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".
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Music Played
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso,Op.3 No.2
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Decca.
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English Concert part 1
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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.
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Part 2
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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.
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Broadcast
- Wed 21 May 2014 19:30成人快手 Radio 3