Artists
- Classical Opera
- Allan Claytontenor
- Ian Pagedirector
Archived Event
‘Where’er You Walk’: Handel’s Favourite Tenor
Classical Opera; Allan Clayton tenor; Ian Page director
- Date
- Wed 06 May 2015, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Esther HWV50:
- Overture
- Il pastor fido HWV8:
- Sol nel mezzo risona del core
- Ariodante HWV33:
- Sinfonia
- Tu vivi e punito
- Alcina HWV34:
- Un momento di contento
- Berenice HWV38:
- Vedi l'ape che ingegnosa
- William Boyce1711-1779
- Solomon:
- Sinfonia
- No. 9 Air with chorus: Softly rise, O southern breeze!
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Samson HWV57:
- Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed
- Semele HWV58:
- Where'er you walk
Interval
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Judas Maccabeus HWV63:
- No. 11 Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul
- Jephtha HWV70:
- Waft her, angels
- Thomas Arne1710-1778
- Alfred:
- Overture
- From the dawn of early morning
- John Christopher Smith1712-1795
- The Fairies:
- Hark, hark, how the hounds and horn
- Thomas Arne1710-1778
- Artaxerxes:
- Thou like the glorious sun
Encore
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Alexander's Feast HWV75:
- Happy, happy, happy pair
Overview
Allan Clayton, former Classical Opera Associate Artist, joins the company to celebrate the 300th birthday of John Beard (1715–1791), the tenor who created more Handel roles than any other singer and caused a high society scandal by marrying into the English aristocracy.
Classical Opera’s compelling concert explores Beard’s eventful life and career with a programme including rarities by Boyce, JC Smith and Arne, and a selection of Handel’s most celebrated airs.