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The English Concert

Live from Wigmore Hall, The English Concert under Harry Bicket. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons. Handel: Cantata: Dietro l'orme fuggaci; Cantata: Alpestre monte; Arias from Agrippina.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

The English Concert, directed from the harpsichord by Harry Bicket, plays masterworks by Vivaldi and Handel

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

8.10 Interval: Martin Handley talks to tonight's performers and plays organ arrangements of Vivaldi's works by the father-figure of 18th-century music: J S Bach.

8.30pm

Handel: Cantata: Dietro l'orme fuggaci (Armida abbandonata) (HWV 105)
Handel: Cantata: Alpestre monte (HWV 81)
Handel: Arias from "Agrippina" (HWV 6)

Harry Bicket (director, harpsichord)
Simon Standage (violin)
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
The English Concert

In its 40th anniversary season, The English Concert returns to Wigmore Hall to perform music by two giants of the high Baroque - Handel and Vivaldi. One of the great Handelians of our day, soprano Lucy Crowe sings two of the composer's Italian cantatas alongside arias from his early Venetian opera "Agrippina". And virtuoso period-violinist Simon Standage plays four concertos from Vivaldi's 1725 opus 8 set - otherwise known as "The Four Seasons".

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 21 May 2014 19:30

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso,Op.3 No.2

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Decca.
  • English Concert part 1

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Concerto in E major RV.269, Op.8`1 (La Primavera) for violin and orchestra

      Performer: Harry Bicket. Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: The English Concert.
    • George Frideric Handel

      Armida abbandonata - (acc.) Italian cantata no.13 HWV.105 (Dietro l'orme fugaci) for soprano, 2 violins & continuo

      Performer: Harry Bicket. Performer: Lucy Crowe. Performer: The English Concert.
    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Concerto in G minor RV.315, Op.8`2 (L'Estate) for violin and orchestra

      Performer: Harry Bicket. Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: The English Concert.
  • Part 2

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Concerto in F major RV.293, Op.8`3 (L'Autunno) for violin and orchestra

      Performer: Harry Bicket. Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: The English Concert.
    • George Frideric Handel

      Alpestre monte - (acc.) Italian cantata no.2 for soprano, 2 violins and continuo

      Performer: Harry Bicket. Performer: Lucy Crowe. Performer: The English Concert.
    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Concerto in F minor RV.297, Op.8`4 (L'Inverno) for violin and orchestra

      Performer: Harry Bicket. Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: The English Concert.
    • George Frideric Handel

      3 Arias from Agrippina - Vaghe perle, eletti fiori; Ogni vento ch'al porto la spinga; Se giunge un dispetto

      Performer: Harry Bicket. Performer: Lucy Crowe. Performer: The English Concert.

Broadcast

  • Wed 21 May 2014 19:30

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