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English Concert

Handel's Aci, Galatea e Polifemo

Wednesday 29 June 2005 19:30-21:30 (Radio 3)

Lucie Skeaping presents a concert performance of Handel's Aci, Galatea e Polifemo. It's a miniature opera in all but name which the composer wrote during his stay in Italy, in 1708, for the Duke of Alvito's wedding. Ten years later Handel recast the work in the more familiar English setting of Acis and Galatea. The story is taken from Ovid's Metamorphosis in which the lovelorn cyclops Polyphemus jealously destroys the happiness of the sea nymph who spurns him and her shepherd lover Acis. The concert was recorded last month at St George's Bristol.

Duration:

2 hours

Playlist:

Aci ...... Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Galatea ...... Hilary Summers (contralto)
Galatea ...... Charbel Mattar (bass)
The English Concert
Andrew Manze (violin/director)

Performance on 3

Episode and Playlist Information

• English Concert
  • 29 June 2005