Weekdays at 6:30 p.m. (7:00 NT)Friday, February 3, 2012 | Categories: Features |
Good ales. Bangers and mash. Banter. Some footy on the telly. Maybe a bit of fisticuffs. These are things you expect from a British pub. What you don't expect is a chamber orchestra regaling punters with classical music.
And yet - as part of a project by the 'Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment' - that's precisely what's happening at a string of pubs in London.
The Night Shift Pub Tour Trailer from OAE on Vimeo.
How are the denizens of London's public house scene reacting to this encroachment? Take a listen to the Orchestra playing Purcell's 'Tis Women Make Us Love.' What do you think? Your cup of tea?