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Acquaint yourself with Handel and his
music, from his cradle in Halle, to his FRIDAY 4TH OCTOBER
grave in Westminster Abbey. Meet young Dame Emma Kirkby
Handel, exploring early musical ideas VOCAL MASTERCLASS Hear the brightest
in Halle, taking his influences from voices of the future in a masterclass with one
esteemed German musicians a of the world’s greatest early music singers, with
generation older than him. Follow Handel accompaniment by The Brook Street Band.
on his travels to Italy, a young man in 2-5pm • The Chapel £5
his twenties, eager to experience all that Friends, Foes and Fellow-Musicians
Rome, Florence, Naples and Venice had CONCERT & TALK Friends, Foes and Fellow-
to offer, incorporating Italian fire and Musicians features music with a strong East-
flair into his music. Hear the stories not Anglian connection. Handel’s music weaves
just behind the composers, but about the its magic through a programme of fiery solos
and trio sonatas by revered English composers
music itself, about the instruments it was Thomas Arne, Charles Burney, William Boyce,
performed on, and the players who and Joseph Gibbs. The concert includes a talk by
played them. Handel performance experts The Brook Street
Band giving insights into the social and musical
London forms the backdrop to some background to concerts in East Anglia in the
of our Stories about Handel, the city 18th Century.
he first visited in 1710, making it his THE BROOK STREET BAND
permanent home from 1714 to his death Rachel Harris & Kathryn Parry baroque violins
in 1759. We also focus on music-making Tatty Theo baroque cello
Carolyn Gibley harpsichord
in East Anglia, highlighting some of 7.30-9.30pm • The Chapel £15
Handel’s English contemporaries and
exploring how Handel’s music fitted in.
love:HANDEL 2019 brings in Stories of
Handel’s friends and rivals too conjuring
up the musical world of Bach’s Leipzig,
a life that could never have suited
headstrong Handel, unwilling to be tied
to the constraints of church and state.
We end love:HANDEL 2019 with one of
the greatest Stories, that of Acis and
Galatea, bringing a cast of vocal stars
to Norwich to perform Handel’s great
masterpiece. DAVID DE WINTER SUSANNA FAIRBAIRN
The Stories we weave through the music EMMA KIRKBY

bring to life a complicated man, publicly @BrookStreetBand
adored but highly private, scrupulously
fair to working musicians but not above
a bit of professional rivalry, financially
astute and rich beyond most musicians’ @TheBrookStreetBand
dreams, an entrepreneur, an innovator,
a loyal friend and generous benefactor.
He remains above all one of our greatest @tattytheo
composers, and we hope that the Stories
we bring you in love:HANDEL 2019 will
help you fall in love with Handel too.