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The Grand Tour: Handel in London

Academy of Ancient Music

Part of the Academy of Ancient Music 2014-15

Add to my Calendar 18-10-2014 19:30 18-10-2014 21:30 36 The Grand Tour: Handel in London The period instrumental ensemble the Academy of Ancient Music visit Baroque London on a musical Grand Tour through Renaissance EuropeRome three centuries ago, like London today, was a magnet for culture seekers. Handel worked there in his career’s early years and carried the latest styles in Italian music with him when he moved to Britain in 1712. The German composer’s international outlook served him well during his time in London. British aristocrats and rich merchants, recently returned from the Grand Tour, flocked to hear spectacular operas by Handel and devoured the works of such homespun talents as Thomas Arne, composer of “Rule, Britannia!”, and William Boyce, Master of the King’s Musick. The organ was among the most advanced pieces of technology on the planet in the early 1700s. It was heard in great cathedrals and churches and also in the theatre, where virtuoso players performed concertos as part of the entertainment. Handel’s organ concertos — and the spirit of Richard Egarr’s thrilling interpretations of them with the AAM — delivers what The Independent aptly describes as 'the ultimate raspberry to anyone who says baroque music is predictable'. Milton Court Concert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Milton Court Concert Hall
Silk St
Barbican
London
EC2Y 9BH
England

Programme

William Boyce – Symphony no 3 in C major
George Frideric Handel – Organ concerto no.2 in A major, Op 7
Thomas Augustine Arne – Overture No 8 in G minor
William Boyce – Symphony no.1 in B flat major
George Frideric Handel – Organ concerto no.13 in F major 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale', HWV 295
George Frideric Handel – Concerto a due cori no.1 in B-flat major, HWV 332

Performers

Academy of Ancient Music

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Programme Note

The period instrumental ensemble the Academy of Ancient Music visit Baroque London on a musical Grand Tour through Renaissance Europe

Rome three centuries ago, like London today, was a magnet for culture seekers. Handel worked there in his career’s early years and carried the latest styles in Italian music with him when he moved to Britain in 1712. The German composer’s international outlook served him well during his time in London. British aristocrats and rich merchants, recently returned from the Grand Tour, flocked to hear spectacular operas by Handel and devoured the works of such homespun talents as Thomas Arne, composer of “Rule, Britannia!”, and William Boyce, Master of the King’s Musick. 

The organ was among the most advanced pieces of technology on the planet in the early 1700s. It was heard in great cathedrals and churches and also in the theatre, where virtuoso players performed concertos as part of the entertainment. Handel’s organ concertos — and the spirit of Richard Egarr’s thrilling interpretations of them with the AAM — delivers what The Independent aptly describes as 'the ultimate raspberry to anyone who says baroque music is predictable'.

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