FREE Italian Baroque Music Concert + Social

* SOLD OUT: both the concert and the social afterwards are at full capacity

This free classical music performance covers the Italian baroque context of Handel when he moved to Italy. There is also music by Handel and Buxtehude, for the lovers of Danish and Anglo-German music ;-)

This musical programme imagines the young Handel in Italy, newly arrived from north Germany, encountering a very different musical world. It places him alongside composers such as Monteverdi, Lotti and Caldara, whose Italian styles helped shape his early voice. Dixit Dominus sits at the heart of the programme, reflecting that moment of transition.
Programme

• Buxtehude – Jesu, meines Lebens Leben
• Monteverdi – Beatus vir
• Lotti – Crucifixus (a 8)
• Monteverdi – Cantate Domino; Adoramus te
• Caldara – Crucifixus (a 16)
• Handel – Dixit Dominus

Agenda:

• 5.45pm: We will meet outside the church
• 6pm: music performance starts.
• 7:30: Afterwards we will go to the Wilmington (30 seconds walk) for drinks and dinner and socialisation. Table is booked for us.

Further Resources

• Short video introduction to Italian Baroque Music: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d6A5sHkd0cc
• There’s an extremely informative and concise introduction to Caldara’s Crucifixus (featured in this concert) by the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p033jtws
• The BBC also has a programme on Monteverdi with myriad notes on his life and his style: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cr4kz3