Prom 52: OAE/Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Time: 7.30pm - c9.45pm

Venue ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Tickets £7-£36 price code B or Prom for £5

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In a fascinating collaboration between two leading period-instrument groups, tonight's programme centres on Handel. This Baroque feast includes the ceremonial fireworks music written in honour of George II, and arias and duets performed by two of Britain's leading singers.

Handel

Concerto a due cori in F major, HWV 333 (16 mins)

Purcell, arr. Catherine Mackintosh

Sett of Favourite Airs, Fantasies and Dances (16 mins)

Handel

Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne -
'Eternal source of light divine' (4 mins)

Acis and Galatea - 'Love Sounds th'alarm' (5 mins)

L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato - 'As Steals the Morn' (7 mins)

Acis and Galatea - 'Happy we!' (3 mins)

Interval

Telemann

Suite in G minor for two solo violins, strings and basso continuo, TWV 55:g8 (20 mins)

Handel

Music for the Royal Fireworks (25 mins)

Kate Royal soprano
Ian Bostridge tenor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Rachel Podger violin/director
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz violin/director

Detailed notes about the music will be available one hour before the concert.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

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