Artists
- Florilegium
- Ashley Solomondirector
- Emma Kirkbysoprano
Archived Event
London in the Eighteenth Century
Florilegium; Ashley Solomon director; Emma Kirkby soprano
- Date
- Wed 26 Oct 2016, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Thomas Arne1710-1778
- The Judgment of Paris:
- Overture
- Cantata: The Morning
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Trio Sonata in E Op. 5 No. 3 HWV398
- L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV55:
- Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly
Interval
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Alceste HWV45:
- Gentle Morpheus, son of night
- Thomas Chilcotc.1707-1766
- 12 English Songs:
- Orpheus with his lute
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Organ Concerto in B flat major Op. 4 No. 6 HWV294
- John Frederick Lampec.1703-1751
- Dione:
- Pretty Warblers
Encore
- Jean-Philippe Rameau1683-1764
- Pièces de clavecin avec une methode pour la mechanique des doigts:
- IX. Tembourin
- Thomas Arne1710-1778
- The Tempest:
- Where the bee sucks
Overview
Florilegium returns to Wigmore Hall for its25th anniversary season with Dame Emma Kirkbyin a programme showcasing rarely performedworks by Lampe, Chilcot and Arne.
The programmealso contains some of the acclaimed ensemble’sfavourite Handel, including well-known arias fromtwo of his operas and the haunting Trio Sonata inE minor.