Hi,

Long time no see for some of you! I hope you're all well. Below are details
about a lunchtime concert I am doing at the Handel Festival on 9th March. I
hope to be able to catch up with some of you then!

Best wishes,

Emma

Monday 9 March 1-2pm
St George's Church, Hanover Square, London, W1
'Mi palpita il cor'

Kate Semmens soprano
Emma Murphy recorder
Steven Devine harpsichord
Nicholas Stringfellow violoncello

Handel cantata for soprano with obbligato recorder:
Nel dolce dell'oblio HWV 134
Mi palpita il cor HWV 132a
Suite in B-flat major HWV 440
Menuet in G minor HWV 536
Sonata for recorder in D minor, op1 no9a HWV 367a
Sonata for recorder in C major, op1 no7 HWV 365
'La Folia', Division Upon a Ground
'Greensleeves to a Ground'
'Bellamira', Division Upon a Ground from The Division Flute, (1706/08)

Unlike most of the other cantatas in this series, Nel dolce is a reasoned
response to love in which the singer describes the sleeping and dreaming of the
beloved, Phyllis. Similarly, the keyboard suite has a restrained quality that
perhaps indicates Handel's indebtedness to Dietrich Buxtehude and Johann Jacob
Froberger. The Allmand's figurations frequently echo the opening variations to
the renowned Air, The Harmonious Blacksmith, that ends Handel's suite in E
major, HWV 430, and the highly ornamented Saraband is infused with lyrical
pathos. Mi palpita, on the other hand, begins with heartfelt "palpitations"
from the singer who later declaims: 'The dart of love wounded me, and the fatal
arrow struck me.'

Ticket prices: £10/£8 concessions/students £5
Doors will be open from 12.15pm
Full details on the website www.london-handel-festival.com
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