3 March to 18 April 2014

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3 March to 18 April 2014
www.london-handel-festival.com
Laurence Cummings Musical Director
Adrian Butterfield Associate Director
DIARY
OF
EVENTS
Venues:
SGHS - St George’s, Hanover Square; GC - Grosvenor Chapel; RAM - Royal Academy of Music;
FM - Foundling Museum; BT, RCM - Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music; CH - Chandos House
MARCH
Monday 3 March
7pm
BT, RCM
Handel Arianna in Creta
p13
Tuesday 4 March
1.10pm
SGHS
Robin Walker Organ Concert
p11
Tuesday 4 March
4-5pm
BT, RCM
David Vickers talk on Arianna
p14
Tuesday 4 March
10.30am
GC
Children’s Baroque concert
p23
Tuesday 4 March
7pm
BT, RCM
p13
Wednesday 5 March
1.30-2.30pm BT, RCM
Schools’ Matinee - Arianna
p22
Wednesday 5 March
4-5pm
BT, RCM
Selina Cadell talk on Arianna
p14
Wednesday 5 March
7pm
BT, RCM
p13
Wednesday 5 March
7pm
SGHS
The Bach Players
p15
Thursday 6 March
4-5pm
BT, RCM
Katie Hawks talk on Arianna
p14
Thursday 6 March
6pm
SGHS
Handel Singing Competition Semi
p15
Thursday 6 March
7pm
BT, RCM
p13
Friday 7 March
1-2pm
SGHS
Laura Piras, Tom Foster,
Julia Kuhn and Liam Byrne
p7
Saturday 8 March
from 11am
FM
Sing Foundling Hospital Anthems
p15
Monday 10 March
1-2pm
SGHS
Hagar Sharvit Recital
p7
Monday 10 March
7pm
SGHS
Kimberly Marshall Recital
p16
Tuesday 11 March
1.10pm
GC
Margaret Phillips Organ Concert
p11
Wednesday 12 March
1-2pm
SGHS
Guildhall School of Music & Drama p7
Wednesday 12 March
7pm
SGHS
La Nuova Musica
p16
Thursday 13 March
1-2pm
SGHS
Rupert Charlesworth Recital
p8
Friday 14 March
7pm
SGHS
Ensemble Cafébaum
p16
Tuesday 18 March
1.10pm
SGHS
Edward Dean Organ Concert
p11
Tuesday 18 March
7pm
SGHS
Handel Singing Competition Final
p17
Wednesday 19 March
5.30-6.45pm
Bloomsbury philanthropists walk
p6
Wednesday 19 March
7pm
Rupert Charlesworth and
Laurence Cummings
p17
FM
20, 21, 24, 25 March
7pm
RAM
Handel Ariodante
p17
Friday 21 March
1-2pm
SGHS
Duo Labyrinthe
p8
Tuesday 25 March
1.10pm
GC
Alexander Pott Organ Concert
p11
Tuesday 25 March
7pm
SGHS
Honour Profit and Pleasure
P18
Thursday 27 March
1-2pm
SGHS
Heimi Lee Recital
p8
Thursday 27 March
7pm
GC
Musicians of London Wall
p18
Friday 28 March
1-2pm
SGHS
Natalie Montakhab Recital
p9
Friday 28 March
7pm
SGHS
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque
p18
Saturday 29 March
1-3pm
StudioGi
Little Baroque Company and FOOD p19
Saturday 29 March
7.30-9.30pm StudioGi
Little Baroque Company and FOOD p19
Monday 31 March
5.45-6.45pm
Handel musical meander walk
p6
Monday 31 March
7pm
SGHS
La Serenissima
p19
Tuesday 1 April
1.10pm
SGHS
Ann Page Organ Concert
p12
Wednesday 2 April
4-5pm
CH
Ruth Smith talk on Israel in Egypt
p14
Wednesday 2 April
7pm
SGHS
Handel Israel in Egypt
p19
Thursday 3 April
1-2pm
SGHS
Stephen Chambers Recital
p9
Friday 4 April
7pm
SGHS
HSC Showcase
p20
Saturday 5 April
4pm
GC
Ensemble Serse - Jommelli Didone p20
Monday 7 April
1-2pm
SGHS
Frederick Long Recital
p10
Tuesday 8 April
1.10pm
GC
Freddie James Organ Concert
p12
Wednesday 9 April
1-2pm
SGHS
Royal College of Music
p10
Wednesday 9 April
5.30-6.45pm
Hogarth and Handel walk
p6
Wednesday 9 April
4-5pm
CH
Ruth Smith talk on Deborah
p14
Wednesday 9 April
7pm
SGHS
Handel Deborah
p20
Thursday 10 April
1-2pm
SGHS
Jane Gordon & Julian Perkins
p10
Thursday 10 April
6-7.15pm
Martyrs, musicians walk
p6
Thursday 10 April
7.30pm
Wigmore
London Handel Players
p21
Saturday 12 April
7pm
GC
Oxford Baroque
p21
Tuesday 15 April
1.10pm
SGHS
Simon Williams
p12
Friday 18 April
2.30pm
SGHS
Bach St Matthew Passion
p21
APRIL
TICKET PRICES
Ticket prices are shown with the information
about each event in this brochure. Prices are
also shown on the Festival website on each
event page and on the booking pages.
If you would like a paper Booking Form we can
send you one from the office or you can
download one from the Festival website.
VENUES
BRITTEN THEATRE, ROYAL COLLEGE
OF
MUSIC
HANDEL HOUSE
Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS
http://www.rcm.ac.uk
25 Brook Street, London, W1K 4HB
http://www.handelhouse.org
CHANDOS HOUSE
ST GEORGE’S, HANOVER SQUARE
2 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9LQ
http://www.chandoshouse.co.uk
St George Street, London, W1S 1FX
http://www.stgeorgeshanoversquare.org
FOUNDLING MUSEUM
STUDIO GI HACKNEY
40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ
http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk
Enterprise House
2 Tudor Grove, London, E9 7QL
GROSVENOR CHAPEL
WIGMORE HALL
South Audley Street, London, W1K 2PA
http://www.grosvenorchapel.org.uk
36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP
http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
HOW TO BOOK
Ticket re-sales and refunds
Postal booking
General postal bookings will be allocated after
Handel Supporters. All orders will be dealt with
in order of priority. They should be sent to:
Box Office, London Handel Society
Horton House, 8 Ditton Street
Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0BQ
Payment may be made by cheque or signed
credit card authorisation. Please do not enter
a specific amount on the cheque, but state the
maximum amount payable at the bottom of
the cheque, in case we are not able to supply
all the seats you request. A paper booking
form can be obtained from the address above.
Online booking
from 14 January at
Telephone booking
from 21 January on 01460 54660
Monday to Friday
10am-12.30pm and 2-4.30pm
(unless otherwise indicated)
The Box Office will open at the venue
45 minutes before each performance.
We will exchange or refund (less an
administration fee) bookings whenever
possible up to 48 hours before the
performance. Less than 48 hours before,
the seats will be offered for re-sale once
all house seats have been sold.
Seating
Reserved = numbered seats, advance booking
recommended
Unreserved = choose your seat on arrival, but
you can book in advance to ensure a seat.
Disabled access and facilities and
general enquiries - Tel: 01460 53500
Discounts
If you are entitled to more than one
discount please calculate in the order
shown below.
1
Student - £2 discount per ticket
2
Disabled - £2 discount per ticket
3
Booked 3 or more concerts before
3 March: 5% discount
4
Group bookings - 10 or more people
5% discount per ticket for any one
performance.
Standby
£6 tickets are available (if the performance is
not sold out) to senior citizens, students and
the unemployed at the door upon proof of
eligibility, 10 minutes before the performance.
Lunchtime concerts are not included.
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Welcome to the
LONDON HANDEL FESTIVAL 2014
Dear fellow Handelians,
PATRONS
Dame Emma Kirkby
Ian Partridge CBE
Laurence Cummings
Musical Director
Adrian Butterfield
Associate Director
Catherine Hodgson
Festival Director
Denys Darlow
Founder Conductor
Stephen Cooke
Chairman
Promoted by the
London Handel Society Ltd
Charity number 269184
Photographs:
Laurence Cummings
Adrian Butterfield
Rodelinda & Imeneo
by Chris Christodoulou
This year we are delighted to contrast intimate chamber
works with the full regal sound of Handel's Oratorios. In
the tercentenary year of the Hanoverian succession we
reflect on Handel's choice (so lucky for us!) of London as
his home. The Finalists from 2013 HSC give a programme
of Cantatas and we have two royal works in Deborah and
the jewel in the crown, Arianna in Creta, our annual
collaboration with the Britten International Opera School.
Selina Cadell directs, bringing her phenomenal acting
experience, coupled with her specialist skills as a director
of Restoration drama.
We are delighted also to welcome The Bach Players and
La Serenissima for the first time, and to welcome back
La Nuova Musica and Southbank Sinfonia. We also have
two oratorios, Deborah and Israel in Egypt; the winner of
the Göttingen Historical Music
Series, Ensemble Cafébaum; the
Lunchtime Series; three Fringe
concerts; seven Mayfair Organ
Concerts; five talks and four
walks, not to forget the Handel
Singing Competition – definitely
something for everyone.
We look forward to seeing you!
Laurence Cummings
Catherine Hodgson
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LONDON MUSICAL WALKS
with Janice Liverseidge
WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH
5.30pm – 6.45pm
Meet outside Holborn Tube Station, Kingsway Exit.
BLOOMSBURY PHILANTHROPISTS, INVENTORS AND ECCENTRICS
walk with Janice Liverseidge
This evening’s walk links together a number of Handel’s contemporaries who were also supporters
of the Foundling Hospital, England’s first home for abandoned children opened in 1741. Learn
about the first man in London to use an umbrella, demon drinks, a famous clockmaker, medicine
men and prison reformers. As the Foundling Museum celebrates its tenth anniversary this year it is
appropriate that we finish our walk here in time for tonight’s concert at the Foundling Museum Rupert Charlesworth and Laurence Cummings - 7pm.
MONDAY 31 MARCH
5.45pm – 6.45pm
Meet at the rear exit of John Lewis Department Store, Cavendish Square.
HANDEL MUSICAL MEANDER with Janice Liverseidge
2014 marks the 300th anniversary of the Hanoverians coming to the throne. During this walk
we will hear about Handel’s early years in London during the reign of George I and one of his
key patrons together with leading architects, designers and craftsmen of the Georgian period.
We also discover how the Fund for Decay’d Musicians and a major square were both established
before ending our walk at St George’s Church for the concert at 7pm - La Serenissima.
WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL
5.30pm – 6.45pm
Meet on the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square.
HOGARTH AND HANDEL – art, music and architecture walk with Janice Liverseidge
In tonight’s early evening stroll we learn about the artistic connections with St Martin’s Lane,
which are particularly relevant as this year is the 250th anniversary of William Hogarth’s death.
We learn about the life and times of this great artist and his links with Handel. In advance of
watching Deborah later this evening we see where this was premiered in 1733 before learning
about a Handel patron and the sartorial area of the capital. We arrive at St George’s in time for
the start of Deborah at 7pm.
THURSDAY 10 APRIL
6pm – 7.15pm
Meet outside Marble Arch Tube Station, Oxford Street North Exit.
MARTYRS, MUSICIANS AND HIDDEN MARYLEBONE walk with Janice Liverseidge
Tonight’s walk takes us from the scene of thousands of executions over hundreds of years, to
secret squares, scandalous connections, a female philanthropist and a favourite art gallery. We
end by learning about a hidden river and a Georgian department store before ending our stroll
at the Wigmore Hall - London Handel Players - 7.30pm
Tickets: £10 per walk or £8 if you come to the concert afterwards as well.
To be booked in advance.
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LUNCHTIME SERIES
at St George’s, Hanover Square
FRIDAY 7 MARCH 1-2pm
LAURA PIRAS flute JULIA KUHN violin
LIAM BYRNE viola da gamba TOM FOSTER
Telemann
Händel
Schenck
Telemann
harpsichord
‘Paris Quartet’ Concerto Primo in G TWV43:G1
Sonata for Violin in A Op 1 No 3 HWV361
Sonata for Viola da gamba in A Minor from
‘L'Echo du Danube’ Op 9 No 2
‘Paris Quartet’ Sonata Prima in A TWV43:A1
Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating
MONDAY 10 MARCH 1-2pm
HAGAR SHARVIT
soprano
JORY VINIKOUR harpsichord
Handel
Cantata: La Lucrezia HWV145
Arias: As with rosy steps / New scenes of joy (Theodora HWV68)
Arias: Begone my fears / Where shall I fly (Hercules HWV60)
Purcell
There's not a swain (Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Z587/1)
Bess of Bedlam Z370 / The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation Z196
Dear, pretty youth (The Tempest Z631/10)
Hagar was a finalist of the HSC 2013.
WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH
http://www.sonoartists.com/artists
1-2pm
GUILDHALL SCHOOL CANTATA PROJECT
JAMES JOHNSTONE director
http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/
Les Plaisirs de Versailles
This intriguing programme of French baroque music for voices,
recorders, harp, theorbo and harpsichord contrasts Charpentier's
entertaining eponymous cantata with Couperin's Lamentations
setting for the Tenebrae service. Handel was well acquainted
with the vocal works of Charpentier's teacher, Giacomo Carissimi,
and the Italian's influence can be clearly seen in this charming
French cantata.
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Lunchtime Recitals at St George’s, Hanover Square
THURSDAY 13 MARCH
1-2pm
RUPERT CHARLESWORTH tenor
ARS ELOQUENTIAE
Handel
Recit & Aria: Fatto inferno / Pastorello (Rodelinda HWV19)
Aria: Virtue springs each gen'rous deed from (Theodora HWV68).
Aria & Recit: Figlia mia / Tu Spietato, il vedrai (Tamerlano HWV18)
Aria: Tu vivi, e punito (Ariodante HWV33)
Arias: Hide thou thy hated beams / A father offering up his only child
Aria: Waft her angels through the skies (Jephtha HWV70)
Aria: I must with Speed amuse her (Semele HWV58)
Aria: Tune your harps (Esther HWV50b)
Arias: Heav'n smiles once more / His Mighty Arm (Jephtha HWV70)
Recit & Aria: Lo! Here my love / Love in her eyes sits playing (Acis and Galatea HWV49)
Rupert was the Winner of the HSC 2013 receiving the Regina Etz Prize.
http://www.rupertcharlesworth.com
DUO LABYRINTHE
CLAIRE BRACHER viola da gamba
JADRAN DUNCUMB theorbo
Simpson
Telemann
JS Bach
Abel
Corelli
Pepusch
Division upon a ground
Sonata in E minor TWV 41:e5
Partita BWV997 (Leipzig Manuscript) for solo lute
Prelude for solo viola da gamba
Sonata D major
Trio Sonata in B minor
THURSDAY 27 MARCH
1-2pm
HEIMI LEE soprano
BAROQUE ENSEMBLE LUX
OONAGH LEE recorder/oboe NIKOLAY GINOV cello
ASAKO OGAWA harpsichord
QUANTO DOLCE É QUELL'ARDORE - ITALIAN CANTATAS
Mancini
Quanto dolce é quell'ardore
Bononcini
Cieco nume, tiranno spietato
Handel
Cantata: Pensieri notturni di Filli HWV134
Heimi was a finalist of the HSC 2013.
https://sites.google.com/site/heimilee
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NATALIE MONTAKHAB
soprano
ANN ALLEN baroque oboe
TOM FOSTER harpsichord
LIAM BYRNE viola da gamba
Programme to include SONGS BY PURCELL AND HANDEL
Purcell
Bid the virtues
The Plaint
The Fairy Queen Z629
Handel
Aria: Hush ye warbling choirs
Aria: As when the dove
(Acis and Galatea HWV49)
Natalie was a finalist of the HSC 2013.
http://www.nataliemontakhab.com
THURSDAY 3 APRIL
1-2pm
STEPHEN CHAMBERS tenor
IAN WATT guitar
harpsichordist to be confirmed
Handel
Dowland
Britten
Seiber
Schubert
Recit & Aria: Comfort ye / Ev'ry Valley (Messiah HWV56)
Aria: Waft her, angels (Jephtha HWV70)
Five Lute Songs:
1. Come again 2. Weep you no more sad fountains
3. Can She Excuse My Wrongs? 4. I Saw my Lady weepe
5. Fine knacks for ladies
Folksong Arrangements, selection from Volume 6 ‘England’
1. I will give my love an apple 2. Sailor-boy
3. Master Kilby 4. Bonny at Morn 5. The Soldier and the Sailor
Four French Folk songs
1. Réveiller vous belle endormie 2. J’ai descendu dans mon jardin
3. Rossingnolle des bois 4. Margarite elle est malade
Songs from Die Schöne Müllerin
1. Am Feierabend 2. Der Neugierige 3. Mein!
Stephen received the Michael Oliver Prize in the HSC 2013.
http://stephen-chambers.com
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MONDAY 7 APRIL
1-2pm
FREDERICK LONG
baritone
ARS ELOQUENTIAE
JS Bach
Handel
Handel
Ich habe genug BWV82
Spande ancor a mio dispetto HWV165
Cuopre tal Volta il cielo HWV98
Frederick was a finalist of the HSC 2013.
WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL 1-2pm
ROYAL COLLEGE
Telemann
Handel
Handel
OF
MUSIC
Concerto in A minor TWV 52:a1
Trio Sonata in B minor Op 2 No 1 HWV 386b
Cantata: Tra le Fiamme HWV170
Students from the Historical Performance Department
at the Royal College of Music
Soloists:
Rowan Pierce soprano
Pia Pircher solo viola da gamba
Elspeth Robertson solo recorder
http://www.rcm.ac.uk
THURSDAY 10 APRIL 1-2pm
JANE GORDON violin
JULIAN PERKINS harpsichord
Corelli
Handel
Scarlatti
Leclair
JS Bach
Sonata in D Op 5 No 1
Sonata in A HWV72
Keyboard Sonatas
Violin Sonata in G minor Op 5
Continuo Sonata in E minor BWV1023
http://www.julianperkins.com
http://rautiopianotrio.co.uk/players
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MAYFAIR ORGAN CONCERTS
We are pleased to work with Mayfair Organ Concerts for
a second year to promote a series of organ recitals on the
highly acclaimed Richards, Fowkes organ at St George’s,
installed in 2012, and the fine William Drake organ of 1991
at the Grosvenor Chapel.
Grosvenor Chapel,
South Audley Street
London, W1K 2PA
St George’s, Hanover Square,
London, W1S 1FX
The programmes will feature works by Handel together
with related repertoire and is performed by a mixture of
established players and rising talent. The series is part of
MOC’s year-round programme.
TUESDAY 4 MARCH 1.10pm
ROBIN WALKER
http://www.theorganist.co.uk
MARGARET PHILLIPS
http://www.margaretphillips.org.uk
TUESDAY 18 MARCH
EDWARD DEAN
1.10pm
http://edwarddean.org
ALEXANDER POTT
Venue: St George’s, Hanover Square
Assistant Organist at
St George's, Hanover Square
Venue: Grosvenor Chapel
Professor of Organ at the
Royal College of Music
Organist and Choirmaster at
St Edmund’s Church in Oslo
Organ scholar at
Christ Church Cathedral Oxford
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MAYFAIR ORGAN CONCERTS
TUESDAY 1 APRIL
ANN PAGE
1.10pm
http://www.robinbt2.plus.com/annepage
TUESDAY 8 APRIL 1.10pm
FREDDIE JAMES
Recently organ scholar at
St John’s, Cambridge
TUESDAY 15 APRIL 1.10pm
SIMON WILLIAMS
Organist and Director of Music at
St George’s, Hanover Square
Tickets: Doors open from 12.30pm. There will be a retiring collection.
KIMBERLY MARSHALL RECITAL on Monday 10 March - see page 16
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H
CRETA
OINPERA
HANDEL
ARIANNA
ANDEL
HWV32
MONDAY 3 MARCH 7pm
TUESDAY 4 MARCH 7pm
WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH 7pm
THURSDAY 6 MARCH 7pm
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music
Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS
ARIANNA
TESEO
CARILDA
ALCESTE
MINOS
TAURIDE
IL SONNO
FILIPA VAN ECK
& SORAYA MAFI
TAI ONEY
& ANGELA SIMKIN
MARIA OSTROUKHOVA
& AMY WILLIAMSON
HANNAH SANDISON
& ANNA RAJAH
MORGAN PEARSE
& BRADLEY TRAVIS
KEZIA BIENEK
& ROSE SETTEN
MATTHEW BUSWELL
The cast lists will be posted to
the Festival website when they
are available
LAURENCE CUMMINGS conductor
SELINA CADELL director
SIMON BEJER designer
London Handel Orchestra
ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD leader
22nd production of a fully-staged Handel opera
in collaboration with the Royal College of Music
International Opera School.
Tickets: £60, £55, £50, £45, £30, £25, £20
Supported by Handel Supporters
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FESTIVAL TALKS
TALKS
ON
ARIANNA
IN
CRETA
TUESDAY 4 MARCH 4-5pm
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS
DAVID VICKERS
Handel scholar David Vickers (co-editor of the Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia) discusses Arianna
in Creta (1734), explains its thorny compositional process, reveals its peculiar performance history,
and introduces us to the cast of an opera that marked the commencement of Handel’s rivalry with
the Opera of the Nobility, the arrival of a major new castrato star, and the surprising return of an
old prima donna.
WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH
4-5pm
SELINA CADELL - Director of Arianna in Creta
Selina Cadell is an actor, teacher and director with many theatre and television credits.
She will discuss and answer questions about her approach to Arianneain Creta.
THURSDAY 6 MARCH 4-5pm
KATIE HAWKS
Katie Hawks takes apart the score to examine Arianna's nuts and bolts, and looks at where
Handel got his tunes from and what he did to them to ensure we can't get them out of our heads.
TALK ON ISRAEL IN EGYPT
WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL 4-5pm
Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9LQ
DR RUTH SMITH
Dr Ruth Smith explores the birth and career of Israel in Egypt, Handel’s most choral oratorio.
With readings by Oliver Soden.
TALK ON DEBORAH
WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL
4-5pm
Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9LQ
DR RUTH SMITH
Dr Ruth Smith investigates how Handel gave his audience a taste of the Sublime with Deborah,
the first oratorio he compiled specially for London – at a price. With readings by Oliver Soden.
Tickets:
Talks on Arianna are free but you do need a ticket.
Talks on Israel in Egypt and Deborah - £8
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THE BACH PLAYERS
SALLY BRUCE-PAYNE alto
Ferrandini
Il pianto de Maria
(formerly attributed to Handel)
Vivaldi
Vivaldi
Stabat Mater RV261
Suonata à 4 al Santo Sepolcro RV130
Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro RV169
Concerto Madrigalesco RV129
http://www.thebachplayers.org.uk
We welcome The Bach Players to the Festival this year.
Tickets: £15 - unreserved seating
St George’s, Hanover Square,
HSC 2014 SEMI-FINAL
First Round - 18-20 February - this round is not open to the public.
Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students
open to the public - unreserved seating
SATURDAY 8 MARCH
Workshop rehearsal from 11am
Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ
Timing:
11am-1pm Choir only; 2-2.30pm Orchestra & soloists
2.30-5.30pm Orchestra & Choir
7pm Performance but no audience
SING FOUNDLING HOSPITAL ANTHEMS
LAURENCE CUMMINGS
conductor
Soloists from the Royal College of Music
LITTLE BAROQUE COMPANY
Sing Foundling Hospital Anthems Choir
Enjoy a day learning and performing the Foundling Hospital Anthems
under the inspirational direction of Laurence Cummings.
Tickets: £25 for Choir members - no public performance
http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk
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MONDAY 10 MARCH 7pm
KIMBERLY MARSHALL RECITAL
HANDEL
AND
Handel
JS Bach
JS Bach
Guilmant
BACH, COSMOPOLITANS
OF THE
ORGAN
Concerto in B flat HWV306
Largo from Xerxes HWV40
Concerto in F Op 4 No 5 HWV293
Passacaglia in C Minor BWV582
Sinfonia from Cantata 29 BWV29
transcribed by Marcel Dupré
Concerto in D minor, after Vivaldi BWV596
Two adaptations of Handel’s music
Paraphrase on ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes!’ (Judas Maccabeus Op 90)
March upon Handel’s ‘Lift up ye Heads’ (Messiah, Op 15)
http://lanuovamusica.co.uk
http://www.organacademy.se/faculty/kimberly-marshall
LA NUOVA MUSICA
TIM MEAD counter-tenor
DAVID BATES director
Handel
Porpora
Handel
Handel
Fritz
Handel
Eternal Source of Light Divine
(Ode on the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV74)
Handel
Sinfony and aria: Yet can I hear that dulcet
lay (The Choice of Hercules HWV69)
Handel
Violin Concerto, ‘Sonata á 5’ HWV 288
Salve Regina
Handel
Overture (Belshazzar HWV61)
Father of Heaven (Judas Maccabaeus HWV63)
But who may abide the day of his coming (Messiah HWV56)
Concerto - Bojan Cicic solo violin
Kind Heaven (Theodora HWV68) Handel
Destructive war (Belshazzar)
Tickets: £35, £30, £25, £22, £20, £12, £10 - reserved seating
FRIDAY 14 MARCH 7pm
ENSEMBLE CAFÉBAUM
IVAN LIEV violin PHILIPP WAGNER oboe
ANNA FLUMIANI bassoon LUDOVICO TAKESHI MINASI cello
FEDERICA BIANCHI harpsichord SAMOON KENNEDY narrator
Handel
Trio Sonata B flat HWV380
Aria: Credete al mio dolor (Alcina HWV34)
Trio Sonata in G minor HWV390
Aria: Vo far guerra (Rinaldo HWV7)
Trio Sonata B minor HWV386
Trio Sonata G minor HWV392
Trio Sonata F HWV392/401
Prelude from the suite in in B flat for harpsichord
Aria: Ho tanti affanni in petto (Cantata: Mi palpita il cor HWV132)
John Cage Ryoanij
http://www.cafebaum.eu
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TUESDAY 18 MARCH 7pm
2014 HANDEL SINGING COMPETITION FINAL
ADJUDICATORS
IAN PARTRIDGE Chairman (all rounds)
EDWARD BLAKEMAN (Semi-Final and Final)
MICHAEL GEORGE (all rounds)
JOHN MARK AINSLEY (Final)
CATHERINE DENLEY (all rounds)
PATRIZIA KWELLA (all rounds)
PRIZES: Regina Etz Prize £5000; Michael Oliver Prize £2000; Farinelli Prize £2000
Selma D and Leon Fishbach Memorial Prizes for Finalists £300 each
Audience Prize - Michael Normington Prize £300
The Semi-Final will be held on Thursday 6 March at 6pm at St George’s, Hanover Square
Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ
LAURENCE CUMMINGS harpsichord
Handel
Suite in F HWV427
Aria: Why does the God of Israel sleep (Samson HWV 57)
Aria: E'un Folle e'un vile affetto (Alcina HWV34)
Suite in A HWV426
Aria: Total eclipse (Samson) / Suite in E HWV430
Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly (Theodora HWV68)
Aria: Consider, fond Shepherd (Acis and Galatea HWV49)
Recit & Aria: Fatto inferno and Pastorello (Rodelinda HWV19)
Tickets: £25 - reserved seating
http://www.rupertcharlesworth.com
20, 21, 24, 25 MARCH 7pm
Royal Academy of Music
Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5HT
HANDEL ARIODANTE
HWV33
JANE GLOVER conductor
PAUL CURRAN director
ROBERT INNES HOPKINS designer
Royal Academy Opera
Academy Baroque Orchestra
The story, very similar to that of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, tells of Ariodante
being tricked by Polinesso into believing his betrothed Ginevra is unfaithful to him. The political
and emotional consequences give Handel the greatest scope for dazzling music and dramatic
invention, which he unerringly supplies.
Tickets: £25 (concessions £20, Academy students and staff £5) from the Royal Academy of Music
Box Office, www.ram.ac.uk/events - 020 7873 7300 - 10.00am-12noon and 2.00-4.00pm
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TUESDAY 25 MARCH 7-8.15pm
FILM:
HONOUR PROFIT
AND
PLEASURE
Simon Callow stars as Handel in Channel 4’s 1985 film of Handel’s life in
London. We are delighted to be able to bring this film to the Festival. Made
on a small budget, it tells the story of his life after he moved to England in
the 1710s. The film gives some insight into his personality along with some
amusing staging of his operas. Sadly, director Anna Ambrose died soon after
this film was completed. This film is being shown by permission of the British Film Institute.
The Cast: Simon Callow, Alan Devlin, TP McKenna, Jean Rigby and James Villiers.
Tickets: £8
http://simoncallow.com
Grosvenor Chapel
South Audley Street, London, W1K 2PA
MUSICIANS
OF
LONDON WALL
THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE
Mechanical Instruments give us a unique insight into the repertoire and style of playing popular in
eighteenth-century England. Instruments such as barrel organs and organ clocks survive, which
perform perfectly and provide us essentially with a 'recording' of how this music was heard at the
time they were made. Often this can be a challenge to our received idea of how music should
sound but it is hugely exciting to know that we are hearing something heard and approved by
even Handel himself!
This concert showcases music found in mechanical sources by GF Handel, Arne, Shield and also
popular folk songs and dances performed by the always exuberant and highly accomplished
period performers of The Musicians of London Wall.
FRINGE
http://www.musiciansoflondonwall.com
FRIDAY 28 MARCH 7pm
HANDEL’S CONTEMPORARIES
CPE Bach
Leclaire
Telemann
Locatelli
Lotti
Symphony in D
Suite from Scylla et Glaucus
Concerto in D for 3 trumpets and 2 oboes
Introduzione No 4
Missa Sapientiae
ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD director
Vox Musica
MICHAEL BERMAN conductor
BETHANY SEYMOUR soprano
TOM VERNEY counter-tenor
SOUTHBANK SINFONIA BAROQUE
The first half of the 18th century saw the very peak of baroque music in Europe, and the rich and
varied styles in Italy, France and Germany all had an influence on English music of the day. Antonio
Lotti’s surprising Missa Sapientiae is particularly famous for having been copied and adapted by
Handel, Bach and Zelenka.
www.southbanksinfonia.co.uk
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SATURDAY 29 MARCH
1-3pm and 7.30-9.30pm
Studio Gi Hackney, Enterprise House
2 Tudor Grove, London, E9 7QL
LITTLE BAROQUE COMPANY and FOOD
NINA LEJDERMAN soprano
HELEN KRUGER AND JULIA KUHN violins
KINGA GABORJANI cello TOM FOSTER harpsichord
http://www.studiogilondon.com
www.littlebaroqueco.com
HANDEL'S FEAST
The Little Baroque Company team up with FOOD to explore the life of Handel, following his
travels through Germany, Italy, England and Ireland through food and music, showcasing the
culinary influences each country had on his compositional style. The evening will be narrated
by a mystery presenter...
Tickets: £45 per head including a 3 course feast, cocktail on arrival, and concert.
MONDAY 31 MARCH 7pm
LA SERENISSIMA
GREAT BAROQUE COMPOSERS
IN THE LIFE OF JOHANN GEORG PISENDEL
http://laserenissima.co.uk
Torelli
JS Bach
Handel
ADRIAN CHANDLER director
We welcome La Serenissima to
the Festival.
Trumpet Concerto in D 'Estienne Roger 188'
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor BWV1043
Concerto for Violin in B flat ‘Sonata á 5’
HWV288
Vivaldi
Concerto Il Corneto da Posta in B flat RV363
Pisendel Sinfonia for oboes, strings and continuo in C
Telemann Concerto for Violin and Trumpet in D TWV53:D5
WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL 7pm
HANDEL ISRAEL
IN
EGYPT HWV54
NATALIE MONTAKHAB soprano
ALEXANDRA GIBSON alto
GREG TASSELL tenor
BEN BEVAN bass
ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD conductor
Pegasus
Following plagues of frogs, flies and locusts Moses leads the Israelites
out of Egypt as the Red Sea miraculously parts for them.
Tickets: £40, £35, £30, £25, £22, £12, £10
http://pegasusmusic.org.uk
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FRIDAY 4 APRIL 7pm
HSC SHOWCASE
A FEAST OF HANDEL CANTATAS
Aminta e Fillide (Arresta il passo) HWV83
Aminta NATHALIE MONTAKHAB soprano Fillide STEPHEN CHAMBERS tenor
Look down, harmonious saint HWV124
Apollo and Dafne (La terra è liberata) HWV122
Dafne HEIMI LEE soprano
Apollo FREDERICK LONG baritone
LAURENCE CUMMINGS director
ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD leader
2013 Handel Singing Competition finalists come together for a Feast of Cantatas.
SATURDAY 5 APRIL 4-9pm
FRINGE
Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street
London, W1K 2PA
JOMMELLI LA DIDONE (ROME 1746)
ENSEMBLE SERSE
Didone
Enea
Selene
Araspe
Osmida
BENJAMIN WILLIAMSON counter-tenor
CALVIN WELLS male soprano Jarba RONAN BUSFIELD tenor
ALEX PULLINGER male soprano
GREG PRITCHARD male soprano
MICHAEL TAYLOR counter-tenor
Ensemble Serse return with another rare opera in concert.
http://www.ensembleserse.com
WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL 7pm
HANDEL DEBORAH HWV51
Deborah
Jael
Barak
Sisera
Abinoam
LYNDA LEE mezzo-soprano
KATHERINE WATSON soprano
ROBIN BLAZE counter-tenor
OWEN WILLETTS tenor
NJAL SPARBO bass
London Handel Orchestra ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD leader
London Handel Singers
Generously supported by Peter Rice
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THURSDAY 10 APRIL 7pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street
London, W1U 2BP
LONDON HANDEL PLAYERS
WHEN HANDEL
Handel
Leclair
Handel
MET
LECLAIR
Overture and arias from Siroe HWV24 and Tolomeo HWV25
Deuxième récreation de musique Op 8
Leclair
Violin Sonata in A Op 2 No 4
Trio Sonata in G minor Op 5 No 5 HWV400 Leclair
Flute Concerto in C Op 7 No 3
This concert recalls Leclair’s only visit to London and the opening of Handel’s operas in 1728.
Tickets: £30, £25, £20, £15 - tickets for sale from Wigmore Box Office - 020 7935 2141.
SATURDAY 12 APRIL 7pm
FRINGE
Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street
London, W1K 2PA
TROPPO
CRUDA, TROPPO FIERA
ROBYN ALLEGRA PARTON soprano
RAFFAELE PÈ counter-tenor
OXFORD BAROQUE
Handel
Cantata: Conservate, raddoppiate HWV185
Cantata: Siete rose ruggiadose HWV162
Duet: A mirarvi io son intento HWV178
Cantata: Partì, l'idolo mio HWV147
Duet: Se tu non lasci amore HWV193
Cantata: Sono liete, fortunate HWV194
Duet: Troppo cruda, troppo fiera HWV198
‘Great’ Suite in F minor HWV433
Cantata: Ahi, nelle sorti umane HWV179
Oxford Baroque present an exploration of Handel’s exquisite yet little-known Italian duets.
http://www.oxfordbaroque.com
FRIDAY 18 APRIL 2.30pm
BACH ST MATTHEW PASSION BWV244
NATHAN VALE Evangelist
GEORGE HUMPHREYS Christus and arias
ERICA ELOFF soprano
LOUISE INNES mezzo-soprano
London Handel Orchestra ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD leader
Choir of St George’s
In collaboration with St George’s, Hanover Square, this is the Festival’s annual
performance of the St Matthew Passion, sung in German and set in the context
of Vespers.
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HANDEL ARIANNA IN CRETA
WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH
Matinée performance for Schools
1.30-2.30pm
Groups of school children are invited to
a shorter performance of Arianna in Creta,
which will be performed in the Britten
Theatre, Royal College of Music, London,
SW7 2BS.
Explanation of the plot and production
will be provided.
If you are interested in bringing your class please get in touch.
London Handel Society
Horton House - 8 Ditton Street
Ilminster - Somerset - TA19 0BQ
Tel: 01460 53500 or [email protected]
Photographs by Chris Christodoulou - Il pastor fido 2010
Selina Cadell director of Arianna in Creta
The TILFORD BACH SOCIETY's
62nd Festival
6-8 June 2014
Friday 6 June 8pm
All Saints' Church, Tilford, nr Farnham
THE ANGEL AND THE DEVIL
Adrian Butterfield director/violin
Guest soloist: Elizabeth Wallfisch violin
Virtuoso Concertos by
Jean-Marie Leclair and
Pietro Locatelli
Saturday 7 June 8pm
All Saints' Church, Tilford,
nr Farnham
A CELEBRATION OF
CPE BACH
Rachel Brown flute
Sunday 8 June 7pm
All Saints' Church, Tilford, nr Farnham
Soloists including
Daniel Taylor counter-tenor
Adrian Butterfield director/leader
JS BACH
Cantata: Ershallet, ihr Lieder BWV172
Kyrie and Gloria of the Mass in B minor (1733)
For further information please go to:
http://www.tilbach.org.uk
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HANDEL HOUSE
MUSEUM and the
LONDON HANDEL
FESTIVAL
The London Handel Festival work together
with the Handel House Museum on two
projects every year:
LONDON HANDEL FESTIVAL OPERA PROJECT
The Festival and Handel House will work with
one school to experience Handel’s operas and
to create their own based on the festival’s
performance of Arianna in Creta. The school
will visit the museum and attend a rehearsal
of the opera at the Britten Theatre to develop
their understanding of Handel’s life and works.
and London Handel Festival
websites at a later date.
ANNUAL CONCERT
FOR SCHOOLS
Handel House Museum invites
primary and secondary schools
to a free concert with the
London Handel Players. It will give many
children their first introduction to Baroque
music, and musicians from the LHP will guide
them on a fun and engaging journey exploring
their historical instruments.
The concert will take place at Grosvenor
Chapel on Tuesday 4 March 2014.
If you would like to book your school to this
event, please contact Claire Davies on
020 7399 1952 or email
[email protected]
This project will provide a taster of the
workings of an opera from composing, staging
and performing. It will also encourage students
to participate in their own mini opera which
will be written in collaboration with the
museum’s Composer-in-Residence.
A film of the students’ performance will be
available on the Handel House Museum
www.haendel-festspiele.de
29 May – 10 June, 2014
Herrschaftszeiten!
Händel Royal
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Support the London Handel Festival
http://www.london-handel-festival.com
or ring 01460 53500
Be part of the
LHF
• Access to dress
rehearsals
• Invitations to
special events
• Priority booking
Photos of Rodelinda - March 2012
by Chris Christodoulou

3 March to 18 April 2014

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