“Where the art of medicine is loved, there is also love for humanity” Hippocrates

A cabaret-style entertainment exploring a miscellany of connections between medical practice, doctors and music, and including three new commissions specially for this event which celebrates 900 years since the founding of Barts Hospital.

The evening, which will raise funds for City Music Foundation and our partner, Barts Heritage, will portray doctors both real and fictional and tell medical anecdotes through history with both gravity and humour. This musical anthology will be woven together into a unique narrative written by CMF Patron Simon Callow and performed by BBC Radio 3 presenter Donald Macleod. We will hear music from 16 CMF Artists.

The programme will include three new works – a fanfare, a song cycle and a work celebrating William Harvey – as well as music by Bach, Handel, Borodin, Cole Porter and Tom Lehrer among others.

Ticket price includes wine and canapés and includes a £30 donation which will be split between City Music Foundation and Barts Heritage. Tickets are being sold unreserved, but if you would like to sit with specific people or book a table for four people please contact us.

Artists

Donald Macleod narrator
Jerome Knox baritone

City Music Foundation Artists:
Connaught Brass
Claire Ward soprano
Ensemble Hesperi
Paddington Trio
Emmanuel Coppey violin
Alexander Soares piano
James Larter percussion

Programme

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