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Florid Sentiments
An 18th-Century vision of Arcadia in Music
Part of the Instruments of Time and Truth Summer Concert Series 2022
Add to my Calendar 26-07-2022 20:00 26-07-2022 22:00 36 Florid Sentiments George Frideric Handel’s Italian pastoral chamber cantatas (a burgeoning genre of the time) composed for private concert performances for the aristocracy, exhibit the very expressive Italian style of dramatic vocal writing. The poetict exts invariably derive from mythology, and concern the topic of love and desire in an idealised Arcadian landscape. This concert features the most ravishing of the genre, Mi Palpita il cor, paired with some of his sacred and secular arias, along with Arcangelo Corelli’s highly decorated third Violin Sonatas for an evening of music-making to transport you to Arcadia. This concert is part of the Instruments of Time and Truth Summer Concert Series 2022, and is generously supported by both John Osborn and Continuo Foundation. Instruments of Time and Truth are Oxford’s own period instrument orchestra, presenting world-class performances of Baroque and Classical music in Oxford and around the UK. Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Christ Church Cathedral
St Aldate's
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 1DP
England
Programme
George Frideric Handel – 4 Arias
William Babell – Aire with Variations
George Frideric Handel – Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132a
Performers
Instruments of Time and Truth
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Programme Note
George Frideric Handel’s Italian pastoral chamber cantatas (a burgeoning genre of the time) composed for private concert performances for the aristocracy, exhibit the very expressive Italian style of dramatic vocal writing. The poetict exts invariably derive from mythology, and concern the topic of love and desire in an idealised Arcadian landscape. This concert features the most ravishing of the genre, Mi Palpita il cor, paired with some of his sacred and secular arias, along with Arcangelo Corelli’s highly decorated third Violin Sonatas for an evening of music-making to transport you to Arcadia.
This concert is part of the Instruments of Time and Truth Summer Concert Series 2022, and is generously supported by both John Osborn and Continuo Foundation.
Instruments of Time and Truth are Oxford’s own period instrument orchestra, presenting world-class performances of Baroque and Classical music in Oxford and around the UK.
