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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
麻豆社 Radio 3

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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鈥橭ro. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • NAIVE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Furie terribili (Rinaldo)

    Singer: 慕uba Orgon谩拧ov谩. 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 d脿 guerra e pace (Tamerlano)

    Singer: Gregory Reinhart. Ensemble: La Grande 脡curie et la Chambre du Roy. Conductor: Jean鈥怌laude Malgoire.
    • Sony.

  • George Frideric Handel

    D'atra notte (Tamerlano)

    Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • NAIVE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Non 猫 pi霉 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
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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