Museum Late: Venus, Cupid and Apollo

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

Dates
25 November 2025, 6:00pm

Venue
Museum

Tickets
£5

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25 November 2025, 6:00pm

Venue
Museum

Tickets
£5

María Martínez Ayerz curator/director
RCM Recorder Consort

Two exceptional 16th-century instruments in the RCM 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 RCM Recorder Consort explores their presence in music. Their stories are told in Franco-Flemish chansons, Italian madrigals and English songs.

Image: Trasuntino harpsichord, RCM Museum

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