Three composers whose lives are curiously linked by a date and entanglement. Two of Mozart’s most enduringly popular orchestral pieces are framed by music from his friend Michael Haydn and the ‘Spanish Mozart’ Juan Arriaga, born 50 years to the day after Mozart.

“Easier than air with air, if spirits embrace” - lutenist Sergio Bucheli curates an evening of music inspired by civil rights activist and early music revivalist Bayard Rustin.

Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (BWV 100) is a remarkable cantata that was probably performed at a…