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with Jonathan Swain - and another chance to hear the Academy of Ancient Music and Richard Egarr from the 大象传媒 Proms in a concert that celebrated Handel's visit to Rome to hear the music of Arcangelo Corelli

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill at Cadogan Hall, London

Corelli: Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 1
Handel: Cantata 'Pensieri notturni di Filli'
Valentini: Concerto grosso in A minor for four violins, Op. 7 No. 11
Handel: Cantata 'Tra le fiamme'
Corelli: Concerto grosso in F major, Op. 6 No. 12

Sophie Bevan (soprano)
The Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr (conductor)

Before settling in Britain Handel visited to Rome to hear the famous Italian violinist and composer Arcangelo Corelli. Unable to write operas - which were temporarily banned in the Papal states - Handel turned his hand to writing sacred music. In this first of five Proms Saturday Matinees, Richard Egarr, Sophie Bevan and the Academy of Ancient Music examined Handel's vivacious Italian cantatas in the context of virtuosic concerti grossi and harpsichord music by Corelli and his compatriots.