Exploring the Oboe Band's role on and off
the battlefield.
JB Lully  L'air des Hautbois
JP Krieger  Lustige Feld Musik Partita no1
Handel  Rigaudon
Purcell  The Fairy Queen
Airs and Dances
J Bodin de Boismortier  Sonate in g minor op34 no1
JS Bach  Motet Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden

Wednesday 2 April 1pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London
Britannia’s Invitation
Fleuri Vox
Clare Wilkinson mezzo-soprano
Laura Justice recorders
Jennifer Bullock baroque cello
Bridget Cunningham harpsichord

T Arne  The Overture to Comus 
Two short songs from Comus
W Flackton  Sonata III in F Op2 for 'cello
Anon  Fair Sally from The Chaplet
T Arne  Overture to Thomas & Sally      
The Scotch Air in the Overture       
Auspicious spirits guard my love
Handel  First Suite in A major
John Stanley  Solo II in E Minor for Recorder
Anon  Echo from The Chaplet

Monday 7 April 1-2pm
St George's Church, Hanover Square, London
Music for a while
Gillian Ramm soprano
Julian Perkins harpsichord

Henry Purcell Music for a While
Fairest Isle; Sweeter than Roses
'Thy Hand, Belinda....When I am Laid in Earth' from Dido and Aeneas
GF Handel
'Bel Piacere', from Agrippina HWV 6
'Amor e qual vento' from Orlando HWV 31
Suite by John Blow
3 Arias from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17
'Non disperar'; 'V'adoro, pupille'; 'Tu la mia stella sei'
'O Sleep, why dost thou leave me?' from Semele HWV 58
'Alleluia' from Silete Venti HWV 242

Wednesday 9 April 1pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London
With darkness deep
Katherine Manley soprano
Julian Perkins harpsichord

Purcell  A set of Mad Songs  
John Blow  Suite no2 in D minor from A Choice Collection of Lessons (1698)
Handel  'O Numi eterni! from La Lucrezia HWV 145  
‘With darkness deep’ from Theodora HWV 68
J Nares  Lesson no7 in G major from Eight Setts of Lessons for the Harpsichord (1747)
Handel  Armida abbandonata HWV 105

Saturday 12 April 7.30pm (please note time)
St James’s, Piccadilly, London
Handel Esther (1732 version)
Katie Thomas   Esther
Callum Thorpe  Haman
David Bates  Ahasuerus

Esther Jones director
The Esterhazy Singers &
The Little Baroque Company

A performance of the 1732 version of Esther, from a new edition
edited by Anthony Hicks and Peter Jones. More details can be found on
www.handelwithcare.co.uk.

Monday 14 April 1pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London
Fantasie
William Sauerland countertenor
Jitka Smutna recorder
Marta Goncalves baroque flute
Sara Deborah Struntz violin
Claire Bracher viola da gamba
Ilektra Miliadou baroque cello
Erik Dippenaar harpsichord

Rameau  Pieces de clavecin en concert no3 in A major
Telemann  Fantasie
Handel  Cantata Mi Palpitar il cor
Telemann  Fantasie
Telemann  Paris Quartet in A minor

Tuesday 15 April 1pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London
Sweeter than Roses
Anna Devin soprano
Bridget Cunningham harpsichord

Purcell  Evening Hymn
Lord, What is Man
New Ground (Harpsicord)
Mad Bess
Sweeter than Roses
Handel  Allor ch'io dissi: Addio HMV 80
Sarabande - Gigue - Passacaille from 7th suite 
in G minor (Harpsichord) HWV 432
Overture from Rodelinda (Harpsichord)
Arias from Rodelinda HWV19  
‘L'empio rigor del fato’
‘Ombre, Piante, urne funeste’   
‘Mio caro, caro bene’

Wednesday 16 April 1pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London
Drama for a While
Joana Seara soprano
Bernard Robertson harpsichord

Purcell  Mad Bess
FA de Almeyda Arias from La Spinalba:
‘Io bramo il cor contento’
‘Un cor, ch'a per costume sprezzar d'amor il freno’
G Carissimi  Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots
Handel  Arias from Orlando HWV 31
‘Ho un certo rossore’ 
‘Se mi rivolgo al prato’
JF Lampe  Arias from The Dragon of Wantley:
‘Oh Father! Father!’ 
‘If that's all you ask’

Wednesday 23 April 10am
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music
Masterclass
with John Mark Ainsley

World renowned tenor, John Mark Ainsley will hold a Masterclass for four singers invited
from the London conservatoires.

Royal College of Music, London
Tyler Clarke tenor
harpsichordist to be confirmed
GF Handel  
'Empio, Per Farti Guerra ' from Tamerlano HWV 18
One aria from La Resurrezione HWV 47
‘Diedi il core ad altra Ninfa; Aminta..’ from Atalanta HWV 35

Royal Academy of Music, London
Louis David Bedard countertenor
harpsichordist to be confirmed
GF Handel  
‘Ombra Cara Di Mia Sposa’ from Radamisto HWV 12

Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
Andrew Finden baritone
Anne Larlee harpsichord
GF Handel   
‘The Trumpet shall sound’ from the Messiah HWV 56
‘A serpent in my bosom warmed’ from Saul HWV 53

Trinity College of Music, London
Iris Korfker soprano
Asako Ogawa harpsichord
GF Handel   
Recitative & aria 'Piangero' from Julius Caesar  HWV 17
‘Excelsus super omnes gentes’ from Laudate, Pueri Dominum HWV 236

Thursday 24 April 1pm
St George's Church, Hanover Square, London
La Nuova Musica
Tim Mead first countertenor
David Bates second Countertenor/Direction
Oonagh Lee recorder
Gail Macleod recorder
Joseph McHardy harpsichord/organ
Graham Walker baroque cello
Richard Sweeney archlute

Purcell Sound the Trumpet
Blow Sonata in A Major
Handel Caro Autor di mia Doglia HWV 181a
A Lotti Crudelta Rimproverata
Blow Ode on the Death of Henry Purcell