Artists
- Early Opera Company
- Mary Bevansoprano
- Benjamin Huletttenor
- James Plattbass
Archived Event
Handel and Boyce
Early Opera Company; Mary Bevan; Benjamin Hulett; James Platt
- Date
- Wed 29 Mar 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Concerto Grosso in G Op. 6 No. 1 HWV319
- William Boyce1711-1779
- Solomon:
- Excerpts from Solomon
Interval
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Alceste HWV45
Overview
Originally written as incidental music for a lavish playto be performed at Covent Garden, Alceste is aravishing score with exquisite choruses and arias.
Christian Curnyn and Early Opera Company presentthis concert performance of their BBC Music MagazineAward-winning CD, which was described by the panelas ‘music by the composer at his most inventive andinspired’.
The extraordinary ensemble of musiciansreturn to Wigmore Hall following the triumphantsuccess of Handel La Resurrezione last season
.