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Monday Matinee with The Portrait Players

Sooth'd to Pleasures

Part of the Handel Concert Series 2024

Add to my Calendar 02-09-2024 13:00 02-09-2024 15:00 36 Monday Matinee with The Portrait Players This programme tells the story of some of Handel’s favourite soloists through the music he composed for them and the music they themselves composed. Featuring music written for or by cellist Andrea Caporale, oboeist Johann Ernst Galliard and singers Margherita Durastanti, Anna Maria la Strada, Élisabeth Duparc and John Beard. Handel and Hendrix in London, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Handel and Hendrix in London
23 & 25 Brook Street
Mayfair
London
W1K 4HB
England

Programme

George Frideric Handel – Solitudini care, amata libertà, HWV 163
George Frideric Handel – Semele, HWV 58: 'Oh Sleep, why dost though leave me'
George Frideric Handel – Athalia, HWV 52: 'Gentle airs, melodious strains'
Johann Ernst Galliard – Sonata No. 5
George Frideric Handel – Alcina, HWV 34: 'Credete al mio dolore'
George Frideric Handel – No se emenderá jamás, HWV 140
George Frideric Handel – Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: 'Softly sweet in Lydian measure'

Performers

The Portrait Players

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Programme Note

This programme tells the story of some of Handel’s favourite soloists through the music he composed for them and the music they themselves composed. Featuring music written for or by cellist Andrea Caporale, oboeist Johann Ernst Galliard and singers Margherita Durastanti, Anna Maria la Strada, Élisabeth Duparc and John Beard.

The Portrait Players Handel Hendrix House

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