This six-week course will survey music written between 1600 and 1750.

Dates: Tuesday mornings (10.30-12.30 pm)  9, 16, 23 July and 13, 20, 27 August

1. The birth of opera: Monteverdi’s ‘L’Orfeo’

2. The concertos of Corelli and Vivaldi (including The Four Seasons)

3 and 4 Handel

5 and 6 Bach