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Handel and Hendrix in London
23 & 25 Brook Street
Mayfair
London
W1K 4HB
England
Programme
George Frideric Handel – Jesu meine Freude, HWV 480
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow – Präludium in G major, LV 59
Johann Kaspar Kerll – Toccata cromatica con durezze e ligature
Dietrich Buxtehude – Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BuxWV 198
Johann Pachelbel – Fantasia in G minor, P.128
Louis Couperin – Tombeau de Mr de Blancrocher
Christian Ritter – Allemanda in discessum Caroli XI Regis Sveciae
Johann Kuhnau – Biblical Sonata no.4: Lamento
Girolamo Frescobaldi – Capriccio di durezze
Johann Jakob Froberger – Meditation sur ma mort future
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer – Musikalischer Parnassus: Urania - Toccata
Performers
Zsombor Tóth-Vajna – harpsichord
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Programme Note
The musical activity of Georg Friedrich Handel was revealed at an early age, even so, his father, Georg Handel the elder, had different plans in mind, and would rather have seen his son a lawyer rather than a musician, trying to thwart the young Handel’s artistic ambitions. According to legend, the ambitious youth bought a small, second-hand clavichord on which he would practice in the attic secretly. Later on, Handel applied for the faculty of law but would only stay for a year after which he openly declared for music. The composer brought with himself the sheet music book from his youth to London containing the works of well-known keyboard music composers, compiled with the help of the late master, Zachow. This collection proved to be a source of inspiration even in Handel’s later years.
