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Handel
Dunedin Consort; John Butt director, harpsichord; Nicholas Mulroy tenor (as Acis); Rachel Redmond soprano (as Galatea); Anthony Gregory tenor (as Damon); Nicholas Scott tenor (as Coridon); Christopher Purves baritone (as Polyphemus)
Programme & Song Text
Date
Fri 24 Jun 2022, 7.30pm
Tickets
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Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Download the PDF programme and song sheet/translations here. Reproduction and distribution is strictly prohibited.

Artists

  • Dunedin Consort
    • Matthew Truscottviolin
    • Sarah Bevan-Bakerviolin
    • Tuomo Suniviolin
    • Hilary Michaelviolin
    • Richard Tunnicliffecello
    • Lucia Capellarocello
    • Tim Amherstdouble bass
    • Frances Norburyoboe
    • Oonagh Leeoboe
    • Joe Qiubassoon
  • John Buttdirector, harpsichord
  • Nicholas Mulroytenor (as Acis)
  • Rachel Redmondsoprano (as Galatea)
  • Anthony Gregorytenor (as Damon)
  • Nicholas Scotttenor (as Coridon)
  • Christopher Purvesbaritone (as Polyphemus)

Programme

Overview

Love, jealousy, tragedy and transfiguration — Acis & Galatea has it all. So it is no surprise that Handel’s ‘little opera’, as he called it, was his most popular stage work during his lifetime. It was his first major setting of a substantial English text and would become the prototype for the English oratorio, which earned Handel such fame in the latter part of his career. Performed by Dunedin Consort in the original ‘Cannons’ version with one-per-part choruses — which Gramophone called ‘utterly magical’ — Handel’s glorious music gleams anew.

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