The Mad Lover review – eccentric charm and baroque brilliance as duo move from Eccles to Indiana Jones

Smith Square Hall, LondonPart of the London Festival of Baroque Music, lutenist Thomas Dunford and violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte’s concert struck a balance between freewheeling music-making and precise virtuosityThe Mad Lover was a 1616 play with incidental music by the English composer John Eccles. But, as the lutenist Thomas Dunford explained, we didn’t really need to know that: he…