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English composer and violinist
- harpsichord, organ, violin
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- composer, music arranger, harpsichordist
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2023-11-14 08:54:00
Engagement, exploration & discovery: London Handel Players return to Handel at Home for Total Eclipse
Total Eclipse: Handel at Home, volume 2; London Handel Players; SOMMReviewed 7 November 2023Contemporary chamber arrangements of popular Handel movements give a real feel for the way many in the 18th century experienced his music, here in performances full of engagement and enjoymentWhen 18th-century composers wrote music, relatively few people would actually hear it live. In the early 18th century there weren't such things as regular concert series, and when these did develop they were aimed at the relatively compact audience of aristocrats and gentry. The same applied to opera, where the events were as much social as artistic. So, unless you were so privileged, to hear a piece of music in such circumstances you had to have it played in your own home (or in that of one of your musical friends). Publishers cottoned on to this early and the money was made from publishing works that could be played […]
2020-11-30 09:36:46
Review: “London, Circa 1720, Corelli’s Legacy” – La Rêveuse
La Rêveuse examines Corelli's legacy on London's music scene in 1720, with works by Handel, Babell, Geminiani and Schickhardt. The post first appeared on The Classic Review.
2020-04-16 07:24:40
Handel: works for viola da gamba - Ibrahim Azizi & Masumi Yamamoto give us a flavour of the sort of programme that an 18th century viola da gamba player might have assembled
George Frideric Handel Works for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord; Ibrahim Aziz, Masumi Yamamoto; First Hand Records Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 15 April 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Spanning works written by Handel, ascribed to him, and arranged by him, as well as arrangements by his contemporaries and by the performers, this disc gives us a sampling of how an 18th century viola da gamba player might have approached Handel's chamber musicThis disc on First Hand Records from viola da gamba player Ibrahim Aziz and harpsichordist Masumi Yamamoto brings together the works that George Frideric Handel wrote for viola da gamba and harpsichord, along with works attributed to him and sonatas arranged from other works. The status of the viola da gamba went through something of a change during the 18th century, going from favoured instrument to something rather old-fashioned. In Italy, this happened quite early […]
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