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Music group to launch European tour with concert in West Monkton
A renowned music group will launch their European tour with a concert near Taunton.
The Monteverdi String Band will unveil their new programme of Italian Baroque and Renaissance music at St Augustine's Church in West Monkton.
The concert, on Friday, July 11, at 7pm, will feature Hannah Ely, an international early music soprano, who gained fame as a soloist with groups such as The Sixteen, The Tallis Scholars, and John Eliot Gardiner's Monteverdi choir.
The performance is part of a special event hosted by Music on the Quantocks, who won a national competition for the band to test their new concert.
Hannah will perform alongside the Monteverdi String Band's leading violinist Oliver Webber and the band's lutenist Toby Carr, who will play the lute and theorbo – a giant lute almost six feet in length.
The programme will include pieces by Palestrina, Monteverdi, and other master composers of the Italian Baroque era.
The church's lawns will also be open and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be served.
To reserve your seat, email quantocks@ and inform them of how many seats you would like.
Once contacted, they will send a seating diagram to help choose your preferred spot.
Seats are priced at £8, £12, £16, £18, and £20, with payment options via BACS bank transfer or cheque.
Following the concert, The Monteverdi String Band will subsequently take their concert to cathedrals and prestigious concert halls across Europe.
