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Last broadcast on Sat, 28 Jan 2012, 13:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
Lucie Skeaping talks to musicologist Berta Joncus about the one of the 18th Century's colourful characters, the soprano Kitty Clive. Clive was born in London in the early 18th century, and rose to become London's top singer and comic actress, and a celebrity in her day. Berta Joncus is currently writing a book about Kitty Clive, and how she fascinated audiences for decades. The programme includes music she made famous, including Arne's 'Rule Britannia', and also music written for her by Handel.
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George Frideric Handel
— Air: ‘Mirth, admit me of thy crew’ from ‘L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato’ (pastoral ode)Performers: Claron McFadden (soprano), The King’s Consort, Robert King (conductor)
HYPERION, CDA 67283/4, CD1 track 12 -
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John Gay — Now Ponder Well’ from Act 1 of ‘The Beggar’s Opera
Performers: Bronwen Mills (soprano), The Broadside Band, Jeremy Barlow (director)
HYPERION, CDA 66591/2, Track 22 -
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George Frideric Handel
— ‘Was ever a Man possest’ (adapted from the aria ‘No, non temere, o bella’ in the opera ‘Ottone’)
Performers: Mary Bevan (soprano), Greg Tassell (tenor), L'Avventura London, Zak Ozmo (director)
OPELLA NOVA, ONCD 014, Track 9 -
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Thomas Arne
— Rule, Britannia (from the masque ‘Alfred’)Performers: Catherine Bott (soprano), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Psalmody, The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (director)
HYPERION, CDA 67115, Track 16 -
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George Frideric Handel
— ‘There were shepherds abiding in the field…’ (from Part 1 of ‘Messiah’, London version, 1743)
Performers: Elly Ameling (soprano), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
DECCA, 421 234-2, CD1 tracks 10 -
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George Frideric Handel — ‘My Faith and Truth’ (from Act 2 scene 2 of ‘Samson’)
Performers: Lynda Russell (soprano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers (conductor)
CORO, COR 16008, CD2 track 10 -
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Thomas Arne
— When Daisies pied and violets blue
Performers: Catherine Bott (soprano), The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
HYPERION, CDA 67450, Track 14 -
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William Boyce — Allegro from ‘Ode for the King’s Birthday’; ‘Corydon and Miranda’
Performers: Julia Gooding (soprano), Philippa Hyde (soprano), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Timothy Kenworthy-Brown (countertenor), Christopher Lemmings (tenor), Andrew Dale-Forbes (bass), Michael Bundy (bass), Opera Restor’d, Peter Holman (director)
HYPERION, CDA 66935, 23, 25-33 -
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George Frideric Handel
— Excerpt from ‘Sweet bird, that shun’st the noise of Folly’ (from Part 1 of ‘L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato’)
Performers: Rachel Brown (flute), The King’s Consort, Robert King (conductor)
HYPERION, CDA 67283/4, CD1 Track 14
Broadcast
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Sat 28 Jan 201213:00
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