Event
- Title:
- Introducing Mr Handel
- When:
- Fri 28 September 2012 12:30pm
- Where:
- Wellingborough, The Castle - Wellingborough
- Category:
- Concert
Description
In the 18th century, the finest foreign musicians flocked to London – amongst them the great Mr Handel. Get to know Handel and his circle, and hear favourite pieces that wowed audiences under George I.
There is another lunchtime concert on 26 October, and the grand finale evening event with singers and chamber orchestra on 24 November.
The programme for the first concert introduces the wide range of music enjoyed in London in Handel's day. Fiori Musicali perform movements from:
Handel – Concerto a quattro in D minor
Corelli – Sonata op.5 no.4 in F
Vivaldi – Sonata in C RV801
Geminiani – Cello Sonata no.6
Loeillet – Trio Sonata op.1 no.6 in G minor
Handel – Recorder Sonata in F
Quantz – Trio Sonata no.10 in C minor
Barsanti – Recorder Sonata op.1 no.4 in C minor
Telemann – Trio Sonata no.10 in A minor
Heidi Fardell recorder, Jane Norman violin, Lynn Selwood cello, Penelope Rapson harpsichord / director
Tickets £12 (includes buffet lunch afterwards)
£10 for children, students, unemployed, and blue badge holders
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Presented in partnership with The Castle and Orchestras Live
Venue
- Venue:
- Wellingborough, The Castle - Website
- Street:
- 10 Castle Way
- Post code:
- NN8 1XA
- City:
- Wellingborough
- County:
- Northamptonshire
- Country:
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Description
Built on the site of the former Cattle Market in Wellingborough, The Castle is a lively theatre and cinema which is home to both professional touring theatre companies and community groups.
The Castle opened in 1995 by its then patron, Jeremy Irons, and houses a versatile 500 seat theatre and cinema space, an intimate studio theatre space seating up to 100, a recently refurbished café-bar with free Wi-Fi access, full catering and licensed bar service, conference and meeting rooms, art gallery and exhibition area and free parking.
Fiori Musicali are one of the UK’s principal providers of baroque and classical music outside London. Their project Handel & the English Baroque is delivered as part of a partnership with The Castle and Orchestras Live to increase the range of classical music at The Castle.
www.fiori-musicali.com
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Fiori's concerts are supported by South Northamptonshire Council, Northamptonshire Music & Perfoming Arts Trust and North West Leicestershire
District Council in partnership with Orchestras Live, by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, for Igniting Ambition (as part of the Cultural Olympiad
in the East Midlands) by Legacy Trust UK, the European Regional Development Fund, Northamptonshire County Council and
WNDC's Stronger Communities Fund, and through the generosity of members of our Silver Jubilee Club and the Friends of Fiori Musicali.
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Fiori Musicali Limited is registered in England & Wales as a Company no.2574653
Fiori Musicali Charitable Trust is registered in England as a Charity no.802684
Registered office: Bank Cottage, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire NN11 3TD