Songs from the shows - through the ages

Concertina tutor and historian Dave Ball, pictured, was our guest at the October YCC meeting where he talked about music from historic entertainments which had become part of the British folk tune scene. 
This was a fascinating dig into folk music history, accompanied by tunes which the club had a go at.
Tunes included a March from Rinaldo, by Handel, which was first performed in 1711 at the Queen's Theatre in London's Haymarket, and later found its way into the Compleat Dancing Master tune book, which is still used today as a source of dance tunes played in folk sessions.
Other works included:
Three and a Duce, by Steven Storace (libretto by Prince Hoare) from 1794
Orpheus and Eurydice by Theobald, an opera pantomime perfomred in 1740
Poor Soldier by William Shield from a comic opera by O'Keeffe, first performed in 1783.
For those interested in folk music, the tunes will feel very familiar.
Our thanks to Dave for a great meeting, and fascinating discussion about how music follows us through the centuries.