Continuo Connect — Concert // London Handel Players: A World of Inspiration

Many European Baroque composers were fascinated by music and culture from further afield, and this programme brings together an extraordinary wealth of styles and influences from countries such as Poland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands, India and the British Isles!

The programme of baroque music includes:

Lully: Marche pour la Ceremonie des Turcs from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Rameau: Contredanse en Rondeau from Les Boréades
Corrette: Les Sauvages from Concerto Comique No.25 in G minor
Rameau: Entrée de Polymnie from Les Boréades
Telemann: Concerto for Flute and strings in D major TWV 51:D2 Moderato; Allegro vivace; Largo; Vivace
Schmelzer: Trio Sonata Der Polnische Sackpfeifer
Telemann: Hanasky

Interval

Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D minor Il Gran Mogol RV 431a Allegro non molto; Larghetto; Allegro
Corelli: Violin Sonata Op.5 No.12 in D minor 'La Follia'
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A major K.24, Presto
Murcia and Sanz: Canarios
Matteis: Ground after the Scotch Humour
Purcell: Hornpipes from Ayres for the Theatre, ‘The Married Beau’

Scottish tunes medley:
My Time! O ye muses
Miss Mary Gordon of Braid
Lochail’s away to France
Hon’ble Mrs Maules Reel