A day of Music, Art and Discovery at Boughton House offers a choice between a full- and half-day experience, both concluding with a concert in The Great Hall featuring rediscovered works by Vivaldi’s contemporaries, Giovanni Porta and Johann Adolf Hasse, alongside music by Handel and Vivaldi. 

Highlights include a morning concert at Warkton Church by the Venice Music Project Ensemble with soloists Liesl Odenweller, Caterina Chiarcos, and Alexander Simpson, followed by a private view of the Montagu Monuments. The afternoon features the UK premiere of Venetian Mysteries: The Lost Music, a talk by Professor Marica Tacconi, introduced by Montagu Collection Curator, Paul Boucher. 

Visitors can also enjoy guided tours of Boughton House and gardens, including the restored Great Hall ceiling and the gardens’ new revived features. One of Venice in Peril Fund’s Trustees, Professor Deborah Howard, will introduce the Venetian works from the Buccleuch collection in the Venice and the Grand Tour exhibition, which showcases paintings, sculptures, drawings and historic music manuscripts.