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Handel's Il Trionfo del Tempo
Academy of Ancient Music
Part of the Academy of Ancient Music 2022-23 | 'Tis Nature's Voice Season
Add to my Calendar 11-05-2023 19:30 11-05-2023 21:30 36 Handel's Il Trionfo del Tempo The Triumph of Time and Disillusionment: Laurence Cummings rediscovers the eternal truths (and very real delights) of Handel’s spectacular Italian oratorio. Beauty knows that she’s fragile. Pleasure assures her that she’ll never fade – but then, he says that to all the girls. Disillusionment has some uncomfortable truths to tell, and Time, of course, always wins in the end. Or does he? In Handel’s allegorical oratorio, emotions take on a startlingly human form. Before he came to London, Handel took Italy by storm. They called him ‘the dear Saxon’, and in Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno he turns philosophy into pure theatre. Still relatively unfamiliar in the English-speaking world, it’s an absolute knockout: flamboyant, expressive and containing some of Handel’s very greatest melodies. It’s a real passion project for Laurence Cummings, who conducts four of the most charismatic vocalists on the current baroque scene. Milton Court Concert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Milton Court Concert Hall
Silk St
Barbican
London
EC2Y 9BH
England
Programme
George Frideric Handel – Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità, HWV 46
Performers
Anna Dennis – soloist
Sophie Junker – soloist
Reginald Mobley – soloist
Nick Pritchard – soloist
Laurence Cummings – director / harpsichord
Academy of Ancient Music
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Programme Note
The Triumph of Time and Disillusionment: Laurence Cummings rediscovers the eternal truths (and very real delights) of Handel’s spectacular Italian oratorio.
Beauty knows that she’s fragile. Pleasure assures her that she’ll never fade – but then, he says that to all the girls. Disillusionment has some uncomfortable truths to tell, and Time, of course, always wins in the end. Or does he? In Handel’s allegorical oratorio, emotions take on a startlingly human form.
Before he came to London, Handel took Italy by storm. They called him ‘the dear Saxon’, and in Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno he turns philosophy into pure theatre. Still relatively unfamiliar in the English-speaking world, it’s an absolute knockout: flamboyant, expressive and containing some of Handel’s very greatest melodies. It’s a real passion project for Laurence Cummings, who conducts four of the most charismatic vocalists on the current baroque scene.
