The program „Händel & Friends“ presents the music of George Frideric Handel in the musical environment of London with works by Charles Dieupart and Francesco Geminiani. In addition to Handel's famous sonata classics for recorder and harpsichord, arrangements of works with which Handel made a name for himself in London can be heard, including a suite from his most successful opera "Rinaldo".
Handel celebrated a sensational premiere with the opera Rinaldo in 1711 and then published an arrangement for solo recorder with John Walsh in April. Our arrangement of Handel's Rinaldo features a version for recorder and basso continuo, alongside the great orchestral overture with four further arias from the opera, including the famous aria: "Lascia ch'io pianga".
Other compositions by Handel's contemporaries, such as Dieupart and Geminiani, provide an insight into the broad musical spectrum of different musical styles in London around 1720.
Audio samples
The program:
Georg Friedrich Händel
Sonate C-Dur HWV 365
Suite aus Rinaldo HWV7
Charles Dieupart
Suite Nr.1 A-Dur
Georg Friedrich Händel
Suite d-moll HWV 428
Sonate a-moll HWV 362
Francesco Geminiani
Ann thou were my ain thing
Die Musiker:
Frank Oberschelp – recorder
Sonja Kemnitzer – Cembalo
The program is here available on CD.