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London Handel Players   Since making their debut at Handel’s parish church, St. George’s Hanover Square, as part of the London Handel Festival 2000, the London Handel Players have given concerts across the UK, Europe and North America collaborating regularly with singers such as Emma Kirkby and James Bowman. The members of the group are principal players of the London Handel Orchestra, pursue busy solo and directing careers, work with many of the major early-instrument ensembles in the UK and abroad and are professors at the conservatoires in London. They bring together a wealth of recording experience and their two recent recordings, the first of Handel’s Op.5 trio sonatas and the second entitled “Handel at Home”, both for Somm, have been highly acclaimed. Future plans include the release of Handel's violin sonatas this autumn and of his Op.2 trio sonatas next spring as well as the group’s debut at the Wigmore Hall in April 2008. Adrian Butterfield violin/director Rachel Brown flute/recorder Oliver Webber, Clare Salaman violins Peter Collyer viola Katherine Sharman, Claire Thirion cellos Peter Buckoke, Cecelia Bruggemeyer double bass Laurence Cummings harpsichord   "Music at the Court of Frederick the Great" 3 October 7.30pm Belsize Baroque directed by Adrian Butterfield Handel Concerto Grosso Op.3/1 in G minor Corelli Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.7 in D major Vivaldi Concerto in G minor RV577 "per l'orchestra di Dresda" Vivaldi Concerto for 4 violins in D major RV549 Op.3 No.1 Venturini Concerto da Camera Op.1 No.6 In E major Handel Concerto Grosso Op.3/2 in B flat major Handel House Museum 4 October 3pm The Revolutionary Drawing Room Adrian Butterfield, violin Kathryn Parry, violin Rachel Stott, viola Ruth Alford, cello Haydn's last quartets To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Haydn's death, The Revolutionary Drawing Room perform his final quartets on instruments of the period. Op.77 No.1 in G major Op.77 No.2 in F major Op.103 in D minor (unfinished) Pamela Spofforth Memorial Concert 1 November 7.30pm Bach's B minor Mass Julia Doyle, soprano Diana Moore, alto Charles Daniels, tenor Peter Harvey, baritone Orchestra of Pro Corda Alumni leader Alison Bury Pegasus Choir Adrian Butterfield, conductor Proceeds towards the Pamela Spofforth Scholarship Fund www.procorda.com

Swansea Festival 5 October 2009 7.30pm St. Mary's Church, Warwick 6 October 7.30pm Emma Kirkby, soprano Rachel Brown flute, recorder Adrian Butterfield, violin/director Alastair Ross organ, harpsichord Clare Salaman, violin Peter Collyer, viola Katherine Sharman, cello Purcell Abdelazer Suite Handel Organ Concerto 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' Handel 'Sweet Bird' from L'Allegro 'Il volo' from Riccardo Primo Haydn Folk Song arrangements for sop, vln, cello, hpschd 'David of the White Rock' 'Men of Harlech' Haydn Symphony No.104 in D major ('London') arr. Salomon Birmingham Early Music Festival 17 October 7.30pm Adrian Butterfield violin/director Daniel Taylor, countertenor Rachel Brown, flute/recorder Clare Salaman, violin Peter Collyer, viola Katherine Sharman, cello Erik Dippenaar, harpsichord Matthew Wadsworth, lute Handel Flute Concerto in G minor HWV287 Purcell Music for a While Purcell Strike the Viol Purcell Here the Deities Handel Trio Sonata Op 5 no 4 in G HWV399 Purcell Music in Abdelazer Handel aria "Yet can I hear that dulcet lay" from The Choice of Hercules Handel Trio Sonata Op.5 No.1 in A major HWV396 Handel aria "L'empio sl'eale' from Cesare Palau de la Musica, Barcelona 19 October 9pm Daniel Taylor, countertenor Rachel Brown, flute/recorder Adrian Butterfield violin/director Clare Salaman, violin Kelly McCusker, violin Peter Collyer, viola Katherine Sharman, cello Amanda MacNamara, bass Erik Dippenaar, harpsichord Handel Flute Concerto in G minor HWV287 Purcell Abdelazer Suite Dove sei & Un Zeffiro from Rodelinda HWV19 Handel Sonata a 5 (Violin Concerto) HWV288 Handel Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.3 in G major HWV314 Vivaldi Sopranino Concerto in C major RV443 Cara sposa from Rinaldo HWV7 L'Empio from Guilio Cesare HWV17 Brighton Early Music Festival St. George's Church, Kemptown Sunday 8 November 7pm Purcell, Handel and Haydn "at Home" Emma Kirkby, soprano London Handel Players Rachel Brown, flute/recorder Adrian Butterfield, violin Oliver Webber, violin Peter Collyer, viola Kath Sharman, cello Laurence Cummings, harpsichord Purcell Abdelazer Suite Purcell Songs Handel Passacaille from trio sonata Op.5 no.4 Handel Verdi prati from Alcina (arr. Walsh) Handel 'Sweet Bird' from L'Allegro Il volo from Riccardo Primo Haydn Folk Song arrangements 'David of the White Rock' 'Men of Harlech' Haydn Symphony No.104 in D major ('London') arr. Salomon Music at Oxford Sheldonian Theatre 13 November 8pm "Pastoral Symfonye" Emma Kirkby, soprano London Handel Players Rachel Brown, flute Clare Salaman, hurdygurdy, violin Adrian Butterfield, violin/director Oliver Webber, violin Peter Collyer, viola Kath Sharman, cello Amanda MacNamara, double bass Terence Charlston, harpsichord Rebel "Chaos" from Les Elémens Arne "The Morning" Vivaldi Violin concerto La Caccia Hayes The poet and the Rose + violin Vivaldi "Spring" hurdygurdy Vivaldi Flute Concerto La Notte Lampe "Pretty Warblers" Purcell "Evening Hymn" Rebel from Les Elémens La terre et l'eau Le feu Rossignols Caprice Chilcott "Orpheus" Canterbury Music Club St. Gregory's Centre for Music Canterbury Christ Church University 19 November 7.30pm Rachel Brown, flute Adrian Butterfield, violin Katherine Sharman, cello Alastair Ross, harpsichord _________________________________________________ This page was updated on 22 August 2009 To book the London Handel Players please contact Jill Davies by email Please go to Recordings for information about the LHP recordings.