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Tuesday 23 February 4-5pm
Foundling Museum, Brunswick Square, London, WC1
Talk on Belshazzar by Dr Ruth Smith
Tickets: Free entry - please email
or ring on 01460 54660, to confirm that you are coming. |
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Dr Ruth Smith traces Belshazzar's composition and disastrous premiere, looks at highpoints of Handel's magnificent dramatisation, and relates it to the events of its time. | |
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Tuesday 23 February 7pm
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
Handel Belshazzar HWV61
Soloists:
Lynda Lee soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Gary Crichlow countertenor
David Allsopp countertenor
Lisandro Abadie bass
Laurence Cummings conductor
London Handel Orchestra
London Handel Singers
Tickets: reserved seating
£60 Nave rows A-D
£55 Nave rows E-J
£50 Nave rows K-M
£45 Rt SA A-C
£45 Lft SA A-B
£15 Side Aisles D-N & C-K
£45 Gallery front row
£10 Rear Gallery |
£10 tickets remaining for this concert plus a few in the Nave (as of 19 February 6pm).
The performance will end at 10.15pm approximately.
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Belshazzar (1744) has the grandest canvas of any of Handel's works and is his boldest development of oratorio as 'opera of the mind'. With choruses individually characterising three different nations, it tells the story of the overthrow in BC 538 of the Babylonian king Belshazzar by the Persian King Cyrus, and the repatriation of the Jews from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem. 'Your most excellent Oratorio has given me great Delight in setting it to Musick and still engages me warmly', wrote Handel to his librettist Charles Jennens. 'It is indeed a Noble Piece, very grand and uncommon'. The clash of empires, repeating cycles of history driven by human greed, the relationship of mother and son, the plight of refugees, the difference between a capricious tyrant and a 'father of his people', the power of spiritual authority, and dramatic divine interventio in the lives of believer and non-believer alike - all are glitteringly evoked by Handel at his most varied and assured. | |
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Wednesday 24 February from 6.15pm (please note change of time)
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
Semi-Final
Handel Singing Competition 2010
Tickets: £8
All details about the HSC 2010 are now posted on the HSC page.
The First Round is not open to the public this year.
The Semi-Final will end at 10pm approximately.
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Thursday 25 February 1-2pm
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
Anna Huntley Recital
Laura Tivendale harpsichord
Come again, sweet love..
Dowland Come again, sweet love doth now invite
Munro My lovely Celia
Campion Oft have I sighed and Fain would I wed
Arne Where the bee sucks
Purcell Lord, what is man?
Handel ‘Defend her heaven’ from Theodora HWV68
‘Sta nell'ircana’ from Alcina HWV34
Cantata: La Lucrezia HWV145
First in the series of Lunchtime concerts during the Festival. Anna Huntley, mezzo-soprano, won the Michael Oliver Prize in the HSC 2009.
Tickets: £8 unreserved seating |
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Friday 26 February 5.45-6.45pm
Meet at St George's Church
Mayfair Walk
with Janice Liverseidge
Tickets: £8 or £6 if bought with a concert ticket for Dixit Dominus |
The Mayfair area expanded during Handel's lifetime and to find out more, do join us on this one hour walk which will give you an introduction to Handel's life and this historic part of London - from the house where he lived through to some of the lesser known streets and famous residents of the period. Janice Liverseidge is a Handel-lover and a Blue Badge Guide. | |
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Friday 26 February 7pm
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
Handel Dixit Dominus HWV232
Grace Davidson soprano
Adrian Butterfield director
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque
Vox Musica conducted by Michael Berman
Arne Overture No 5 in D major
Corelli Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 11
Rameau Suite from Pigmalion
Vivaldi Concerto con molti strumenti RV577
Handel Dixit Dominus HWV232
Grace Davidson was a finalist in the HSC 2003.
Tickets: £12 unreserved seating
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The concert will end at 9.15pm approximately. |
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During his three years in Rome, at the age of only twenty-two, Handel produced the dramatic, virtuostic setting of Dixit Dominus. In this concert it sits alongside Italian composers of the same period, the sensuous music of Rameau written for the Paris Opera and English music by Thomas Arne whose 300th anniversary we celebrate this year. | |
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Monday 1 March 1-2pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London, W1
Christopher Ainslie
Ensemble Chocolat
George Crawford & Elizabeth McCarthy violins
Louise Hogan viola Jenny Bullock cello
Kate Aldridge double-bass Julian Perkins
harpsichord and organ
Vergnügte Ruh
JS Bach Alto cantata: Vergnügte Ruh BWV170
Vivaldi ‘Sovvente il sole’ from Andromeda Liberata, sung by Perseo
Handel from Tamerlano HWV18
Overture
Aria: ‘Dammi pace’
Aria: ‘A dispetto’
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor, was the winner of the Michael Oliver Prize in 2007.
Tickets: £8 unreserved seating |
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Thursday 4 March 1-2pm
St George’s Hanover Square
Bridget Cunningham Harpsichord Recital
Handel Suite No 7 in G minor HWV432, 1720 Book
Babell ‘Vo far Guerra’ arrangement of Handel's aria
from the opera Rinaldo
Roseingrave Eighth Suite of Lessons
Geminiani Minuet and variations from Pièces de Clavecin
Carter Sonatina in E flat
Anon Traditional
Handel Keyboard arrangement of the Overture to Esther
Tickets: £8 unreserved seating |
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Thursday 4 March 7pm
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
Final
Handel Singing Competition 2010
Adair Prize - £3000
Michael Oliver Prize - £1500
Finalist Prize - £500
Audience Prize - £250
Adjudicators:
Ian Partridge Chairman
Michael Chance
Catherine Denley
Michael George
Patrizia Kwella
David Vickers
The Finalists will be accompanied by the
London Handel Orchestra
Laurence Cummings conductor
All details about the HSC 2010 are now posted on the HSC page.
The Final will finish at 9.30pm approximately.
Tickets: reserved seating
£30 Nave rows A-D
£25 Nave rows E-J
£20 Nave rows K-M
£15 Rt SA rows A-C
£15 Lft SA rows A-B
£12 Side Aisles rows D-N & C-K
£20 Gallery front row
£8 Rear Gallery |
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Friday 5 March 7pm
Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, London, W1
Handel Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno HWV46a
Broschi Ensemble
Katherine Manley Bellezza
Cenk Karafeyra Piacere
Rachael Lloyd Disinganno
John McMunn Tempo
Bridget Cunningham director
Tickets: £12 unreserved seating
£40 - Champagne Reception from 6-6.30pm at Grosvenor Chapel - Proceeds will be donated to UNICEF's Haiti Earthquake appeal. UNICEF UK is a registered charity 1072612.
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Beauty (Bellezza) is under great temptation from Pleasure (Piacere) to continue a life of unencumbered distraction, but is derided by Time (Tempo) and Enlightenment (Disinganno) that continuing in this manner will only lead to death. Beauty must find Eternity who dwells in heaven to avoid the ravages of Time and must reject Pleasure in order to achieve this.
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Sunday 7 March 5pm (please note time)
Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, London, W1
Handel Aminta e Fillide HWV83
Ensemble Serse
Calvin Wells Aminta (male soprano)
Charlotte Stephenson Fillide (mezzo-soprano)
Christopher Suckling director
Oliver Webber violin
Julia Black violin
Emily Baines recorders
Erik Dippenaar harpsichord
Tickets: £12 unreserved seating
£40 Pre-Concert Talk by Anthony Lias (4.30-5pm), Concert (5-6pm) and Champagne Reception (6.15 to 7.45pm) |
To Rome, 14 July 1708, where the princely shepherds of the Pontificia Accademia degli Arcadi celebrate Christmas at the height of summer, devoutly observing a flighty soul pursued by a resolute God. Or are they actually enjoying the pleasures of a nymph seduced by a herdsman?
Handel's extraordinary setting of Aminte e Fillide depicts the struggle between sensuality and spirituality through music of such beauty and clarity that the composer himself would return to it again and again. | |
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Monday 8 March 1-2pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London, W1
David Allsopp Recital
Charles Andrews harpsichord
Kinga Gáborjáni cello
Love’s Folly
Handel La Solitudine HWV121b
Deh! lasciate e vita e volo HWV103
Qualor crudele HWV151
Irene, idolo mio HWV120b
Stanco, di più soffrire HWV167a
Vivaldi Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede RV676
David Allsopp, countertenor, was a finalist in the HSC 2009.
Tickets: £8 unreserved seating |
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Thursday 11 March 1-2pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London, W1
Veiled
Le Jardin Secret
Elizabeth Dobbin soprano
Sofie Vanden Eynde theorbo
Romina Lischka viola da gamba
David Blunden harpsichord
Couperin Prélude in A
Charpentier ‘Eram quasi agnus innocens’
de Visée Suite in E minor
de Lalande Troisieme Lecon de Vendredy Saint
Marais Chaconne in G for Gamba
and Basso Continuo
Charpentier ‘O vos Omnes’
Couperin Chaconne in D minor
Première Lecon de Tenebre
Tickets: £8 unreserved seating |
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Le Jardin Secret, winners of both first prize and the audience prize at the Early Music Network International Young Artists' Competition in York in 2007. |
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Thursday 11 March 5.30-6.30pm
Meet at Covent Garden tube station
Covent Garden Walk
with Janice Liverseidge
Tickets: £8 or £6 if bought with a concert ticket for
Arias for Mrs Arne |
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Thursday 11 March 7pm
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
Arias for Mrs Arne
Dame Emma Kirkby soprano
Rachel Brown flute
London Handel Players
Adrian Butterfield violin/director
Peter Collyer viola
Oliver Webber violin Peter Buckoke double bass
Katherine Sharman cello Laurence Cummings harpsichord
Handel Overture to Athalia HWV52
Overture and ‘War, he sung’ from
Alexander's Feast HWV75
Lampe Pretty Warblers
Arne By the rush-fringed bank
Geminiani Trio in E major for flute, violin and continuo
Handel Trio in D major for 2 violins and continuo Op 5 No 2
‘Softest Sounds’ from Athalia
Arne Trio for flute, violin and continuo Op 3 No 6 in B minor
The Morning and Where the Bee Sucks
Trio Op 3 No 4 in F minor for 2 violins and continuo
Handel ‘Gentle Morpheus’ from Alceste HWV45
Tickets: reserved seating
£30 Nave rows A-D
£25 Nave rows E-J
£20 Nave rows K-M
£15 Rt SA rows A-C
£15 Lft SA rows A-B
£12 SA rows D-N & C-K
£20 Gallery front row
£8 Rear Gallery
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Highlights from this concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Early Music Show on March 21st at 1pm. |
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Cecilia Young was born in 1711 into a musical family and had connections with many of the most important musicians in England, such as Geminiani, Lampe, Thomas Arne (whom she married) and Handel. According to music historian Charles Burney, she had ‘a good natural voice and a fine shake [and] had been so well taught, that her style of singing was infinitely superior to that of any other English woman of her time’. She met Handel in 1734 and he subsequently created several roles for her including Dalinda in Ariodante, Morgana in Alcina, the soprano solos in Alexander's Feast and the title-role in Athalia. She featured regularly with her husband at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, performing music that he had written for her. This programme features examples of these many roles interspersed with instrumental music of the time. | |
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Saturday 13 March
Chapel of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, SW3
Sing Messiah!
1.30-4pm chorus rehearsal
5-7.30pm workshop performance
Rehearse and perform Messiah in one day in the glorious surroundings of Sir Christopher Wren’s chapel at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea and in the company of soloists from the Royal College of Music.
Andrew Carwood conductor
Eleanor Dennis soprano
Rosie Aldrige mezzo-soprano
Anthony Gregory tenor
Edward Grint bass
Ian Curror organist
Tickets: £16: £15 Friends of LHF: £8 full time students
£6 Audience ticket for performance (concessions £4)
All bookings should be made through the Royal College of Organists
For further information visit www.rco.org.uk/education_college_events.php
events@rco.org.uk or telephone 05600 767237 |
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Wednesday 17 March 7pm
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
La Nuova Musica
David Bates director
Lucy Crowe soprano
Simon Wall tenor
William Berger baritone
The Power of Musik
GF Handel
Overture to Alexander’s Feast or the Power of Musik HWV75
'Look Down Harmonious Saint' in Praise of Harmony HWV124
From An Ode for St Cecilia’s Day HWV76
'But oh! What art can teach'
'The soft complaining flute'
'Tra Amplessi Innocenti' Duetto from Cecilia Volgi un Sguardo HWV89
'The flocks shall leave the mountains' from Acis and Galatea HWV49
Apollo e Dafne HWV122
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Thursday 18 March 5.45-6.45pm
Meet at Russell Square tube station
Bloomsbury Walk
with Janice Liverseidge
Tickets: £8 or £6 if bought with a concert ticket for The Eloquent hautboy |
The Bloomsbury area has strong connections with not only Georgian London but also with the care of children. Discover some hidden squares, find out about the connection between the British Museum and chocolate and how three eminent gentlemen sought to improve the fate of the city's children. We end our walk at the Foundling Museum in time for the evening concert. Janice Liverseidge is a Handel-lover and Blue Badge Guide.
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Thursday 18 March 7pm
Foundling Museum, Brunswick Square, London, WC1
The eloquent hautboy
Andreas Helm baroque oboe
Katherine Sharman violoncello
Laurence Cummings harpsichord
Couperin From Les Gouts-reunis: Cinquiéme Concert
Handel Suite No 1 in A major HWV426
Handel Oboe Sonata No 3 in F major, Op 1, No 5 HWV363a
Couperin From Les Gouts-reunis: Quatorziéme Concert
Handel Oboe Sonata No 1 in C minor, Op 1, No 8 HWV366
Tickets: £25 reserved seating (incorrect in printed brochure)
This concert will end at 9.15pm approximately.
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Saturday 20 March from 11am
Foundling Museum, Brunswick Square, London, WC1
Sing Handel Judas Maccabaeus
Rehearsals:
11am to 1pm - Choir only
1 1/2 hour lunch break
1.30-2.30pm - Orchestra and soloists
2.30-5.30pm - Orchestra and Choir - no soloists
7pm - Performance
Laurence Cummings conductor
Emily Armour soprano
Cara Curran alto
Borja Gomez-Ferrer tenor
Sean Webster baritone
Soloists from Trinity College of Music
Orchestra - Little Baroque Company
Tickets for choir £20
Audience £8
You can book online or by telephone 01460 54660
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Following a very successful day singing Handel Messiah in the 2009 Festival we are offering Handel singers another challenge in the evocative surroundings of the Portrait Gallery at the Foundling Museum.
Enjoy an inspirational day singing Judas Maccabaeus, with soloists from
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Monday 22 March 1-2pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London, W1
The Spell of the Metropoles
Ensemble Amaranthos
Sara Deborah Struntz violin
Marta Goncalves flute
Claire Bracher viola da gamba
Elektra Miliadou cello
Erik Dippenaar harpsichord/organ
Handel Concerto a Quattro in D minor (attrib.)
Telemann Fantasia in B minor and D Major
Telemann Concerto in E major for violin, viola da gamba
and basso continuo
Handel Suite No 5 in E major for solo harpsichord HWV430
Telemann Nouveaux Quatuors en Six Suites: Quatuor III
Tickets: £8 unreserved seating |
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Tuesday 23 March 1-2pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London, W1
Gary Crichlow Recital
The thrill of love’s first kiss
Nikolay Ginov baroque cello
Asako Ogawa harpsichord
Purcell ‘Sweeter than roses’
Handel Cantata: Siete rose ruggiadose HWV162
Cantata: Dolc’e pur d'amor l’affanno HWV109a
NF Haim Sonata in G major for violoncello and basso continuo
Purcell Ah, how sweet it is to love
Handel Cantata: Lungi da me, pensier tiranno! HWV125b
Purcell I attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly in Vain
Gary Crichlow, countertenor, was a finalist in the HSC 2009.
Tickets: £8 unreserved seating |
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Tuesday 23 March 7pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London, W1
Handel and Steffani Chamber Duets
Adrian Butterfield director
Students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Soloists:
Rosemary Galton soprano
Philippa Murray soprano
Michal Czerniawski countertenor
Emily Baines recorders
Scarlatti Concerto Grosso No 3 in F major for strings and continuo
Steffani Duet 'Pria ch'io faccia'
Handel Duet 'Sono liete' HWV194
Pergolesi Salve Regina in C minor
Graupner Recorder Concerto in F major
Steffani Duet 'Begl'occhi'
Handel Duet 'Se tu non lasci amore' HWV193
Graupner Cantata Ach Gott und Herr
Agostino Steffani was an Italian musician and cleric who worked for much of his life in Germany first as a organist and opera composer and later as a diplomat and bishop. He seems to have helped and influenced Handel both in Rome and Hanover and his chamber duets are thought to have inspired Handel to write his own examples.
This programme will also include rarely heard music by two other contemporary composers who influenced Handel and whose anniversaries fall in 2010, Alessandro Scarlatti and Christoph Graupner.
Tickets: £12 unreserved seating
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Wednesday 24 March 10.30am-1.30pm
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London, W1
Masterclass
by Laurence Cummings
Kumi Matsuo (Royal College of Music)
Suite No 6 in F sharp minor HWV439
Tom Foster (Royal Academy of Music)
Suite No 2 in F major HWV 427
Joseph Chesshyre (Guildhall School of Music & Drama) Suite No 4 in D minor HWV437
Bojana Dimkovic (Guildhall School of Music & Drama)
Suite No 1 in A major HWV426
Times still to be confirmed.
Laurence Cummings will work on the Handel Suites with
harpsichordists invited from the London conservatoires.
Tickets: £10 - please book through Handel House on 020 7399 1953 - SOLD OUT
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Wednesday 24 March 4.30-5.30pm
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, SW7
Talk on Il pastor fido
by Suzana Ograjenšek
Il pastor fido (1734) with the prologue Terpsicore. The soprano and Handel scholar Suzana Ograjenšek explores Handel’s coup de main in the fight for the London operatic audience of 1734 with the unlikely pairing of a French-style opéra-ballet and an Arcadian opera seria. Suzana is the editor of Il pastor fido for the Hallische-Händel Ausgabe.
Tickets: Free, but please telephone on 01460 54660 to let us know that you are coming. |
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Thursday 25 March 4.30-5.30pm
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music
Talk on Il pastor fido
by Peter Jones
The process to produce scores for the singers to learn their parts and to get orchestral parts on to the music stands can be quite complicated. Peter Jones, who has prepared the performing edition of Il pastor fido, will give a talk on the music's path from the British Library to the Britten Theatre.
Tickets: Free, but please telephone on 01460 54660 to let us know that you are coming. |
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Sunday 21 March 3pm
Monday 22 March 7pm
Wednesday 24 March 7pm
Thursday 25 March 7pm
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music
Handel Il pastor fido HWV8c (1734 version)
Laurence Cummings conductor
John Ramster director
Bridget Kimak designer
Mary Collins choreographer
Jake Wiltshire lighting designer
The third version of Il pastor fido with its prologue Terpsicore was the unique double bill which opened Handel's first Covent Garden season in 1734-35. Originally written in 1712, Il pastor fido is Handel's only pastoral opera, based on Guarini's famous pastoral play of the same name (completed by 1585). The third version of the opera is the most extensive of the three. Terpsicore, its prologue, is Handel's only opéra-ballet, probably inspired by the celebrated French dancer Marie Sallé who danced the title part of the Muse of Dance. The composer, competing with the Rival Opera of Nobility, was firing from all canons to prove that he was still the foremost operatic
entertainer in London, marrying opera and ballet following the French fashion to provide an evening of uncommon aural and visual delights.
Fully staged production in collaboration with the
Royal College of Music International Opera School.
These performances will end at 10.30pm approximately on 22, 24, 25 March and at 6.30pm on 21 March.
Tickets: reserved seating
£50 Front Stalls rows A-G
£55 Back Stalls rows H-J
£55 Stalls Circle row A
£50 Stalls Circle rows B-C
£45 Dress Circle row A
£40 Dress Circle rows B-C
£25 Upper Circle rows ABCD
£20 Slips on all levels
All tickets for the opera are sold through
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The London Handel Society has collaborated with the Royal College of Music on an annual Handel production since 1992.
Il pastor fido 1992
Deidamia 1995
Allesandro Severo 1997
Lotario 1999
Flavio 2001
Agrippina 2003
Ezio 2005
Poro 2007
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Siroe 1993
Arminio 1996
Radamisto 1998
Ottone 2000
Brockes Passion 2002
Sosarme 2004
Tolomeo 2006
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Confirmed cast lists
21 & 24 March
Apollo Jake Arditti
Erato Suzanne Shakespeare Mirtillo Christopher Lowrey
Amarilli Eleanor Dennis
Silvio John McMunn
Dorinda Audrey Kessedjian
Eurilla Annabel Mountford
Tirenius Sam Evans
22 & 25 March
Apollo Philip Jones
Erato Lorna Bridge
Mirtillo Ben Williamson
Amarilli Susanna Hurrell
Silvio Anthony Gregory
Dorinda Rosie Aldridge
Eurilla Emilie Alford
Tirenius Edward Grint
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Thursday 25 March 1-2pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London, W1
Sadly Luanda has been unwell and has had to cancel this Recital. Any advance payments for tickets will be refunded.
Luanda Siqueira Recital
Nikolay Ginov baroque cello
Asako Ogawa harpsichord
Endless pleasure
Rameau ‘Viens Hymen’, from Les Indes Galantes
Handel ‘V'adoro pupille’ from Giulio Cesare HWV17
‘Di, ben mio quanto amai’ from Alcina HWV34
Rameau ‘Un horison serein’ from Les Boréades
Telemann ‘Furcht und Hoffnung, Hass und Liebe’, from Orpheus
Handel ‘No, no, I'll take no less’ from Semele HWV58
‘Ah, Ruggiero, crudel! Ombre pallide’ from Alcina
Telemann ‘ Liebe, und nicht geliebet sein’ from Orpheus
Rameau ‘Songe affreux, image cruelle’ from Les Boréades
Handel ‘Tu la mia stella sei’ from Giulio Cesare
‘Endless pleasure, endless joy’ from Semele
Rameau ‘Regnez plaisirs et jeux’ from Les Indes Galantes
Luanda Siqueira, soprano, was a finalist in the HSC 2009.
Tickets: £8 unreserved seating |
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Sunday 28 March 4-5.30pm
Meet at St George's Church
Marylebone Walk
with Janice Liverseidge
Tickets: £8 or £6 if bought with a concert ticket for Handel's 1710: Venice - Hanover - London |
This afternoon walk will provide an exploration of the Marylebone area in the period around 1710 when Handel came to London; the changes that took place during his life and the area's strong choral connections. There will be time for a drink and snack after the walk before attending the evening concert at Wigmore Hall. Janice Liverseidge is a Handel-lover and Blue Badge Guide.
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Sunday 28 March 6-6.45pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street
Talk on Steffani
by Professor Colin Timms
Steffani may cut a rather shadowy figure in accounts of Handel’s life, but, as Professor Timms shows, he exerted a considerable influence on his younger contemporary’s music.
Tickets: Free entry but tickets are required.
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Sunday 28 March 7.30pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP
Handel's 1710: Venice-Hanover-London
Ruby Hughes soprano
Adrian Butterfield violin/director
London Handel Orchestra
Handel Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 1 in B flat major HWV312
Steffani Arias from La Liberta Contenta
Venturini Sonata No 8 in A major from Concerti di Camera Op 1
Handel Music in the Play call'd The Alchemist HWV43
Haym Overture to Pyrrhus and Demetrius
Handel Arias from Agrippina HWV6
Steffani Arias from La Lotta d'Ercole
Handel ‘Angels ever bright and fair’ from Theodora HWV68
Tickets: reserved seating
Tickets can be bought from the LHF or from the Wigmore Hall.
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk. Please note Festival subscriptions and student discounts will not apply when buying from the Wigmore Hall. Standby tickets and Westminster ResCard and disabled discounts (under Wigmore Hall’s policy) will be available. Wigmore Box Office 020 7935 2141.
£30 Stalls a rows C-M
£25 Stalls b rows A-B & N-P
£20 Stalls c rows Q-S & BB/CC
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The year 1710 was a life-changing one for Handel. He concluded his Italian sojourn with his opera Agrippina in Venice and then returned to Germany for some months, taking up the position of Kapellmeister in Hanover. The lure of London, however, proved to be too strong and the success of his first visit encouraged him eventually to move here for good. This programme contains a snapshot of works from this period of his life including works by musicians connected with Hanover and arias
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Friday 2 April 2.30pm
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
JS Bach St Matthew Passion BWV244
Soloists:
Robert Murray Evangelist
Ruby Hughes soprano
Alexandra Gibson mezzo-soprano
William Berger bass
bass to be confirmed
Laurence Cummings conductor
London Handel Orchestra
Choir of St George's
Tickets: reserved seating
£40 Nave rows A-D
£35 Nave rows E-J
£30 Nave rows K-M
£25 Rt SA rows A-C
£25 Lft SA rows A-B
£12 Side Aisles rows D-N & C-K
£30 Gallery front row
£10 Rear Gallery |
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JS Bach's St Matthew Passion performed as originally intended
as part of Vespers, including the congregational hymns and the
Jacob Handl Gallus motet Ecce quomodo moritur justus, that
Bach himself chose for the Good Friday Vespers service.
The Passion is sung in German and finishes at approximately 6.30pm. | |
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Handel House and London Handel Festival Education
Handel House Museum is proud to be working on a number of education projects once again with the London Handel Festival. These will include a project with a London secondary school with the Handel House Composer-in-Residence Duncan MacLeod based on the London Handel Festival’s production of Il pastor fido, a concert for primary schools with musicians from the London Handel Players and a harpsichord masterclass with Laurence Cummings at Handel House. For more information on all these events or any of the other education work that goes on throughout the year at Handel House Museum please call 020 7399 1953. Handel House Music during the London Handel Festival 2010 |
Every Thursday at 6.30-7.30pm Handel House Museum holds a concert in the intimate surrounding of Handel’s rehearsal room at 25 Brook Street, Handel’s London home for 36 years. These weekly concerts continue throughout the London Handel Festival and highlights during this period will include a performance of Handel’s early works for mezzo and harpsichord by Zarah Hible and David Wright, a double harpsichord concert performed by John Henry and Nicholas Lane and a performance of works for recorder and harpsichord by Handel, JS Bach and Charles Dieupart performed by Chris Orton and Laura Tivendale. Tickets for Thursday concerts are priced at £9 and £7.50. For details of all live music and events at Handel House please see our website www.handelhouse.org and to book or to be added to our mailing list please call 020 7399 1953. |
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Autumn concerts
Monday 2 November 7.15pm
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
Fundraiser to benefit LHF 2010
Ruby Hughes soprano
John McMunn tenor
Mary Collins baroque dance
Laurence Cummings conductor
London Handel Orchestra
GF Handel
from Il Pastor Fido HWV8c (1734 version)
Overture
Un preludio annuncia la venuta di Terpsicore
Chaconne
Soprano and tenor duet: ‘Col tuo piede brilla amor’
Sarabande
Concerto Grosso op 3, no2 in Bb major HWV313
from Il Pastor Fido
Soprano
Sinfonia ed accompagnato: ‘Oh! Mirtillo, Mirtillo’
Aria: ‘Ah! non son io che parlo’
from Belshazzar HWV61
Tenor aria: ‘Let Festal joy triumphant reign!’
from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV55
Soprano and tenor duet: ‘As steals the morn’
Optional Dinner at Claridge's following the concert |
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Claridge's
Fundraising Dinner at Claridge’s
Concert and Dinner
£175 per person
£25 concert
£120 dinner
£30 donation
Champagne Reception
3-course Dinner in the Ballroom at Claridge’s
Tables of 8, 10 or 12,
although individual
bookings are welcome
Dress - Lounge suit
Those attending the Dinner are allocated Nave seats
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Friends of the LHF Winter Series
Tuesday 24 November 2009 7pm
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
Conversazioni
Antonio Caldara Cantata: Clori, mia bella Clori
Marcello/Albinoni Sonata for oboe and continuo
A Scarlatti Cantata: Clori Vezzosa
D Scarlatti Sonata in D minor K9
Sonata in G Capriccio
GF Handel Cantata: Vedendo Amor HWV175
Sonata for flute and continuo in D major
A Vivaldi Cantata
Sounds Baroque
Andrew Radley countertenor
Julian Perkins harpsichord
Joel Raymond oboe
Jonathan Byers cello
Georgia Browne flute
Andrew Maginley theorbo
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Thursday 3 December 7pm
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
Handel Messiah HWV56
Erica Eloff soprano
Christopher Ainslie countertenor
Samuel Boden tenor
George Humphreys bass
Simon Williams conductor
London Handel Orchestra
Choir of St George's
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Friends of the LHF Winter Series
Thursday 28 January 2010 7pm
St George's Hanover Square, London, W1
The Isle of Chacona
Corelli Op 2 Sonata No 12
Leclair Op 8 Trio Sonata Deuxieme
Recreation de Musique
Handel Suite No 2 in G major:
Chaconne with 21 Variations for Harpsichord HWV435
Merula Chiacona
Handel Trio Sonata in G major, Op 5 No 4 HWV399
Sanz Folias por la E for Baroque Guitar
Purcell Trio Sonata VI in G minor
Vivaldi La Folia
Little Baroque Company
Frouke Mooij & Helen Kruger violins
Kinga Gaborjani violoncello
Manuel Minguillon theorbo
Laura Tivendale harpsichord
Tickets: £10 & concessions - can be bought on the door from 6pm on the day.
Interval refreshments are included.
These performances are open to all concert goers and will finish about 9.15pm |
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