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Performance on 3: Spitalfields Festival 2010: Episode 1: English Concert

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Episode 1: English Concert

Spitalfields Festival 2010

English Concert

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Harry Bicket conducts the English Concert in music by Purcell, Telemann and Bach.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. In a concert from the 2010 Spitalfields Festival, Harry Bicket conducts the English Concert in baroque repertoire from Purcell, Telemann and Bach.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The English Concert and their director Harry Bicket perform a selection of outstanding works from the Baroque repertory. In this concert from the Spitalfields Festival they are joined by one of the UK's leading young sopranos Elizabeth Watts, for two cantatas by Bach. The first is a secular Italian cantata about which little is known, while the other is one of his most enduring works for soprano and trumpet, brilliantly illustrating the call to 'praise God in every nation.' 

The trumpet also takes centre-stage in the sparkling concerto by Telemann, and in Bach's Suite no.2 it is the flute's turn to shine. The programme opens with the elegant Chacony by Purcell, which retains elements of the stately dance within its varations.

Purcell: Chacony in G minor, Z.807
Telemann: Trumpet concerto in D
Bach: Cantata BWV.209: Non se che sia dolore
Suite no.2 in B minor, BWV.1067
Cantata BWV.51: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Lisa Beznosiuk (flute)
Mark Bennett (trumpet)
English Concert
director Harry Bicket

Followed by a look at past Spitalfields Festivals.

Tarik OâRegan: Scattered Rhymes
Orlando Consort
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
director Paul Hillier 

Gabrieli: Canzon a 7
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Gary Cooper (organ)

Grillo Anima mea
Faye Newton (soprano)
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Gary Cooper (organ)

Andrea Gabrielli   -  o sacrum convivium a 5
Faye Newton (soprano)
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Gary Cooper (organ)

Gabrieli Sonata a 3
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Gary Cooper (organ)

Gabrieli Canzon primi toni  
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Gary Cooper (organ)

Gabrieli Surrexit Christus
Faye Newton (soprano)
Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Eamonn Dougan (baritone)
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts

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Petroc Trelawny presents concerts of baroque music from the 2010 Spitalfields Festival

Petroc Trelawny presents concerts of baroque music from the 2010 Spitalfields Festival. Including Purcell, Telemann, Bach and Monteverdi, as well as jazz improvisations on Monteverdi

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