Paradise Lost with Simon Callow
(FoF Early Access)

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.

Supported by Continuo Foundation