Direct from the Royal Albert Hall
Monteverdi Choir
Monteverdi Orchestra, leader Non Liddell, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Part 1
Handel Concerto Grosso No 28, in F major (a due chori)
Motet: Silete venti
Jill Gomez (soprano)

Sir Lennox Berkeley says: "Two pieces of early 18th century music receive their first Prom performances tonight. Handel's Concerti a due chori are little known to the public and the title is somewhat confusing, the word 'chori' meaning instrumental groups. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra by John Eliot Gardiner and they have recently revived many works by Rameau. Les Fetes d'Hebe was an opera-ballet of the type invented largely by Lully."