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Handel and Vivaldi
Florilegium; Elin Manahan Thomas soprano
Date
Mon 05 Nov 2018, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Florilegium
    • Elin Manahan Thomassoprano

    Programme

    • George Frideric Handel
      1685-1759
        • Suite No. 3 in G 'Water Music' HWV350
        • Alexander Balus HWV65
          :
        • Calm thou my soul ... Convey me to some peaceful shore
        • Samson HWV57
          :
        • With plaintive notes
        • Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV17
          :
        • Da tempeste il legno infranto

    Interval

    • Antonio Vivaldi
      1678-1741
        • La Notte RV439
        • Griselda RV718
          :
        • Ombre vane, ingiusti orrori
        • Agitata da due venti

    Overview

    November 5 seems a suitableday to experience Handel’s RoyalFireworks – though it actuallydebuted in April 1749. Here it ispreceded by the originally riverborneWater Music (1717), with theWelsh soprano complementingthem with popular Baroque arias.

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