Musique Royale presents ‘Celebration of Music in Historic Churches’ in Lunenburg

Musique Royale continues its twenty fifth anniversary season with a ‘Celebration of Music in Historic Churches’ on Saturday, September 11 at 7:30 pm at St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg. Gordon Callon, Adjunct Professor of History and Musicology at Acadia University will present a historical talk on ‘English Theatre Songs, Robert Johnson to Henry Purcell’. Highlighting his talk will be performances by soprano Judith Burdett and Montreal harpsichordist, Erin Helyard. Mr. Helyard will play the beautiful Dowd harpsichord owned by the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, with shared residence between St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg and the Conservatory in Halifax The evening will also include a brief discussion of the proposed Organs of Nova Scotia Inventory (Heritage Trust Nova Scotia). Musique Royale is pleased to work in association with Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia in presenting this event. Tickets are $15 and are available at Fulton’s Pharmacy and at the door. Information: 634-9994 or 624-0506.