The Early Music Show

Handel

Live from the Göttingen Handel Festival

Saturday 19 May 2007 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)

Catherine Bott presents the programme direct from the Gottingen Handel Festival in Germany. Her guest is the festival director Nicholas McGegan. Plus live music from members of the Gottingen Festspiele Ensemble, and soloists including Susanne Ryden, Cecile van der Sant, Sophie Daneman, Gerald Thompson and Jose Lemus.

More about Handel

More about the Festival

Duration:

1 hour

EMS in Gottingen

Gottingen and the broadcast

Gottingen Town Hall and Goose Girl

Gottingen's famous "Goose Girl" and town hall

A typical street

Elizabeth Blumenstock, Lisa Weiss and Nicholas McGegan

Hanneke van Proodij, Konstantin Wolff and Phoebe Carrai

Nicholas, Phoebe and David Tayler

The newly restored splendour of the Aula

Playlist

All music by Handel and recorded at the Gottingen Handel Festival 2007

Caro speme (aria from Giulio Cesare)
Diana Moore (mezzo-soprano)
With members of the Gottingen Handel-festspiele Orchestra

Passacaglia (from Suite in G minor HWV 432)
Hanneke van Proosdij (harpsichord)

Piangero (aria from Giulio Cesare)
Sophie Daneman (soprano)
With members of the Gottingen Handel-festspiele Orchestra

Sonata in E minor Op.2 No.9 HWV 394
Elizabeth Blumenstock and Lisa Weiss (violins) / Phoebe Carrai (cello) / David Taylor (theorbo) / Hanneke van Proosdij (harpsichord)

Tu sei core (aria from Giulio Cesare)
Konstantin Wolff (bass)
With members of the Gottingen Handel-festspiele Orchestra

Il Duello Amoroso HWV 82
Susanne Ryden (soprano) / Cecile van der Sant (alto) / Konstantin Wolff (bass)
With members of the Gottingen Handel-festspiele Orchestra

FestspielEnsemble Gottingen:
Elizabeth Blumenstock,Violine
Lisa Weiss, Violine
Phoebe Carrai, Violoncello
David Tayler, Theorbe
Hanneke van Proosdij, Cembalo
Nicholas McGegan, Cembalo