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Rome, Venice and Naples

Handel's Italian legacy

Part of the Sunday at St. John's 2016/17 Season

Add to my Calendar 29-01-2017 15:00 29-01-2017 17:00 36 Rome, Venice and Naples Rome, Venice and Naples – Handel’s Italian legacy (With Nicki Kennedy - soprano) 3 years, 3 cities and a complete change of direction. Italy inspired Handel with the music and rite of the Catholic church, not to mention the glamorous world of opera, giving him an early taste of stardom. In his early 20s, Handel was beguiled, swept up in a world of palaces, Cardinals and divas. ‘Rome, Venice and Naples’ explores repertoire by Handel and his Italian contemporaries, sacred and secular, always dramatic, which established these composers as titans of the Italian music scene. There will be a pre-concert talk at 2.15pm St John's Smith Square, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England

Programme

Alessandro Scarlatti – La Fenice
Antonio Vivaldi – Trio Sonata, Op.1 no.8
Antonio Vivaldi – Lungi dal vago volto, RV 680
George Frideric Handel – Gloria in Excelsis Deo
George Frideric Handel – Sinfonia in B-flat major, HWV 339
Arcangelo Corelli – Trio Sonata in D minor, Op.4 no.8
Arcangelo Corelli – Trio Sonata in A minor, Op.3 no.12

Performers

Nicki Kennedy – soprano

The Brook Street Band

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Programme Note

Rome, Venice and Naples – Handel’s Italian legacy

(With Nicki Kennedy - soprano)

3 years, 3 cities and a complete change of direction. Italy inspired Handel with the music and rite of the Catholic church, not to mention the glamorous world of opera, giving him an early taste of stardom. In his early 20s, Handel was beguiled, swept up in a world of palaces, Cardinals and divas. ‘Rome, Venice and Naples’ explores repertoire by Handel and his Italian contemporaries, sacred and secular, always dramatic, which established these composers as titans of the Italian music scene.

There will be a pre-concert talk at 2.15pm

The Brook Street Band

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