Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Keri Fuge explains why she is looking forward to performing Handel's Cantata with us this month.
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Mortal Voices:
Music by Pergolesi, Handel and Corelli
Christian Curnyn director & harpsichord
Keri Fuge soprano
Tim Mead countertenor
Programme:
Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 in D major
Handel Cantata HWV230 'Ah! Che troppo ineguali'
Handel Cantata HWV82 'Il Duello Amoroso'
Pergolesi Stabat Mater
On tour:
Thursday 15 February 2018 7.30pm
Milton Court Concert Hall, London, UK
Friday 16 February 2018 7.30pm
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge UK
Tuesday 20 February 7.30pm
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, UK
Friday 23 February 7.30pm
Assembly Rooms, Bath, UK
Thursday 1 March, 8pm
Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
Keri Fuge explains why she is looking forward to performing Handel's Cantata with us this month.
Subscribe: youtube.com/user/acadofancientmusic
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Mortal Voices:
Music by Pergolesi, Handel and Corelli
Christian Curnyn director & harpsichord
Keri Fuge soprano
Tim Mead countertenor
Programme:
Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 in D major
Handel Cantata HWV230 'Ah! Che troppo ineguali'
Handel Cantata HWV82 'Il Duello Amoroso'
Pergolesi Stabat Mater
On tour:
Thursday 15 February 2018 7.30pm
Milton Court Concert Hall, London, UK
Friday 16 February 2018 7.30pm
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge UK
Tuesday 20 February 7.30pm
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, UK
Friday 23 February 7.30pm
Assembly Rooms, Bath, UK
Thursday 1 March, 8pm
Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
![Handel: Serse | Ombra Mai Fu | Iestyn Davies & Academy of Ancient Music
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Internationally acclaimed countertenor Iestyn Davies sings the achingly lovely aria Ombra mai fu from Handels opera Serse (Xerxes), HWV40. Iestyn is joined by the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Chad Kelly.
OMBRA MAI FU
The opening number from Handels 1738 opera, Serse, this aria was re-discovered in the 19th century and has become one of Handels best-known pieces. Often known simply as Largo from Xerxes, this aria was adapted by Handel from a setting by Giovanni Bononcini, who in turn had adapted it from a setting by Francesco Cavalli.
Sung in the opera by the main character Xerxes I of Persia as he admires the shade of a plane tree:
Ombra mai fu
di vegetabile,
cara ed amabile,
soave più.
Never was a shade
of any plant
dearer and more lovely,
or more sweet.
MUSIC
Ombra Mai Fu
from: Xerses / Serse HWV 40 [1738]
composer: G. F Handel [1685 - 1759]
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
countertenor: Iestyn Davies
directed by: Chad Kelly
leader: Bojan Cicic
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Recorded at St. Jude on the Hill,
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
January 2019
Music Producer: Adrian Peacock
Video director: Guy Wigmore
Recording Engineer: David Hinitt
Project: Academy of Ancient Music Season Sessions 18-19.
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![Handel: Julius Caesar | Se pieta di me non senti | Kiandra Howarth & Academy of Ancient Music
Soprano Kiandra Howarth sings Cleopatras aria Se pieta di me non senti from Handels opera Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 [1724]. Howarth performs with the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Peter Robinson, London, 2019.
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Soprano: Kiandra Howarth
Director/harpsichord: Peter Robinson
Academy of Ancient Music
31 October 2019 | Merchant Taylors Hall, Threadneedle Street, London
Filming: Patrick Allen, Opera Omnia Productions
Audio: Dave Rowell, FILO Classical
assisted by Katie Earl and George Collins
With thanks to the Academy of Ancient Music Strategic Recording Fund and The Nicholas John Trust for making this film possible.
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