Here - London Handel Festival

3 March to 18 April 2014

www.london-handel-festival.com

Laurence Cummings Musical Director Adrian Butterfield Associate Director

DIARY

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EVENTS

Venues: SGHS - St George’s, Hanover Square; GC - Grosvenor Chapel; RAM - Royal Academy of Music; FM - Foundling Museum; BT, RCM - Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music; CH - Chandos House MARCH Monday 3 March

7pm

BT, RCM

Handel Arianna in Creta

p13

Tuesday 4 March

1.10pm

SGHS

Robin Walker Organ Concert

p11

Tuesday 4 March

4-5pm

BT, RCM

David Vickers talk on Arianna

p14

Tuesday 4 March

10.30am

GC

Children’s Baroque concert

p23

Tuesday 4 March

7pm

BT, RCM

Handel Arianna in Creta

p13

Wednesday 5 March

1.30-2.30pm BT, RCM

Schools’ Matinee - Arianna

p22

Wednesday 5 March

4-5pm

BT, RCM

Selina Cadell talk on Arianna

p14

Wednesday 5 March

7pm

BT, RCM

Handel Arianna in Creta

p13

Wednesday 5 March

7pm

SGHS

The Bach Players

p15

Thursday 6 March

4-5pm

BT, RCM

Katie Hawks talk on Arianna

p14

Thursday 6 March

6pm

SGHS

Handel Singing Competition Semi

p15

Thursday 6 March

7pm

BT, RCM

Handel Arianna in Creta

p13

Friday 7 March

1-2pm

SGHS

Laura Piras, Tom Foster, Julia Kuhn and Liam Byrne

p7

Saturday 8 March

from 11am

FM

Sing Foundling Hospital Anthems

p15

Monday 10 March

1-2pm

SGHS

Hagar Sharvit Recital

p7

Monday 10 March

7pm

SGHS

Kimberly Marshall Recital

p16

Tuesday 11 March

1.10pm

GC

Margaret Phillips Organ Concert

p11

Wednesday 12 March

1-2pm

SGHS

Guildhall School of Music & Drama p7

Wednesday 12 March

7pm

SGHS

La Nuova Musica

p16

Thursday 13 March

1-2pm

SGHS

Rupert Charlesworth Recital

p8

Friday 14 March

7pm

SGHS

Ensemble Cafébaum

p16

Tuesday 18 March

1.10pm

SGHS

Edward Dean Organ Concert

p11

Tuesday 18 March

7pm

SGHS

Handel Singing Competition Final

p17

Wednesday 19 March

5.30-6.45pm

Bloomsbury philanthropists walk

p6

Wednesday 19 March

7pm

Rupert Charlesworth and Laurence Cummings

p17

FM

20, 21, 24, 25 March

7pm

RAM

Handel Ariodante

p17

Friday 21 March

1-2pm

SGHS

Duo Labyrinthe

p8

Tuesday 25 March

1.10pm

GC

Alexander Pott Organ Concert

p11

Tuesday 25 March

7pm

SGHS

Honour Profit and Pleasure

P18

Thursday 27 March

1-2pm

SGHS

Heimi Lee Recital

p8

Thursday 27 March

7pm

GC

Musicians of London Wall

p18

Friday 28 March

1-2pm

SGHS

Natalie Montakhab Recital

p9

Friday 28 March

7pm

SGHS

Southbank Sinfonia Baroque

p18

Saturday 29 March

1-3pm

StudioGi

Little Baroque Company and FOOD p19

Saturday 29 March

7.30-9.30pm StudioGi

Little Baroque Company and FOOD p19

Monday 31 March

5.45-6.45pm

Handel musical meander walk

p6

Monday 31 March

7pm

SGHS

La Serenissima

p19

Tuesday 1 April

1.10pm

SGHS

Ann Page Organ Concert

p12

Wednesday 2 April

4-5pm

CH

Ruth Smith talk on Israel in Egypt

p14

Wednesday 2 April

7pm

SGHS

Handel Israel in Egypt

p19

Thursday 3 April

1-2pm

SGHS

Stephen Chambers Recital

p9

Friday 4 April

7pm

SGHS

HSC Showcase

p20

Saturday 5 April

4pm

GC

Ensemble Serse - Jommelli Didone p20

Monday 7 April

1-2pm

SGHS

Frederick Long Recital

p10

Tuesday 8 April

1.10pm

GC

Freddie James Organ Concert

p12

Wednesday 9 April

1-2pm

SGHS

Royal College of Music

p10

Wednesday 9 April

5.30-6.45pm

Hogarth and Handel walk

p6

Wednesday 9 April

4-5pm

CH

Ruth Smith talk on Deborah

p14

Wednesday 9 April

7pm

SGHS

Handel Deborah

p20

Thursday 10 April

1-2pm

SGHS

Jane Gordon & Julian Perkins

p10

Thursday 10 April

6-7.15pm

Martyrs, musicians walk

p6

Thursday 10 April

7.30pm

Wigmore

London Handel Players

p21

Saturday 12 April

7pm

GC

Oxford Baroque

p21

Tuesday 15 April

1.10pm

SGHS

Simon Williams

p12

Friday 18 April

2.30pm

SGHS

Bach St Matthew Passion

p21

APRIL

TICKET PRICES Ticket prices are shown with the information about each event in this brochure. Prices are also shown on the Festival website on each event page and on the booking pages.

If you would like a paper Booking Form we can send you one from the office or you can download one from the Festival website.

www.london-handel-festival.com

VENUES BRITTEN THEATRE, ROYAL COLLEGE

OF

MUSIC

HANDEL HOUSE

Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS http://www.rcm.ac.uk

25 Brook Street, London, W1K 4HB http://www.handelhouse.org

CHANDOS HOUSE

ST GEORGE’S, HANOVER SQUARE

2 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9LQ http://www.chandoshouse.co.uk

St George Street, London, W1S 1FX http://www.stgeorgeshanoversquare.org

FOUNDLING MUSEUM

STUDIO GI HACKNEY

40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk

Enterprise House 2 Tudor Grove, London, E9 7QL

GROSVENOR CHAPEL

WIGMORE HALL

South Audley Street, London, W1K 2PA http://www.grosvenorchapel.org.uk

36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

HOW TO BOOK

Ticket re-sales and refunds

Postal booking General postal bookings will be allocated after Handel Supporters. All orders will be dealt with in order of priority. They should be sent to:

Box Office, London Handel Society Horton House, 8 Ditton Street Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0BQ Payment may be made by cheque or signed credit card authorisation. Please do not enter a specific amount on the cheque, but state the maximum amount payable at the bottom of the cheque, in case we are not able to supply all the seats you request. A paper booking form can be obtained from the address above.

Online booking from 14 January at www.london-handel-festival.com

Telephone booking from 21 January on 01460 54660 Monday to Friday 10am-12.30pm and 2-4.30pm (unless otherwise indicated) The Box Office will open at the venue 45 minutes before each performance.

We will exchange or refund (less an administration fee) bookings whenever possible up to 48 hours before the performance. Less than 48 hours before, the seats will be offered for re-sale once all house seats have been sold.

Seating Reserved = numbered seats, advance booking recommended Unreserved = choose your seat on arrival, but you can book in advance to ensure a seat. Disabled access and facilities and general enquiries - Tel: 01460 53500

Discounts If you are entitled to more than one discount please calculate in the order shown below. 1 Student - £2 discount per ticket 2 Disabled - £2 discount per ticket 3 Booked 3 or more concerts before 3 March: 5% discount 4 Group bookings - 10 or more people 5% discount per ticket for any one performance.

Standby £6 tickets are available (if the performance is not sold out) to senior citizens, students and the unemployed at the door upon proof of eligibility, 10 minutes before the performance. Lunchtime concerts are not included.

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Welcome to the

LONDON HANDEL FESTIVAL 2014 Dear fellow Handelians,

PATRONS Dame Emma Kirkby Ian Partridge CBE Laurence Cummings Musical Director

Adrian Butterfield Associate Director

Catherine Hodgson Festival Director

Denys Darlow Founder Conductor

Stephen Cooke Chairman Promoted by the London Handel Society Ltd Charity number 269184 Photographs: Laurence Cummings Adrian Butterfield Rodelinda & Imeneo by Chris Christodoulou

This year we are delighted to contrast intimate chamber works with the full regal sound of Handel's Oratorios. In the tercentenary year of the Hanoverian succession we reflect on Handel's choice (so lucky for us!) of London as his home. The Finalists from 2013 HSC give a programme of Cantatas and we have two royal works in Deborah and the jewel in the crown, Arianna in Creta, our annual collaboration with the Britten International Opera School. Selina Cadell directs, bringing her phenomenal acting experience, coupled with her specialist skills as a director of Restoration drama. We are delighted also to welcome The Bach Players and La Serenissima for the first time, and to welcome back La Nuova Musica and Southbank Sinfonia. We also have two oratorios, Deborah and Israel in Egypt; the winner of the Göttingen Historical Music Series, Ensemble Cafébaum; the Lunchtime Series; three Fringe concerts; seven Mayfair Organ Concerts; five talks and four walks, not to forget the Handel Singing Competition – definitely something for everyone. We look forward to seeing you!

Laurence Cummings Catherine Hodgson

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LONDON MUSICAL WALKS with Janice Liverseidge WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH

5.30pm – 6.45pm Meet outside Holborn Tube Station, Kingsway Exit. BLOOMSBURY PHILANTHROPISTS, INVENTORS AND ECCENTRICS walk with Janice Liverseidge This evening’s walk links together a number of Handel’s contemporaries who were also supporters of the Foundling Hospital, England’s first home for abandoned children opened in 1741. Learn about the first man in London to use an umbrella, demon drinks, a famous clockmaker, medicine men and prison reformers. As the Foundling Museum celebrates its tenth anniversary this year it is appropriate that we finish our walk here in time for tonight’s concert at the Foundling Museum Rupert Charlesworth and Laurence Cummings - 7pm.

MONDAY 31 MARCH

5.45pm – 6.45pm Meet at the rear exit of John Lewis Department Store, Cavendish Square. HANDEL MUSICAL MEANDER with Janice Liverseidge 2014 marks the 300th anniversary of the Hanoverians coming to the throne. During this walk we will hear about Handel’s early years in London during the reign of George I and one of his key patrons together with leading architects, designers and craftsmen of the Georgian period. We also discover how the Fund for Decay’d Musicians and a major square were both established before ending our walk at St George’s Church for the concert at 7pm - La Serenissima.

WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL

5.30pm – 6.45pm Meet on the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square. HOGARTH AND HANDEL – art, music and architecture walk with Janice Liverseidge In tonight’s early evening stroll we learn about the artistic connections with St Martin’s Lane, which are particularly relevant as this year is the 250th anniversary of William Hogarth’s death. We learn about the life and times of this great artist and his links with Handel. In advance of watching Deborah later this evening we see where this was premiered in 1733 before learning about a Handel patron and the sartorial area of the capital. We arrive at St George’s in time for the start of Deborah at 7pm.

THURSDAY 10 APRIL

6pm – 7.15pm Meet outside Marble Arch Tube Station, Oxford Street North Exit. MARTYRS, MUSICIANS AND HIDDEN MARYLEBONE walk with Janice Liverseidge Tonight’s walk takes us from the scene of thousands of executions over hundreds of years, to secret squares, scandalous connections, a female philanthropist and a favourite art gallery. We end by learning about a hidden river and a Georgian department store before ending our stroll at the Wigmore Hall - London Handel Players - 7.30pm

Tickets: £10 per walk or £8 if you come to the concert afterwards as well. To be booked in advance.

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LUNCHTIME SERIES at St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX FRIDAY 7 MARCH 1-2pm LAURA PIRAS flute JULIA KUHN violin LIAM BYRNE viola da gamba TOM FOSTER Telemann Händel Schenck Telemann

harpsichord

‘Paris Quartet’ Concerto Primo in G TWV43:G1 Sonata for Violin in A Op 1 No 3 HWV361 Sonata for Viola da gamba in A Minor from ‘L'Echo du Danube’ Op 9 No 2 ‘Paris Quartet’ Sonata Prima in A TWV43:A1

Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating

MONDAY 10 MARCH 1-2pm HAGAR SHARVIT

soprano

JORY VINIKOUR harpsichord Handel Cantata: La Lucrezia HWV145 Arias: As with rosy steps / New scenes of joy (Theodora HWV68) Arias: Begone my fears / Where shall I fly (Hercules HWV60) Purcell There's not a swain (Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Z587/1) Bess of Bedlam Z370 / The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation Z196 Dear, pretty youth (The Tempest Z631/10) Hagar was a finalist of the HSC 2013. Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating

WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH

http://www.sonoartists.com/artists

1-2pm

GUILDHALL SCHOOL CANTATA PROJECT JAMES JOHNSTONE director http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/

Les Plaisirs de Versailles This intriguing programme of French baroque music for voices, recorders, harp, theorbo and harpsichord contrasts Charpentier's entertaining eponymous cantata with Couperin's Lamentations setting for the Tenebrae service. Handel was well acquainted with the vocal works of Charpentier's teacher, Giacomo Carissimi, and the Italian's influence can be clearly seen in this charming French cantata.

Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating

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Lunchtime Recitals at St George’s, Hanover Square THURSDAY 13 MARCH

1-2pm

RUPERT CHARLESWORTH tenor ARS ELOQUENTIAE Handel Recit & Aria: Fatto inferno / Pastorello (Rodelinda HWV19) Aria: Virtue springs each gen'rous deed from (Theodora HWV68). Aria & Recit: Figlia mia / Tu Spietato, il vedrai (Tamerlano HWV18) Aria: Tu vivi, e punito (Ariodante HWV33) Arias: Hide thou thy hated beams / A father offering up his only child Aria: Waft her angels through the skies (Jephtha HWV70) Aria: I must with Speed amuse her (Semele HWV58) Aria: Tune your harps (Esther HWV50b) Arias: Heav'n smiles once more / His Mighty Arm (Jephtha HWV70) Recit & Aria: Lo! Here my love / Love in her eyes sits playing (Acis and Galatea HWV49) Rupert was the Winner of the HSC 2013 receiving the Regina Etz Prize. Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating http://www.rupertcharlesworth.com

FRIDAY 21 MARCH 1-2pm DUO LABYRINTHE CLAIRE BRACHER viola da gamba JADRAN DUNCUMB theorbo Simpson Telemann JS Bach Abel Corelli Pepusch

Division upon a ground Sonata in E minor TWV 41:e5 Partita BWV997 (Leipzig Manuscript) for solo lute Prelude for solo viola da gamba Sonata D major Trio Sonata in B minor

Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating

THURSDAY 27 MARCH

1-2pm

HEIMI LEE soprano BAROQUE ENSEMBLE LUX OONAGH LEE recorder/oboe NIKOLAY GINOV cello ASAKO OGAWA harpsichord QUANTO DOLCE É QUELL'ARDORE - ITALIAN CANTATAS Mancini Quanto dolce é quell'ardore Bononcini Cieco nume, tiranno spietato Handel Cantata: Pensieri notturni di Filli HWV134 Heimi was a finalist of the HSC 2013.

https://sites.google.com/site/heimilee

Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating

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Lunchtime Recitals at St George’s, Hanover Square FRIDAY 28 MARCH 1-2pm NATALIE MONTAKHAB

soprano

ANN ALLEN baroque oboe TOM FOSTER harpsichord LIAM BYRNE viola da gamba Programme to include SONGS BY PURCELL AND HANDEL Purcell Bid the virtues The Plaint The Fairy Queen Z629 Handel Aria: Hush ye warbling choirs Aria: As when the dove (Acis and Galatea HWV49) Natalie was a finalist of the HSC 2013.

http://www.nataliemontakhab.com

Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating

THURSDAY 3 APRIL

1-2pm

STEPHEN CHAMBERS tenor IAN WATT guitar harpsichordist to be confirmed

Handel Dowland

Britten

Seiber

Schubert

Recit & Aria: Comfort ye / Ev'ry Valley (Messiah HWV56) Aria: Waft her, angels (Jephtha HWV70) Five Lute Songs: 1. Come again 2. Weep you no more sad fountains 3. Can She Excuse My Wrongs? 4. I Saw my Lady weepe 5. Fine knacks for ladies Folksong Arrangements, selection from Volume 6 ‘England’ 1. I will give my love an apple 2. Sailor-boy 3. Master Kilby 4. Bonny at Morn 5. The Soldier and the Sailor Four French Folk songs 1. Réveiller vous belle endormie 2. J’ai descendu dans mon jardin 3. Rossingnolle des bois 4. Margarite elle est malade Songs from Die Schöne Müllerin 1. Am Feierabend 2. Der Neugierige 3. Mein!

Stephen received the Michael Oliver Prize in the HSC 2013.

http://stephen-chambers.com

Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating

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Lunchtime Recitals at St George’s, Hanover Square MONDAY 7 APRIL

1-2pm

FREDERICK LONG

baritone

ARS ELOQUENTIAE JS Bach Handel Handel

Ich habe genug BWV82 Spande ancor a mio dispetto HWV165 Cuopre tal Volta il cielo HWV98

Frederick was a finalist of the HSC 2013. Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating

WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL 1-2pm ROYAL COLLEGE Telemann Handel Handel

OF

MUSIC

Concerto in A minor TWV 52:a1 Trio Sonata in B minor Op 2 No 1 HWV 386b Cantata: Tra le Fiamme HWV170

Students from the Historical Performance Department at the Royal College of Music Soloists: Rowan Pierce soprano Pia Pircher solo viola da gamba Elspeth Robertson solo recorder Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating http://www.rcm.ac.uk

THURSDAY 10 APRIL 1-2pm JANE GORDON violin JULIAN PERKINS harpsichord Corelli Handel Scarlatti Leclair JS Bach

Sonata in D Op 5 No 1 Sonata in A HWV72 Keyboard Sonatas Violin Sonata in G minor Op 5 Continuo Sonata in E minor BWV1023

Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students - unreserved seating

http://www.julianperkins.com http://rautiopianotrio.co.uk/players

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MAYFAIR ORGAN CONCERTS We are pleased to work with Mayfair Organ Concerts for a second year to promote a series of organ recitals on the highly acclaimed Richards, Fowkes organ at St George’s, installed in 2012, and the fine William Drake organ of 1991 at the Grosvenor Chapel.

Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street London, W1K 2PA St George’s, Hanover Square, London, W1S 1FX

The programmes will feature works by Handel together with related repertoire and is performed by a mixture of established players and rising talent. The series is part of MOC’s year-round programme.

TUESDAY 4 MARCH 1.10pm ROBIN WALKER http://www.theorganist.co.uk

TUESDAY 11 MARCH 1.10pm MARGARET PHILLIPS http://www.margaretphillips.org.uk

TUESDAY 18 MARCH EDWARD DEAN

1.10pm

http://edwarddean.org

TUESDAY 25 MARCH 1.10pm ALEXANDER POTT

Venue: St George’s, Hanover Square Assistant Organist at St George's, Hanover Square

Venue: Grosvenor Chapel Professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music

Venue: St George’s, Hanover Square Organist and Choirmaster at St Edmund’s Church in Oslo

Venue: Grosvenor Chapel Organ scholar at Christ Church Cathedral Oxford

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MAYFAIR ORGAN CONCERTS TUESDAY 1 APRIL ANN PAGE

1.10pm

Venue: St George’s, Hanover Square

http://www.robinbt2.plus.com/annepage

TUESDAY 8 APRIL 1.10pm FREDDIE JAMES

Venue: Grosvenor Chapel Recently organ scholar at St John’s, Cambridge

TUESDAY 15 APRIL 1.10pm SIMON WILLIAMS

Venue: St George’s, Hanover Square Organist and Director of Music at St George’s, Hanover Square

Tickets: Doors open from 12.30pm. There will be a retiring collection.

KIMBERLY MARSHALL RECITAL on Monday 10 March - see page 16

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H

CRETA OINPERA

HANDEL ARIANNA ANDEL HWV32

MONDAY 3 MARCH 7pm TUESDAY 4 MARCH 7pm WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH 7pm THURSDAY 6 MARCH 7pm Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS

ARIANNA TESEO CARILDA ALCESTE MINOS TAURIDE IL SONNO

FILIPA VAN ECK & SORAYA MAFI TAI ONEY & ANGELA SIMKIN MARIA OSTROUKHOVA & AMY WILLIAMSON HANNAH SANDISON & ANNA RAJAH MORGAN PEARSE & BRADLEY TRAVIS KEZIA BIENEK & ROSE SETTEN MATTHEW BUSWELL

The cast lists will be posted to the Festival website when they are available

LAURENCE CUMMINGS conductor SELINA CADELL director SIMON BEJER designer London Handel Orchestra ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD leader 22nd production of a fully-staged Handel opera in collaboration with the Royal College of Music International Opera School. Tickets: £60, £55, £50, £45, £30, £25, £20 Supported by Handel Supporters

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FESTIVAL TALKS TALKS

ON

ARIANNA

IN

CRETA

TUESDAY 4 MARCH 4-5pm Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS DAVID VICKERS Handel scholar David Vickers (co-editor of the Cambridge Handel Encyclopedia) discusses Arianna in Creta (1734), explains its thorny compositional process, reveals its peculiar performance history, and introduces us to the cast of an opera that marked the commencement of Handel’s rivalry with the Opera of the Nobility, the arrival of a major new castrato star, and the surprising return of an old prima donna.

WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH

4-5pm Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS SELINA CADELL - Director of Arianna in Creta Selina Cadell is an actor, teacher and director with many theatre and television credits. She will discuss and answer questions about her approach to Arianneain Creta.

THURSDAY 6 MARCH 4-5pm Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS KATIE HAWKS Katie Hawks takes apart the score to examine Arianna's nuts and bolts, and looks at where Handel got his tunes from and what he did to them to ensure we can't get them out of our heads.

TALK ON ISRAEL IN EGYPT WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL 4-5pm Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9LQ

DR RUTH SMITH Dr Ruth Smith explores the birth and career of Israel in Egypt, Handel’s most choral oratorio. With readings by Oliver Soden.

TALK ON DEBORAH WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL

4-5pm Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9LQ

DR RUTH SMITH Dr Ruth Smith investigates how Handel gave his audience a taste of the Sublime with Deborah, the first oratorio he compiled specially for London – at a price. With readings by Oliver Soden.

Tickets: Talks on Arianna are free but you do need a ticket. Talks on Israel in Egypt and Deborah - £8

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WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH 7pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

THE BACH PLAYERS SALLY BRUCE-PAYNE alto Ferrandini

Il pianto de Maria

(formerly attributed to Handel)

Vivaldi Vivaldi

Stabat Mater RV261 Suonata à 4 al Santo Sepolcro RV130 Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro RV169 Concerto Madrigalesco RV129

http://www.thebachplayers.org.uk We welcome The Bach Players to the Festival this year. Tickets: £15 - unreserved seating

THURSDAY 6 MARCH 6pm St George’s, Hanover Square, St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

HSC 2014 SEMI-FINAL First Round - 18-20 February - this round is not open to the public.

Tickets: £10 - free to full-time students open to the public - unreserved seating

SATURDAY 8 MARCH Workshop rehearsal from 11am Foundling Museum 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ Timing: 11am-1pm Choir only; 2-2.30pm Orchestra & soloists 2.30-5.30pm Orchestra & Choir 7pm Performance but no audience

SING FOUNDLING HOSPITAL ANTHEMS LAURENCE CUMMINGS

conductor

Soloists from the Royal College of Music LITTLE BAROQUE COMPANY Sing Foundling Hospital Anthems Choir Enjoy a day learning and performing the Foundling Hospital Anthems under the inspirational direction of Laurence Cummings. Tickets: £25 for Choir members - no public performance http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk 15

MONDAY 10 MARCH 7pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

KIMBERLY MARSHALL RECITAL HANDEL

AND

Handel

JS Bach JS Bach Guilmant

BACH, COSMOPOLITANS

OF THE

ORGAN

Concerto in B flat HWV306 Largo from Xerxes HWV40 Concerto in F Op 4 No 5 HWV293 Passacaglia in C Minor BWV582 Sinfonia from Cantata 29 BWV29 transcribed by Marcel Dupré Concerto in D minor, after Vivaldi BWV596 Two adaptations of Handel’s music Paraphrase on ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes!’ (Judas Maccabeus Op 90) March upon Handel’s ‘Lift up ye Heads’ (Messiah, Op 15)

Tickets: £15 - unreserved seating http://lanuovamusica.co.uk

http://www.organacademy.se/faculty/kimberly-marshall

WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH 7pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

LA NUOVA MUSICA TIM MEAD counter-tenor DAVID BATES director Handel

Porpora Handel Handel Fritz Handel

Eternal Source of Light Divine (Ode on the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV74) Handel Sinfony and aria: Yet can I hear that dulcet lay (The Choice of Hercules HWV69) Handel Violin Concerto, ‘Sonata á 5’ HWV 288 Salve Regina Handel Overture (Belshazzar HWV61) Father of Heaven (Judas Maccabaeus HWV63) But who may abide the day of his coming (Messiah HWV56) Concerto - Bojan Cicic solo violin Kind Heaven (Theodora HWV68) Handel Destructive war (Belshazzar)

Tickets: £35, £30, £25, £22, £20, £12, £10 - reserved seating

FRIDAY 14 MARCH 7pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

ENSEMBLE CAFÉBAUM IVAN LIEV violin PHILIPP WAGNER oboe ANNA FLUMIANI bassoon LUDOVICO TAKESHI MINASI cello FEDERICA BIANCHI harpsichord SAMOON KENNEDY narrator Handel

Trio Sonata B flat HWV380 Aria: Credete al mio dolor (Alcina HWV34) Trio Sonata in G minor HWV390 Aria: Vo far guerra (Rinaldo HWV7) Trio Sonata B minor HWV386 Trio Sonata G minor HWV392 Trio Sonata F HWV392/401 Prelude from the suite in in B flat for harpsichord Aria: Ho tanti affanni in petto (Cantata: Mi palpita il cor HWV132) John Cage Ryoanij Tickets: £15 - unreserved seating

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TUESDAY 18 MARCH 7pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

2014 HANDEL SINGING COMPETITION FINAL ADJUDICATORS IAN PARTRIDGE Chairman (all rounds) EDWARD BLAKEMAN (Semi-Final and Final) MICHAEL GEORGE (all rounds)

JOHN MARK AINSLEY (Final) CATHERINE DENLEY (all rounds) PATRIZIA KWELLA (all rounds)

PRIZES: Regina Etz Prize £5000; Michael Oliver Prize £2000; Farinelli Prize £2000 Selma D and Leon Fishbach Memorial Prizes for Finalists £300 each Audience Prize - Michael Normington Prize £300 The Semi-Final will be held on Thursday 6 March at 6pm at St George’s, Hanover Square Tickets: £45, £40, £35, £32, £30, £12, £10 - reserved seating

WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH 7pm Foundling Museum 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ

RUPERT CHARLESWORTH tenor LAURENCE CUMMINGS harpsichord Handel Suite in F HWV427 Aria: Why does the God of Israel sleep (Samson HWV 57) Aria: E'un Folle e'un vile affetto (Alcina HWV34) Suite in A HWV426 Aria: Total eclipse (Samson) / Suite in E HWV430 Dread the Fruits of Christian Folly (Theodora HWV68) Aria: Consider, fond Shepherd (Acis and Galatea HWV49) Recit & Aria: Fatto inferno and Pastorello (Rodelinda HWV19) Tickets: £25 - reserved seating

http://www.rupertcharlesworth.com

20, 21, 24, 25 MARCH 7pm Royal Academy of Music Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5HT

HANDEL ARIODANTE

HWV33

JANE GLOVER conductor PAUL CURRAN director ROBERT INNES HOPKINS designer Royal Academy Opera Academy Baroque Orchestra The story, very similar to that of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, tells of Ariodante being tricked by Polinesso into believing his betrothed Ginevra is unfaithful to him. The political and emotional consequences give Handel the greatest scope for dazzling music and dramatic invention, which he unerringly supplies. Tickets: £25 (concessions £20, Academy students and staff £5) from the Royal Academy of Music Box Office, www.ram.ac.uk/events - 020 7873 7300 - 10.00am-12noon and 2.00-4.00pm 17

TUESDAY 25 MARCH 7-8.15pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

FILM:

HONOUR PROFIT

AND

PLEASURE

Simon Callow stars as Handel in Channel 4’s 1985 film of Handel’s life in London. We are delighted to be able to bring this film to the Festival. Made on a small budget, it tells the story of his life after he moved to England in the 1710s. The film gives some insight into his personality along with some amusing staging of his operas. Sadly, director Anna Ambrose died soon after this film was completed. This film is being shown by permission of the British Film Institute. The Cast: Simon Callow, Alan Devlin, TP McKenna, Jean Rigby and James Villiers. Tickets: £8

http://simoncallow.com

THURSDAY 27 MARCH 7pm Grosvenor Chapel South Audley Street, London, W1K 2PA

MUSICIANS

OF

LONDON WALL

THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE Mechanical Instruments give us a unique insight into the repertoire and style of playing popular in eighteenth-century England. Instruments such as barrel organs and organ clocks survive, which perform perfectly and provide us essentially with a 'recording' of how this music was heard at the time they were made. Often this can be a challenge to our received idea of how music should sound but it is hugely exciting to know that we are hearing something heard and approved by even Handel himself! This concert showcases music found in mechanical sources by GF Handel, Arne, Shield and also popular folk songs and dances performed by the always exuberant and highly accomplished period performers of The Musicians of London Wall. Tickets: £15 - unreserved seating

FRINGE

http://www.musiciansoflondonwall.com

FRIDAY 28 MARCH 7pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

HANDEL’S CONTEMPORARIES CPE Bach Leclaire Telemann Locatelli Lotti

Symphony in D Suite from Scylla et Glaucus Concerto in D for 3 trumpets and 2 oboes Introduzione No 4 Missa Sapientiae

ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD director Vox Musica MICHAEL BERMAN conductor BETHANY SEYMOUR soprano TOM VERNEY counter-tenor SOUTHBANK SINFONIA BAROQUE The first half of the 18th century saw the very peak of baroque music in Europe, and the rich and varied styles in Italy, France and Germany all had an influence on English music of the day. Antonio Lotti’s surprising Missa Sapientiae is particularly famous for having been copied and adapted by Handel, Bach and Zelenka. Tickets: £12 - unreserved seating

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SATURDAY 29 MARCH

1-3pm and 7.30-9.30pm

Studio Gi Hackney, Enterprise House 2 Tudor Grove, London, E9 7QL

LITTLE BAROQUE COMPANY and FOOD NINA LEJDERMAN soprano HELEN KRUGER AND JULIA KUHN violins KINGA GABORJANI cello TOM FOSTER harpsichord http://www.studiogilondon.com

www.littlebaroqueco.com

HANDEL'S FEAST The Little Baroque Company team up with FOOD to explore the life of Handel, following his travels through Germany, Italy, England and Ireland through food and music, showcasing the culinary influences each country had on his compositional style. The evening will be narrated by a mystery presenter... Tickets: £45 per head including a 3 course feast, cocktail on arrival, and concert.

MONDAY 31 MARCH 7pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

LA SERENISSIMA GREAT BAROQUE COMPOSERS IN THE LIFE OF JOHANN GEORG PISENDEL http://laserenissima.co.uk

Torelli JS Bach Handel

ADRIAN CHANDLER director We welcome La Serenissima to the Festival.

Trumpet Concerto in D 'Estienne Roger 188' Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor BWV1043 Concerto for Violin in B flat ‘Sonata á 5’ HWV288

Vivaldi Concerto Il Corneto da Posta in B flat RV363 Pisendel Sinfonia for oboes, strings and continuo in C Telemann Concerto for Violin and Trumpet in D TWV53:D5

Tickets: £35, £30, £25, £22, £20, £12, £10 - reserved seating

WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL 7pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

HANDEL ISRAEL

IN

EGYPT HWV54

NATALIE MONTAKHAB soprano ALEXANDRA GIBSON alto GREG TASSELL tenor BEN BEVAN bass ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD conductor London Handel Orchestra Pegasus Following plagues of frogs, flies and locusts Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt as the Red Sea miraculously parts for them. Tickets: £40, £35, £30, £25, £22, £12, £10 http://pegasusmusic.org.uk 19

FRIDAY 4 APRIL 7pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

HSC SHOWCASE A FEAST OF HANDEL CANTATAS Aminta e Fillide (Arresta il passo) HWV83 Aminta NATHALIE MONTAKHAB soprano Fillide STEPHEN CHAMBERS tenor Look down, harmonious saint HWV124 RUPERT CHARLESWORTH tenor Apollo and Dafne (La terra è liberata) HWV122 Dafne HEIMI LEE soprano Apollo FREDERICK LONG baritone

LAURENCE CUMMINGS director ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD leader

London Handel Orchestra

2013 Handel Singing Competition finalists come together for a Feast of Cantatas. Tickets: £15 - unreserved seating

SATURDAY 5 APRIL 4-9pm

FRINGE

Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street London, W1K 2PA

JOMMELLI LA DIDONE (ROME 1746) ENSEMBLE SERSE Didone Enea Selene Araspe Osmida

BENJAMIN WILLIAMSON counter-tenor CALVIN WELLS male soprano Jarba RONAN BUSFIELD tenor ALEX PULLINGER male soprano GREG PRITCHARD male soprano MICHAEL TAYLOR counter-tenor

Ensemble Serse return with another rare opera in concert.

http://www.ensembleserse.com

Tickets: £35 - unreserved seating

WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL 7pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

HANDEL DEBORAH HWV51 Deborah Jael Barak Sisera Abinoam

LYNDA LEE mezzo-soprano KATHERINE WATSON soprano ROBIN BLAZE counter-tenor OWEN WILLETTS tenor NJAL SPARBO bass

LAURENCE CUMMINGS conductor London Handel Orchestra ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD leader London Handel Singers Tickets: £60, £55, £50, £45, £42, £12, £10 - reserved seating Generously supported by Peter Rice

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THURSDAY 10 APRIL 7pm Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street London, W1U 2BP

LONDON HANDEL PLAYERS WHEN HANDEL Handel Leclair Handel

MET

LECLAIR

Overture and arias from Siroe HWV24 and Tolomeo HWV25 Deuxième récreation de musique Op 8 Leclair Violin Sonata in A Op 2 No 4 Trio Sonata in G minor Op 5 No 5 HWV400 Leclair Flute Concerto in C Op 7 No 3

This concert recalls Leclair’s only visit to London and the opening of Handel’s operas in 1728. Tickets: £30, £25, £20, £15 - tickets for sale from Wigmore Box Office - 020 7935 2141.

SATURDAY 12 APRIL 7pm

FRINGE

Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street London, W1K 2PA

TROPPO

CRUDA, TROPPO FIERA

ROBYN ALLEGRA PARTON soprano RAFFAELE PÈ counter-tenor

OXFORD BAROQUE Handel Cantata: Conservate, raddoppiate HWV185 Cantata: Siete rose ruggiadose HWV162 Duet: A mirarvi io son intento HWV178 Cantata: Partì, l'idolo mio HWV147 Duet: Se tu non lasci amore HWV193

Cantata: Sono liete, fortunate HWV194 Duet: Troppo cruda, troppo fiera HWV198 ‘Great’ Suite in F minor HWV433 Cantata: Ahi, nelle sorti umane HWV179

Oxford Baroque present an exploration of Handel’s exquisite yet little-known Italian duets. Tickets: £15 - unreserved seating

http://www.oxfordbaroque.com

FRIDAY 18 APRIL 2.30pm St George’s, Hanover Square St George Street, London, W1S 1FX

BACH ST MATTHEW PASSION BWV244 NATHAN VALE Evangelist GEORGE HUMPHREYS Christus and arias ERICA ELOFF soprano LOUISE INNES mezzo-soprano LAURENCE CUMMINGS conductor London Handel Orchestra ADRIAN BUTTERFIELD leader Choir of St George’s In collaboration with St George’s, Hanover Square, this is the Festival’s annual performance of the St Matthew Passion, sung in German and set in the context of Vespers. Tickets: £45, £40, £35, £32, £30, £12, £10 - reserved seating

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HANDEL ARIANNA IN CRETA WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH Matinée performance for Schools 1.30-2.30pm Groups of school children are invited to a shorter performance of Arianna in Creta, which will be performed in the Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, SW7 2BS. Explanation of the plot and production will be provided. If you are interested in bringing your class please get in touch. London Handel Society Horton House - 8 Ditton Street Ilminster - Somerset - TA19 0BQ Tel: 01460 53500 or [email protected] Photographs by Chris Christodoulou - Il pastor fido 2010 Selina Cadell director of Arianna in Creta

The TILFORD BACH SOCIETY's 62nd Festival 6-8 June 2014 Friday 6 June 8pm All Saints' Church, Tilford, nr Farnham

THE ANGEL AND THE DEVIL London Handel Players Adrian Butterfield director/violin Guest soloist: Elizabeth Wallfisch violin Virtuoso Concertos by Jean-Marie Leclair and Pietro Locatelli

Saturday 7 June 8pm All Saints' Church, Tilford, nr Farnham

A CELEBRATION OF CPE BACH Rachel Brown flute London Handel Players

Sunday 8 June 7pm All Saints' Church, Tilford, nr Farnham

Soloists including Daniel Taylor counter-tenor London Handel Orchestra Adrian Butterfield director/leader

JS BACH Cantata: Ershallet, ihr Lieder BWV172 Kyrie and Gloria of the Mass in B minor (1733) For further information please go to: http://www.tilbach.org.uk

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HANDEL HOUSE MUSEUM and the LONDON HANDEL FESTIVAL The London Handel Festival work together with the Handel House Museum on two projects every year:

LONDON HANDEL FESTIVAL OPERA PROJECT The Festival and Handel House will work with one school to experience Handel’s operas and to create their own based on the festival’s performance of Arianna in Creta. The school will visit the museum and attend a rehearsal of the opera at the Britten Theatre to develop their understanding of Handel’s life and works.

and London Handel Festival websites at a later date.

ANNUAL CONCERT FOR SCHOOLS Handel House Museum invites primary and secondary schools to a free concert with the London Handel Players. It will give many children their first introduction to Baroque music, and musicians from the LHP will guide them on a fun and engaging journey exploring their historical instruments. The concert will take place at Grosvenor Chapel on Tuesday 4 March 2014. If you would like to book your school to this event, please contact Claire Davies on 020 7399 1952 or email [email protected]

This project will provide a taster of the workings of an opera from composing, staging and performing. It will also encourage students to participate in their own mini opera which will be written in collaboration with the museum’s Composer-in-Residence. A film of the students’ performance will be available on the Handel House Museum

www.haendel-festspiele.de

29 May – 10 June, 2014

Herrschaftszeiten! Händel Royal

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Photos of Rodelinda - March 2012 by Chris Christodoulou