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ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE
The second Sanctuary Series concert features the London Handel Players, celebrating the holiday season with Scarlatti’s Christmas Cantata, music from Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio plus works by Vivaldi, Corelli, and more.
PROGRAM
Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
Frescobaldi: Capriccio pastorale
Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore
Ballet; Bourée; Ballet du Roy; Ballet des Amazones; Ballet des Anglois
Charpentier: Noël sur les instruments, H. 534
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E major, RV 27, Il Riposo - per il Santo Natale
Trad. Carols älkommen, O Jesu [Swedish]; Or nous dites Marie [French]; Riu, riu, chiu [Spanish - Mateo Flecha]
Handel: Pifa & Aria: ‘O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion’ from The Messiah
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 8, Fatto per la notte di Natale
Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G minor, RV 439, La Notte
Trad. English Carols: ‘Sweet was the song the Virgin sang,’ ‘Past Three O’Clock’
Heinichen: Pastorale per la Notte di Natale
Bach: Arias from Christmas Oratorio: Schlafe, mein Liebster, Großer Herr
“Consummate skill and musicianship”
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Rachel Brown, flute and recorder
Adrian Butterfield, violin
Oliver Webber, violin
Rachel Byrt, viola
Gavin Kibble, cello
Silas Wollston, harpsichord
For over twenty years, since making their debut at Handel’s parish church, St. George’s Hanover Square, as part of the London Handel Festival in 2000, the London Handel Players have thrilled audiences across the world with their performances and recordings. They appear regularly at Wigmore Hall and at many of the leading festivals in the UK, Europe and North America, performing baroque chamber music and concertos and collaborating with the world's greatest singers. They have performed across Canada and the United States, making their New York debut at the Frick Museum in 2012 and returning to perform at Carnegie Hall in 2014. Their recent appearances include Spitalfields, London Handel, Tilford Bach, Cork Early Music, Göttingen International Handel, Gregynog, Kings Lynn, Stratford, Newbury Spring, Stour, Halle International Handel, York Early Music and Brighton Early Music Festivals.
The members of the group pursue busy solo, directing and conducting careers, work with many of the major early-instrument ensembles in the UK and abroad and are professors at the conservatoires in London. They bring together a wealth of recording experience and their four Handel recordings, of his Op.2 and Op.5 trio sonatas, his complete violin sonatas and one entitled “Handel at Home”, all for Somm, have been highly acclaimed. A further double CD, of the complete Sonatas Opus 1 by Francesco Geminiani, was released in December 2012 and their new double disc of Bach Flute Sonatas and Arias was released in January 2016. They also appear frequently on BBC Radio 3.
Plan Your Visit
Christ Church Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms
