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Milton Court Concert Hall
Silk St
Barbican
London
EC2Y 9BH
England
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Programme
George Frideric Handel – Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Overture
George Frideric Handel – Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Pious orgies
Elisabetta de Gambarini – Orchestrated music from Op.1 inc. March with horns (arr. Rachel Stroud)
George Frideric Handel – Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Come, ever-smiling liberty
Francesco Geminiani – Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op.7 no.6
Carlo Tessarini – La Stravaganza: Ouverture in D major, Op.4
George Frideric Handel – Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: O liberty
Carlo Tessarini – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.1 no.7
Elisabetta de Gambarini – Behold and Listen, Op.2 no.1
Elisabetta de Gambarini – Se mai fosse la mia forte, Op.2 no.9
Elisabetta de Gambarini – Minuet in A major, Op.2 no.5
George Frideric Handel – Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: March
George Frideric Handel – Joseph and his Brethren, HWV 59: Prophetic raptures
Performers
Mhairi Lawson – soprano
Bojan Cicic – Conductor
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Programme Note
Elegance, exuberance, and one remarkable woman: Academy of Ancient Music travels to Georgian London and the lost world of musical innovator Elisabetta da Gambarini.
Think you knew 18th century London? Prepare to think again, as Bojan Čičić and Academy of Ancient Music plunge into the colourful world of Elisabetta da Gambarini – composer, virtuoso, entrepreneur, and the first woman ever to publish music in England. This was the era of Handel and Hogarth – a riot of theatre, music and commerce – so things are about to get lively.
Naturally, there’s music by Handel and his rival Geminiani – both of whom knew and worked with Elisabetta da Gambarini. But that’s not even half the story, as AAM plays the music of the immigrants, artists and adventurers who shaped British taste, and showcases (after nearly three centuries) the creative genius of a woman who helped define a culture, and an age.
