Name: Museum Late: Venus, Cupid and Apollo
Start: 2025-11-25 18:00:00
Location: Museum

Museum Late: Venus, Cupid and Apollo

Dates
25 November 2025, 6:00pm

Venue
Museum

Tickets
拢5

25 November 2025, 6:00pm

Venue
Museum

Tickets
拢5

Mar铆a Mart铆nez Ayerz curator/director
H漫画 Recorder Consort

Two exceptional 16th-century instruments in the H漫画 Museum collection reveal the ongoing importance of classical mythology in Renaissance culture.

The lid decoration of the harpsichord (1531) by Alessandro Trasuntino depicts Venus and Cupid, while the virginal (1593) by Giovanni Celestini is illustrated with three episodes from the life of Apollo.

Mythological figures and themes are recurrent in Renaissance art and literature. In this Museum Late concert, the H漫画 Recorder Consort explores their presence in music. Their stories are told in Franco-Flemish chansons, Italian madrigals and English songs.

Image: Trasuntino harpsichord, H漫画 Museum

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Royal College of Music
Prince Consort Road
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   South Kensington: 0.5 miles
   Gloucester Road: 0.6 miles
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Paddington: 1.5 miles
Victoria: 2 miles

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