Handel and the Burlington Circle

Baroque Encounter Glenn Kesby (countertenor) Lauren Brant (recorder) David Beaney (recorder, baroque flute) Claire Williams (harpsichord) The third Earl of Burlington and his mother made Burlington House (where the Royal Academy of Arts is now based) an artistic and literary centre, comparable with the Roman palaces of Ottoboni and Ruspoli. His patronage of the arts were legendary - the poet John Gay wrote that Burlington was ‘Belov’d by every Muse’ and according to Horace Walpole, Burlington possessed ‘every Quality of Genius and Artist, except Envy’. Burlington not only offered Handel board and lodging in his first few years in London but also provided him with introductions to an enviable network of contacts. The Burlington Circle included artists, writers, composers, patrons and connections to royalty. This period brought about Handel’s first compositions in English, the formation of the Royal Academy of Music for Italian opera (Burlington was the primary subscriber and Teseo and Amadigi were dedicated to him), and introduced him to Queen Anne, for whom the Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne was such an instant favourite the Queen granted Handel a pension and launched him as the composer for English ceremonial occasions, including the later arrival in London of George II and Queen Caroline. Programme Handel Amadigi, HWV 11 Sussurrate onde vezzose Pena tiranna Sento la gioia Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 Eternal Source of Light Divine Te Deum in D major ‘Queen Caroline’, HWV 280 Vouchsafe O Lord Radamisto, HWV 12a Ombra Cara Rinaldo, HWV 7a Augelletti che cantate Cantata, HWV 132c Mi palpita il cor Trio Sonata for 2 treble instruments and basso continuo Ariosti Il Naufragio Cantata excerpt JE Galliard How sweet the warbling linnet sings from Pan and Syrinx Greene Orpheus with his lute from Shakespeare’s Henry VIII Bononcini Io vi chiedo o selve amene

Suitable for
Any age


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Admission
£9 Adults £5 Students

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000508?id=EVENT486304