Thursday 13 June 2013 7.30pm
Handel in Italy
Event details
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7.30pm.
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, UK
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6.30pm
Free pre-concert discussion with Richard Egarr
Programme
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Handel
Cantata Diana CacciatriceHWV79
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sinfonia a 3 in G
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso in F major Op.6 No.9
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Alessandro Scarlatti
Concerto Grosso in D minor No.5
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Handel
Clori, Tirsi e Fileno HWV96
Tickets
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About this concert
In 1706, the 21-year-old Handel set out for Italy. The following three years would provide vibrant musical and personal stimulation for the young composer, as he came under the wing of a host of patrons and benefactors, fraternised with some of the most influential composers of the day, found love (or at least a much-gossiped-about fling with a star soprano), and came to be affectionately dubbed ‘il caro Sassone’ — ‘the dear Saxon’.
Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, a comic cantata full of the vivid characterisation and tuneful melodies which would make Handel famous in his later operas, showcases the sense of invention that abounded in the Rome of the day. Arcangelo Corelli, who led Handel’s Italian orchestra, was revolutionising violin writing with his daring compositions, whilst the Scarlattis, father and son, were thrilling audiences with instrumental writing of quirky flamboyance.