Julia Doyle soprano; London Handel Orchestra; Adrian Butterfield director, violin

Performers

Julia Doyle

soprano

London Handel Orchestra

Adrian Butterfield

director, violin

Programme

Geminiani

Concerto Grosso in E minor Op. 3 No. 6

Festing

Concerto Grosso in D Op. 3 No. 8

Handel

Tornami a vagheggiar from Alcina HWV34

Corelli/Geminiani

Concerto Grosso in C Op. 5 No. 3

Avison

Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 4 No. 1

Handel

Concerto Grosso in B minor Op. 6 No.12

Lampe

Arias from The Dragon of Wantley

Handel

Neghittosi, or voi che fate? from Ariodante HWV33

About this concert

‘Il Furibondo’ – the wild man – was Tartini’s name for the Italian violinist and composer Francesco Geminiani who, alongside Handel, dominated London’s musical life in the early 18th century.

An important teacher, one of his most renowned pupils was the soprano Cecilia Young who premièred several Handel opera roles and later married Thomas Arne.