Liotard Exhibition Lunchtime Concert (Quartet)
Thu, 25 Jan
|National Gallery, London
London Obbligato Collective recreates the sound of domestic music-making during the time Jean-Étienne Liotard visited London in the second half of the eighteenth century.
Time & Location
25 Jan 2024, 13:00 – 14:00
National Gallery, London, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN, UK
About the event
Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-89) visited London on two occasions: in 1753 and again in 1772. This was exactly the time when music publishing was flourishing in England and more music-making than ever before started happening in domestic settings. It is very possible that Liotard heard some chamber music being performed at dinner parties and other functions he would have attended during his visits. To celebrate the Gallery's exhibition, Discover Liotard and the Lavergne Family Breakfast, London Obbligato Collective recreates some of the music published in London during this period to recreate the sound world that Liotard may well have experienced at the time. Music by Felice Giardini (1716-1796), Charles Avison (1709-1770) and John Garth (1721-1810).
Room 33 at the National Gallery.
London Obbligato Collective
Sara Deborah, baroque violin
Sarah Moffatt, baroque violin
Carina Drury, baroque cello
Masumi Yamamoto, harpsichord and founder