Welcome to Paradise Lost
A filmed concert video made possible by a grant from Continuo Foundation
With readings by Simon Callow, ‘Paradise Lost’ centres on the seven Sinfonias of Leonora Duarte. She is the only female composer to have written viol consort music in the 17th Century and lived in Antwerp in the middle of the 17th century where her family were jewellery merchants. Our programme traces the connections between the Duarte family and scientific, political, intellectual & literary figures in their circle including Milton and Spinoza.
Watch our mini-documentary on the figures and philosophies behind the programme
HERE.
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