in three-hundred years. Songs are still about the same things: Girls that are just after money; others searching for real love; a guy who wants to get a date; and even the best friend that wants to take him out to drown his sorrows. Poetry and fantasy combine with the luminous colours of original baroque instruments to create an opulent adventure in 18th-century entertainment.

27th March 2010 at 7.30pm
Elgar's Sea Pictures
Final Gala Concert, Guildford Spring Music Festival,
with Kenneth Woods and the Surrey Mozart Players
at The Electric Theatre, Guildford

Tickets: Guildford Spring Music Festival www.gsmf.co.uk