AVISON ENSEMBLE 10 Division Lobby concert, Newcastle, Sep 2009

The Division Lobby and tenor Mark Tucker gave their Harmonia Extemporanea concert of improvisations on Italian sketches from the 17th century, using chitarrones, violins, lira da braccio, viola, harpsichords, organ, lute, cornetto and tenor. Here a member of the Division Lobby discusses improvisation and the importance of period instruments.

The Avison Ensemble is the outstanding period instrument orchestra based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays and popularises the music of Charles Avison (1709-1770) and other English classical composers of the Baroque period, such as Garth, Arne and Herschel. The Ensemble also performs Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Geminiani, Pergolesi, Teleman, Rameau, Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.

http://www.avisonensemble.com

Film produced by David Dunning. http://www.youtube.com/user/daviddunninguk

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