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Handel in Cambridge

Hannah French explores Handel's links with a city he never visited! She's joined by Cambridge Handel Opera's Julian Perkins ahead of their upcoming production of Tamerlano.

Hannah French is in Cambridge exploring links between Handel and the city...which he never visited! She's joined by The Fitzwilliam Museum's Dr Suzanne Reynolds, Handel aficionado Dr Ruth Smith and Emeritus Professor Iain Fenlon to look at a number of treasured items of Handel memorabilia.

She'll also be chatting to Cambridge Handel Opera Company's Julian Perkins ahead of their forthcoming production of Tamerlano.

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37 minutes

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Sun 3 Apr 2022 14:00
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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Tamerlano: Overture

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Warner Classics.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Forte e lieto a morte andrei (Tamerlano)

    Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • NAIVE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Furie terribili (Rinaldo)

    Singer: Δ½uba OrgonΓ‘Ε‘ovΓ‘. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Decca.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Amen chorus (Messiah)

    Choir: King's College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto no. 13 in F major HWV.295 (The Cuckoo and the nightingale): Allegro

    Performer: Richard Egarr. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Amor dΓ  guerra e pace (Tamerlano)

    Singer: Gregory Reinhart. Ensemble: La Grande Γ‰curie et la Chambre du Roy. Conductor: Jean‐Claude Malgoire.
    • Sony.

  • George Frideric Handel

    D'atra notte (Tamerlano)

    Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • NAIVE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Non Γ¨ piΓΉ tempo no (Tamerlano)

    Singer: Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • AVIE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo (Aires from the opera): Lascia ch'io pianga

    Performer: Julian Perkins.
    • DEUX ELLES.

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  • Sun 3 Apr 2022 14:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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