Name: Mozarts Piano Concertos: Completing the Cycle (Animation) | Academy of Ancient Music & Robert Levin @AcademyofAncientMusic
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Mozarts Piano Concertos: Completing the Cycle (Animation) | Academy of Ancient Music & Robert Levin

Academy of Ancient Music 2026-09-27 | Mozarts Piano Concertos: Completing the Cycle (Animation) | Academy of Ancient Music & Robert Levin

Delalande: Simphonies pour les Soupers du Roy | Grande Pièce en G ré sol | Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2022-12-06 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Michel-Richard Delalande (1657-1726), reconstructed Thomas Leconte: Grande Pièce en G ré sol – Deuxième Fantasie ou Caprice from Simphonies pour les Soupers du Roy (1703)

Performed by Academy of Ancient Music, directed from the harpsichord by Paolo Zanzu, at Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 19 May 2022.

~~~

The Sun King, Louis XIV of France, often dined on his own, but this didn’t mean that mealtimes were low-key affairs. The Duchess of Orléans recalled that the King often started with four different plates of soup before moving onto to a whole pheasant, a partridge, some salad, ham and lamb, pastries and fruit, the whole thing rounded off with some boiled eggs, every dish carefully tested to make sure that it was poison- free by the King’s dedicated team of tasters. It was an honour to be invited to watch the King at his mastications, and keeping a careful eye on the meal was an officier de bouche whose job it was to spot every time the King took a drink, and to command everyone present to follow suit with the words: ‘À boire pour le Roi!’

Since the King had no conversation to keep him entertained during this ritual, music played an important role. And in charge of this aspect of proceedings was the composer, organist and maître de musique de la chambre Michel-Richard Delalande. Two decades after Delalande’s death in 1726 a sumptuous collection appeared of music that he had composed for the King’s table, though it would be more accurate to say that the music was compiled from other Delalande works taken from various divertissements and ballets. The title of this collection makes clear
that these simphonies were performed only once a fortnight, rarely enough that they might be regarded as something of a special occasion rather than day-to-day background music. And of all the simphonies, we’re told that this second Fantasie in G minor was one that the king often asked to hear. Its mix of sombre chaconne-style variations, expansive lyrical melody and fleet-footed fast music would have struck a chord with an arts-loving king who was as tuned in to fine music as he was to his beloved dancing.

The reconstruction of the inner parts of Grande Pièce en G ré sol performed this evening are by Thomas Leconte, Centre de musique baroque de Versailles.

Programme notes © Sandy Burnett, 2022

~~~

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Handel: Messiah | He shall feed his flock | Academy of Ancient Music & VOCES8

Academy of Ancient Music 2022-11-30 | Join us at our next performance of Messiah on 16 December: aam.co.uk

Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto & Eleonore Cockerham, soprano, sing 'He shall feed his flock' from Handel's Messiah, recorded live at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Academy of Ancient Music
VOCES8 and Apollo5
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Conductor: Barnaby Smith
Leader: Bojan Čičić

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Handel: Messiah | Sinfony | Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2022-11-17 | Join us on 16 December in London for Handel's Messiah: aam.co.uk

Handel’s great choral retelling of the life of Christ: the opening movement of Messiah HWV56, performed by Academy of Ancient Music (orchestra and choir), directed by Richard Egarr. Recorded live at London's Barbican Hall, 19 December 2020.

Extract from the live broadcast from the Barbican Centre.

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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons | Spring | Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2022-10-17 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Wintery blizzards, hazy summer days, barking dogs and singing birds – you can hear them all in Vivaldi’s most popular work, performed here by the Academy of Ancient Music and violinist Rachel Podger.

Gramophone’s 2018 Artist of the Year, Rachel Podger, brings her distinctive verve and zeal to the Four Seasons, performed live as the centrepiece of a programme that celebrates the ground-breaking innovations of the Baroque era: a time which saw the liberation and transformation of the violin into the virtuosic solo instrument we know and love today.

00:00:00 I. Allegro
00:03:37 II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
00:06:07 III. Allegro pastorale

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "Spring" (La primavera)

Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr | director & harpsichord
Rachel Podger | violin

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Recorded at Barbican Hall, London
27 June 2021
Audio & Video: Live from the Barbican

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Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat | First Movement – Allegro | Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2022-09-15 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

The first movement of Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat Hob.I:105 (1792), recorded live at Milton Court Concert Hall, London.

Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings, director & harpsichord

Recorded at Milton Court Concert Hall, on Thursday 10 March 2022.

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Haydn: The Creation | Now heaven in fullest glory shines | Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2022-09-06 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

An extract from the live performance of The Creation by Joseph Haydn, 28 September 2021.

Matthew Brook | bass-baritone

Academy of Ancient Music

Laurance Cummings | conductor

Nina Dunn Studios | video & projection design

Co-produced by Academy of Ancient Music and the Barbican.

~~~
Now heaven in fullest glory shone;
Earth smiled in all her rich attire;
The room of air by fowl is fill'd;
The water swell'd by shoals of fish;
By heavy beasts the ground is trod:
But all the work was not complete;
There wanted yet that wondrous being,
That, grateful, should God's power admire,
With heart and voice His goodness praise.

Haydn: The Creation | Straight opening her fertile womb | Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2022-08-22 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

An extract from the live performance of The Creation by Joseph Haydn, 28 September 2021.

Matthew Brook | bass-baritone

Academy of Ancient Music

Laurance Cummings | conductor

Nina Dunn Studios | video & projection design

Co-produced by Academy of Ancient Music and the Barbican.

~~~
Straight opening her fertile womb, the earth obey’d the word, and teem’d creatures numberless, in perfect forms and fully grown. Cheerful roaring stands the tawny lion. In sudden leaps the flexible tiger appears. The nimble stag bears up his branching head. With flying mane and fiery look, impatient neighs the sprightly steed. The cattle in herds already seek their food on fields and meadows green. And o’er the ground, as plants, are spread the fleecy, meek and bleating flock. Unnumber’d as the sands in whirls arose the host of insects. In long dimensions creeps with sinuous trace the worm.

Haydn: The Creation | The heavens are telling | Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2022-07-26 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

An extract from the live performance of The Creation by Joseph Haydn, 28 September 2021.

Mary Bevan | soprano
Stuart Jackson | tenor
Matthew Brook | bass-baritone

Academy of Ancient Music

Laurance Cummings | conductor

Nina Dunn Studios | video & projection design

Co-produced by Academy of Ancient Music and the Barbican.

~~~
14. CHORUS WITH TRIO
The heavens are telling the glory of God;
The wonder of His work displays the firmament.

GABRIEL, URIEL, RAPHAEL
To-day that is coming speaks it the day,
The night that is gone to following night.

CHORUS
The heavens are telling the glory of God;
The wonder of His work displays the firmament.

GABRIEL, URIEL, RAPHAEL
In all the lands resounds the word,
Never unperceived, ever understood.

CHORUS
The heavens are telling the glory of God;
The wonder of His work displays the firmament.

~~~

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Handel | Sonata in G major, Op.5 No.4 | Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2022-07-15 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Sonata in G major, Op.5 No.4 by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759). Recorded live at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.

0:00 Allegro
2:16 A tempo ordinario – Allegro, non presto – Adagio
6:21 Passacaille
11:08 Gigue
12:10 Menuet

Bojan Čičić, violin
Liz MacCarthy, violin
Jane Rogers, viola
Sarah McMahon, cello
Judith Evans, double bass
William Carter, theorbo
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord & director

Recorded live at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, on Friday 12th February, 2021.

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Dowland | Come again, sweet love | Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2022-06-24 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

'Come again, sweet love' by John Dowland (1563–1626), performed live at Milton Court Concert Hall, London.

Anna Dennis, soprano soloist
Thomas Walker, tenor soloist

Jessica Gillingwater, soprano
Martha McClorinan, alto
Jimmy Holliday, bass

Academy of Ancient Music

~~~

Come again!
Sweet love doth now invite
Thy graces that refrain
To do me due delight,
To see, to hear, to touch, to kiss, to die,
With thee again in sweetest sympathy.

Come again!
That I may cease to mourn
Through thy unkind disdain;
For now left and forlorn
I sit, I sigh, I weep, I faint, I die
In deadly pain and endless misery.

All the day
The sun that lends me shine
By frowns do cause me pine
And feeds me with delay;
Her smiles, my springs that makes my joys to grow,
Her frowns the Winters of my woe.

All the night
My sleeps are full of dreams,
My eyes are full of streams.
My heart takes no delight
To see the fruits and joys that some do find
And mark the storms are me assign'd.

Out alas,
My faith is ever true,
Yet will she never rue
Nor yield me any grace;
Her eyes of fire, her heart of flint is made,
Whom tears nor truth may once invade.

Gentle Love,
Draw forth thy wounding dart,
Thou canst not pierce her heart;
For I, that do approve
By sighs and tears more hot than are thy shafts
Did tempt while she for triumph laughs.

~~~

Beethoven | Duo No.1 in C major for clarinet and bassoon

Academy of Ancient Music 2022-03-20 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Duo No.1 in C for clarinet and bassoon, WoO27

0:00 Allegro commodo
4:14 Larghetto sostenuto
6:29 Rondo: Allegretto

Katherine Spencer, clarinet
Peter Whelan, bassoon

Recorded at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, on 21 May 2021.

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Handel | Passacaille from Sonata in G major Op.5 No.4 | Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2021-04-09 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

The Academy of Ancient Music performs the Passacaille from Georg Frideric Handel's Sonata in G Major Op.5 No.4, directed by Laurence Cummings. Excerpted from Suonare è danzare, the opening concert of AAM Live 2021, the performance was broadcast in HD from West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge.

Handel was a consummate musical recycler, and so it comes as no surprise that the central Passacaille of his Sonata Op.5 No.4 is adapted from the ballet in his opera Radamisto of 1720. Eighteenth century music survived only when performed or (less frequently) printed. An oratorio or opera might never be revived but its melodies didn’t have to die with it. Incorporated into playable, affordable domestic music, they lost none of their magnetism.

AAM Live 2021 continues on 14 April 2021 with a programme of music by Dario Castello, Barbara Strozzi and Claudio Monteverdi. To watch this live concert via HD broadcast, visit live.aam.co.uk/concerts/in-stil-moderno-music-of-castello-strozzi-and-claudio-monteverdi/.

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
directed by: Laurence Cummings
leader: Bojan Čičić

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Recorded at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
12 February 2021
Audio & Video: Stagecast Ltd

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JS Bach: St Matthew Passion | Erbarme Dich, mein Gott | Iestyn Davies & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2021-04-04 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Internationally acclaimed countertenor Iestyn Davies joins soloist and AAM leader Bojan Čičić, director Chad Kelly and the Academy of Ancient Music for JS Bach's 'Erbarme Dich, mein Gott' from the St Matthew Passion, BWV244 [1727].

PROGRAMME:
JS Bach
'Erbarme Dich, mein Gott' from St Matthew Passion BWV244 [1727]
= = = = = =

'Erbarme dich, mein Gott,
Um meiner Zähren willen!
Schaue hier, Herz und Auge
Weint vor dir bitterlich.
Erbarme dich, mein Gott.'

'Have mercy, my God,
for the sake of my tears!
See here, before you
heart and eyes weep bitterly.
Have mercy, my God.'

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
countertenor: Iestyn Davies
leader and violin soloist: Bojan Čičić
directed by: Chad Kelly

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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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Eccles: Semele | See, after the toils | Bethany Horak-Hallett & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2021-02-05 | Mezzo soprano Bethany Horak-Hallett sings 'See, after the Toils of an amorous Fight' from John Eccles' 'Semele' (1707), to a libretto by William Congreve. Horak-Hallett is joined by soloist and AAM leader Bojan Čičić, with Julian Perkins directing the Academy of Ancient Music in this performance from November 2019, at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK.

'See, after the Toils of an amorous Fight,
Where weary and pleas’d, still panting she lies;
While yet in her Mind she repeats the Delight;
How sweet is the Slumber that steals on her Eyes!'

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
mezzo soprano Bethany Horak-Hallett
directed by: Julian Perkins
leader and soloist: Bojan Čičić

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Recorded at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge
November, 2019
Executive Producer: Alexander Van Ingen
Filming: Will Gray
Audio: Dave Rowell, assisted by James Waterhouse

With thanks to the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the generous donors of the AAM Strategic Recording Fund.
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Eccles: Semele | Be wise as you are beautiful | Helen Charlston & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2021-01-29 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Mezzo soprano Helen Charlston sings 'Be wise as you are beautiful... Unknowing your Intent' from John Eccles' 'Semele' (1707), to a libretto by William Congreve. The Academy of Ancient Music is directed from the harpsichord by Julian Perkins in this performance from November 2019, at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK.

In partnership with Cambridge Handel Opera Company and Cambridge Early Music, AAM is proud to present the first professional recording of this scintillating work, the first setting of the great English 'Semele' libretto by William Congreve, better known in G. F. Handel’s version of 1744.

The album launched on 29 January 2021 - order your copy here: aam.co.uk/product/eccles-semele

'Be wise as you are beautiful,
Nor lose this Opportunity.
When Jove appears,
All ardent with Desire,
Refuse his proffer’d Flame
’Till you obtain a Boon without a Name.
Unknowing your Intent,
And eager for possessing,
He unawares will grant
The nameless Blessing,.
But bind him by the Stygian Lake,
Lest Lover-like his Word he break.'

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
mezzo soprano: Helen Charlston
directed by: Julian Perkins
leader: Bojan Čičić

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Recorded at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge
November, 2019
Executive Producer: Alexander Van Ingen
Filming: Will Gray
Audio: Dave Rowell, assisted by James Waterhouse

With thanks to the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the generous donors of the AAM Strategic Recording Fund.
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Eccles: Semele | Turn, hopeless lover | Aoife Miskelly & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2021-01-22 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Aoife Miskelly sings 'Turn, Hopeless Lover' from John Eccles setting of 'Semele' (1707), to a libretto by William Congreve. The Academy of Ancient Music is directed from the harpsichord by Julian Perkins in this performance from November 2019, at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK.

In partnership with Cambridge Handel Opera Company and Cambridge Early Music, AAM is proud to present the first professional recording of this scintillating work, the first setting of the great English 'Semele' libretto by William Congreve, better known in G. F. Handel’s version of 1744.

Pre-ordering is now available - visit aam.co.uk/product/eccles-semele

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
soprano: Aoife Miskelly
directed by: Julian Perkins
leader: Bojan Čičić

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Recorded at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge
November, 2019
Executive Producer: Alexander Van Ingen
Filming: Will Gray
Audio: Dave Rowell, assisted by James Waterhouse

With thanks to the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the generous donors of the AAM Strategic Recording Fund.
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Handel: Messiah | Amen | VOCES8 & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-12-31 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Internationally acclaimed vocal group VOCES8 headline the Academy of Ancient Music's performance of GF Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah HWV56, recorded live at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. In this final 'Amen' chorus, VOCES8 are joined by Apollo5 and the VOCES8 Foundation Choir, conducted by Barnaby Smith.

Watch the full concert film here: youtu.be/lFjQ77ol2DI

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Academy of Ancient Music
VOCES8 and Apollo5
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Conductor: Barnaby Smith
Leader: Bojan Čičić

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Handel: Messiah | Hallelujah Chorus | VOCES8 & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-12-14 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Internationally acclaimed vocal group VOCES8 headline the Academy of Ancient Music's performance of GF Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah HWV56, recorded live at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. In the famous 'Hallelujah' chorus, VOCES8 are joined by Apollo5 and the VOCES8 Foundation Choir, conducted by Barnaby Smith.

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VOCES8 and Apollo5
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Conductor: Barnaby Smith
Leader: Bojan Čičić

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Handel: Messiah | Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain | VOCES8 & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-12-11 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Internationally acclaimed vocal group VOCES8 headline the Academy of Ancient Music's performance of GF Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah HWV56, recorded live at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. In this chorus 'Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain', VOCES8 are joined by Apollo5 and the VOCES8 Foundation Choir, conducted by Barnaby Smith.

Watch the full concert film here: youtu.be/lFjQ77ol2DI

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Academy of Ancient Music
VOCES8 and Apollo5
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Conductor: Barnaby Smith
Leader: Bojan Čičić

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John Eccles: Semele | Academy of Ancient Music, Cambridge Handel Opera, Cambridge Early Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-12-06 | The Academy of Ancient Music, Cambridge Handel Opera Company, Cambridge Early Music and Julian Perkins are proud to present the first professional recording of John Eccles’s scintillating 'Semele' (c.1707), the first setting of the great English libretto by William Congreve, better known in G. F. Handel’s version of 1744. Tenor Rory Carver, baritone Richard Burkhard and soprano Anna Dennis join Perkins and members of the Academy of Ancient Music to preview the recording ahead of its release on 29 January 2021.

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'Semele' (c.1707) | John Eccles (c.1668–1735)
Libretto by William Congreve (1670–1729)

CAST:
(Gods)
Jupiter, King of the Gods - Richard Burkhard, baritone
Juno, Queen of the Gods - Helen Charlston, mezzo soprano
Iris, handmaid to Juno - Héloïse Bernard, soprano
Cupid, God of Love - Bethany Horak-Hallett, mezzo soprano
Somnus, God of Sleep - Christopher Foster, bass
Apollo, Sun God and God of Prophecy - Jolyon Loy, baritone

(Mortals)
Cadmus, King of Thebes - Jonathan Brown, baritone
Semele, daughter of Cadmus - Anna Dennis, soprano
Ino, sister of Semele - Aoife Miskelly, soprano
Athamas, a prince of Bœotia - William Wallace, tenor
Chief Priest - Graeme Broadbent, bass
Second Priest / First Augur - Rory Carver, tenor
Third Priest / Second Augur - James Rhoads, tenor

Julian Perkins, Director & Harpsichord
Academy of Ancient Music
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Handel: Messiah | For unto us a child is born | VOCES8 & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-12-04 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Internationally acclaimed vocal group VOCES8 headline the Academy of Ancient Music's performance of GF Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah HWV56, recorded live at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. In this chorus 'For Unto Us A Child Is Born', VOCES8 are joined by Apollo5 and the VOCES8 Foundation Choir, conducted by Barnaby Smith.

Watch the full concert film here: youtu.be/lFjQ77ol2DI

Download the concert programme here: issuu.com/academy-of-ancient-music/docs/aam_programme_messiah_with_voces8_dec_2019__for_is

Academy of Ancient Music
VOCES8 and Apollo5
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Conductor: Barnaby Smith
Leader: Bojan Čičić

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Handel: Messiah | He trusted in God | VOCES8 & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-11-27 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Internationally acclaimed vocal group VOCES8 headline the Academy of Ancient Music's performance of GF Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah HWV56, recorded live at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge in December 2019. In this rousing fugal chorus 'He Trusted In God', VOCES8 are joined by Apollo5 and the VOCES8 Foundation Choir, conducted by Barnaby Smith.

Watch the full concert film here: youtu.be/lFjQ77ol2DI

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Academy of Ancient Music
VOCES8 and Apollo5
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Conductor: Barnaby Smith
Leader: Bojan Čičić

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Introducing Laurence Cummings | AAM announces new Music Director

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-11-18 | The Academy of Ancient Music is delighted to announce the appointment of Laurence Cummings as Music Director from the 2021-22 season. One of Britain's most exciting and versatile exponents of historical performance both as a conductor and a harpsichord player, Cummings is a noted authority on Handel, The Guardian lauding him as “one of the composer’s best advocates in the world".

AAM Chief Executive John McMunn comments: “Laurence Cummings is acclaimed for his virtuosity at the keyboard, the energy and verve he brings to the concert platform as a director, and for his staunch advocacy for the historical-performance of baroque and classical music. I can think of no better musician to take the baton from Richard Egarr as AAM approaches its 50th anniversary in 2023.”

Laurence Cummings comments: “I’m delighted to join with the Academy of Ancient Music to develop what the orchestra already has, to explore this wonderful repertoire that we all love with such a passion, and hopefully to reveal something new and fresh to the modern ear.”

AAM Chair Philip Jones comments: “We are tremendously excited to welcome Laurence as our Music Director designate. Laurence’s scintillating performances and direction are well-known, both to our audiences in London and Cambridge, and around the globe. I very much look forward to working with him over the coming years as we continue to explore, reveal and preserve the great treasure house of baroque and classical music.”

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Filming: Simon Wall with TallWall Media

Location: Handel & Hendrix in London

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro | Dove sono i bei momenti | Kiandra Howarth & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-10-31 | Soprano Kiandra Howarth sings Countess Almaviva's aria 'E Susanna non vien!... Dove sono i bei momenti' from W. A. Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 [1786]. Howarth performs with the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Peter Robinson, London, 2019.

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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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Boccherini | Overture in D Major, G. 521 | Academy of Ancient Music & Richard Egarr

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-10-09 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

The Academy of Ancient Music and Music Director Richard Egarr perform the sprightly Symphony (Overture) in D Major, G. 521 (Op. 43) by Luigi Boccherini, composed c. 1790.

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MUSIC
Symphony (Overture) in D major, G. 521 (Op. 43)
Luigi Boccherini, c. 1790.

i - Allegro con molto spirito 00:00
ii - Andantino 02:30
iii - Allegro come prima 04:10

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
director: Richard Egarr
leader: Bojan Čičić

Recorded at All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London
Music Producer: Matthew Bennett
Balance Engineer: Dave Rowell
Filming: Guy Wigmore

Project: Season Sessions 18-19.

#Boccherini #Overture

Handel: Messiah | And the glory of the Lord | VOCES8 & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-09-11 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Internationally acclaimed vocal group VOCES8 headline the Academy of Ancient Music's performance of GF Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah HWV56, recorded live at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. In this chorus 'And The Glory Of The Lord', VOCES8 are joined by Apollo5 and the VOCES8 Foundation Choir, conducted by Barnaby Smith.

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Academy of Ancient Music
VOCES8 and Apollo5
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Conductor: Barnaby Smith
Leader: Bojan Čičić

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Handel: Messiah | And he shall purify | VOCES8 & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-07-31 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Internationally acclaimed vocal group VOCES8 headline the Academy of Ancient Music's performance of GF Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah HWV56, recorded live at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. In this chorus excerpt 'And He Shall Purify', VOCES8 are joined by Apollo5 and the VOCES8 Foundation Choir, conducted by Barnaby Smith.

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Academy of Ancient Music
VOCES8 and Apollo5
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Conductor: Barnaby Smith
Leader: Bojan Čičić

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Bach: St. Matthew Passion | Mein Jesus schweigt | Jaeil Kim & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-07-10 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Tenor Jaeil Kim sings 'Mein Jesus schweigt' from JS Bach's St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 [1727]. Kim performs with the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Peter Robinson, London, 2019.

'Mein Jesus schweigt
Zu falschen Lügen stille,
Um uns damit zu zeigen,
Daß sein erbarmensvoller Wille
vor uns zum Leiden sei geneigt,
Und daß wir in dergleichen Pein
Ihm sollen ähnlich sein
Und in Verfolgung stille schweigen.

Geduld, Geduld!
Wenn mich falsche Zungen stechen.
Leid ich wider meine Schuld
Schimpf und Spott,
Ei, so mag der liebe Gott
Meines Herzens Unschuld rächen.'
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'My Jesus is silent
at false lies,
in order to show us
that his merciful will
is bent on suffering for us,
and that we, in the same trouble,
should be like him
and keep silent under persecution.

Patience, patience!
When false tongues pierce.
Although I suffer, contrary to my due,
shame and scorn,
indeed, dear God shall
revenge the innocence of my heart.'
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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.
#Aria #Tenor

Handel | Eternal Source of Light Divine | Soraya Mafi, David Blackadder & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-06-12 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Soprano Soraya Mafi sings Georg Frideric Handel's 'Eternal Source of Light Divine' from the first movement of the Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV74. David Blackadder stars as trumpet soloist and the Academy of Ancient Music is directed by Chad Kelly in this live performance from Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, UK.

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Soprano: Soraya Mafi
Trumpet: David Blackadder
Director, harpsichord & organ: Chad Kelly
Academy of Ancient Music
Leader: James Toll

Filmed live in concert from Leeds Town Hall, March 2020
Filming: Stagecast - Matt Parkin & John Parkin
Audio: David Hinitt

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Rejoice! Music of Bach, Handel & Purcell | Academy of Ancient Music [Full concert]

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-06-07 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Royal Wedding (and AAM principal) trumpeter David Blackadder joins soprano Rowan Pierce and the Academy of Ancient Music for 'Rejoice!', a spirited programme of Bach, Handel, Purcell and Corelli.

Free-to-download PDF programme here: issuu.com/academy-of-ancient-music/docs/aam_rejoice_22_and_24_october_issuu

PROGRAMME:
00:00:00 CLARKE - Mr. Shore's Trumpett Tune (unknown)

00:10:01 HANDEL - "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion" from Messiah (1741)

00:15:47 CORELLI - Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No.7 (1714)

00:26:44 TORELLI - Concerto for Trumpet in D major (unknown)

00:34:44 HANDEL - Gloria in Excelsis Deo (c.1707)

00:51:49 D. PURCELL - "Sound The Trumpet" from The Masque of Hymen (c.1696)

00:53:45 HANDEL - "Let the Bright Seraphim" from Samson, HWV57 (1743)

01:01:30 HANDEL - Concerto grosso in G major, Op.6 No.1, HWV319 (1739)

01:15:20 J.S. BACH - Cantata "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", BWV51 (1730)

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Rowan Pierce, soprano
David Blackadder, trumpet
Bojan Čičić, leader
Academy of Ancient Music

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Handel | Agrippina [Full Opera]

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-05-31 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Join us for Handel's first smash-hit of the opera genre, 'Agrippina', in a sumptuous, fully-staged production. From the captivating vision of director Walter Sutcliffe, 'Agrippina' combines fresh, inventive operatic writing with a vivid tale of love, treachery and intrigue. Featuring a glittering cast and orchestra led by Robert Howarth, this magnificent production does true justice to what many consider to be Handel's first masterpiece of the genre.

MUSIC:
George Frideric Handel, 'Agrippina' HWV6 [1710], to text by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani.

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CAST & CREW:
Claudio | Ashley Riches
Agrippina | Anna Bonitatibus
Nerone | Raffaele Pe
Poppea | Stefanie True
Ottone | Christopher Ainslie
Pallante | Alex Otterburn
Narciso | James Hall
Lesbo | Jonathan Best

Conductor | Robert Howarth
Leader | Bojan Čičić
Orchestra | Academy of Ancient Music
Assistant Conductor and Repetiteur | Oliver John Ruthven

Violin I
Bojan Čičić
Persephone Gibbs
Liz MacCarthy
Elin White
Conor Gricmanis
Oliver Cave

Violin II
Rebecca Livermore
William Thorp
Alice Earll
Pierre Joubert
Joanna Lawrence

Viola
Jane Rogers
Marina Ascherson
Clare Barwick
Emma Alter

'Cello
Joseph Crouch
Imogen Seth-Smith
George Ross
Henrik Persson
Josh Salter

Double Bass
Judith Evans
Dawn Baker

Oboe (/Recorder)
Leo Duarte
Hanna Lindeijer
Lars Henriksson

Bassoon
Sally Holman

Theorbo
William Carter

Trumpet
David Blackadder
Robert Vanryne
Phillip Bainbridge

Timpani
Benedict Hoffnung
Robert Howes

Harpsichord
Oliver John Ruthven

Director | Walter Sutcliffe
Associate Director | Katharina Kastening
Designer | Jon Bausor
Lighting Designer | Wolfgang Göbbel
Language Coach | Matteo Dalle Fratte
Production Manager | Tom Nickson
Costume Supervisor | Sydney Florence
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Michael Collins conducts Mozart | Academy of Ancient Music [Full Concert]

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-05-24 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Distinguished instrumentalist Michael Collins makes his AAM conducting debut in a concert of Mozart, Salieri and Amalia, joined by clarinetist Nicola Boud and soprano Soraya Mafi. Audio recorded live at Milton Court Concert Hall, 29 November 2018.

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PROGRAMME:
SALIERI:
00:00:00 Symphony in D major "Sinfonia Veneziana" (1786)

MOZART:
00:09:27 Symphony No. 27 in G major, K199 (c1773-75)

00:23:44 'Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben' from Zaide (1779)

00:29:52 'Nehmt meinen Dank', K383 (1782)

00:33:22 'Aer tranquillo e dì sereni' from Il rè pastore (1775)

DA SILVA PEREIRA
00:41:22 Sinfonia in D

AMALIA:
00:44:49 Overture from Erwin und Elmire (1776)

00:49:44MOZART: Symphony No. 16 in C major, K128 (1772) Clarinet Concerto (1791)

01:03:05 Clarinet Concerto (1791)

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Academy of Ancient Music
Director: Michael Collins
Clarinet: Nicola Boud
Soprano: Soraya Mafi
Leader: Bojan Cicic

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Bach: St. John Passion | Voces8 and Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-05-17 | Join us for our next concert! See where we're performing: aam.co.uk

JS Bach's monumental telling of the Easter story, his St. John Passion, performed by the Academy of Ancient Music, VOCES8, Apollo5, and the VOCES8 Foundation Choir, directed by Barnaby Smith. Live in concert from the Milton Abbey International Summer Music Festival, August 2019.

Full programme here: bit.ly/2Wuzfbv

MUSIC:
Johann Sebastian Bach, St. John Passion, BWV 245
recorded LIVE at Milton Abbey as part of the 2019 Milton Abbey International Music Festival

VOCES8
Apollo5
The VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Academy of Ancient Music

Conductor: Barnaby Smith
Leader: Bojan Čičić
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00:00:00 Herr unser Herrscher (Chor)
00:10:33 Jesum von Nazareth (Chor)
00:11:50 O große Lieb (Choral)
00:13:36 Dein Will gescheh (Choral)
00:15:12 Von den Stricken meiner Sünden (Arie)
00:20:24 Ich folge dir gleichfalls (Arie)
00:26:50 Wer hat dich so geschlagen (Choral)
00:28:53 Bist du nicht seiner Jünger (Chor)
00:30:37 Ach, mein Sinn (Arie)
00:33:09 Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück (Choral)
00:34:31 Christus, der uns selig macht (Choral)
00:36:13 Wäre dieser nicht einer Übeltäter (Chor)
00:39:38 Ach großer König (Choral)
00:42:40 Nicht diesen, sondern Barrabam (Chor)
00:43:17 Betrachte, meine Seel (Arioso)
00:45:51 Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken (Arie)
00:54:43 Sei gegrüßet, lieber Jüdenkönig (Chor)
00:56:04 Kreuzige, kreuzige (Chor)
00:57:18 Wir haben ein Gesetz (Chor)
00:59:54 Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn (Choral)
01:01:01 Lässest du diesen los (Chor)
01:02:52 Weg, weg mit dem (Chor)
01:03:58 Wir haben keinen König (Chor)
01:04:54 Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen (Arie)
01:09:53 Schreibe nicht: der Jüden König (Chor)
01:10:47 In meines Herzens Grunde (Choral)
01:12:23 Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen (Chor)
01:15:13 Er nam alles wohl in acht (Choral)
01:17:53 Es ist vollbracht (Arie)
01:23:25 Mein teurer Heiland (Arie)
01:29:16 Zerfließe, mein Herze (Arie)
01:38:17 O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn (Choral)
01:41:11 Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine (Chor)
01:49:05 Ach Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein (Choral)

Eccles: Semele | Academy of Ancient Music [Full Opera]

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-05-10 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

The Academy of Ancient Music joins forces with Cambridge Handel Opera Company and Cambridge Early Music for a production of John Eccles' opera 'Semele' [c.1707]. A powerful setting of text by William Congreve, Eccles' masterwork fell neglected beneath the shadow of Handel's secular oratorio of the same name, premiering in 1744. The Academy of Ancient Music, CHOC and CEM are pioneering a major recording project of Eccles' 'Semele', endeavouring to elevate this under-appreciated work with a deluxe album release in early 2021.

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Free PDF programme: issuu.com/academy-of-ancient-music/docs/semele_programme_final_reduced

PROGRAMME:
'Semele' (c.1707) | John Eccles (c.1668 - 1735)
Libretto by William Congreve (1670 - 1729)

CAST:
(Gods)
Jupiter, King of the Gods - Richard Burkhard, baritone
Juno, Queen of the Gods - Helen Charlston, mezzo soprano
Iris, handmaid to Juno - Héloïse Bernard, soprano
Cupid, God of Love - Bethany Horak-Hallett, mezzo soprano
Somnus, God of Sleep - Christopher Foster, bass
Apollo, Sun God and God of Prophecy - Jolyon Loy, baritone

(Mortals)
Cadmus, King of Thebes - Jonathan Brown, baritone
Semele, daughter of Cadmus - Anna Dennis, soprano
Ino, sister of Semele - Aoife Miskelly, soprano
Athamas, a prince of Bœotia - William Wallace, tenor
Chief Priest - Graeme Broadbent,bass
Second Priest / First Augur - Rory Carver, tenor
Third Priest / Second Augur - James Rhoads, tenor

Julian Perkins, Director
Academy of Ancient Music
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The Art of the Lute: Bach, Vivaldi, Buxtehude | Academy of Ancient Music [Full Concert]

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International lute sensation Thomas Dunford joins the Academy of Ancient Music to direct and perform a programme of Vivaldi, Bach and Buxtehude, recorded LIVE from London's Milton Court Concert Hall.

Download the concert programme here: issuu.com/academy-of-ancient-music/docs/aam_dunford_20_feb_2020_issuu

PROGRAMME:
J.S. BACH
Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV1067 (1738-39)

JIRÁNEK
Flute Concerto in G, II. Adagio ('Mystery Music')

VIVALDI
Concerto from Trio Sonata in C major, RV82 (c.1730-31)

J.S. BACH
Suite in G minor, BWV995 (c.1727–31)

BUXTEHUDE
Trio Sonata for violin, viola da gamba and continuo in B flat major, Op.1 No.4, BuxWV255 (1694 )
with Bojan Čičić, violin
Imogen Seth-Smith, viola da gamba
Stephen Farr, continuo

VIVALDI
Concerto for Lute in D major, RV93 (c.1730-31)

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Academy of Ancient Music
Director & lute: Thomas Dunford
Leader: Bojan Cicic

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Viktoria Mullova: Bach & Haydn | Academy of Ancient Music [Full Concert]

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-04-19 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Internationally revered violinist Viktoria Mullova joins countertenor James Hall, director Richard Egarr and AAM for a programme of Bach, Haydn and Grimani in a live concert recording from London's Milton Court Concert Hall.

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PROGRAMME:
GRIMANI
Sinfonia from Pallade e Marte (1713) 00:00:003

C.P.E. BACH
Symphony No.4 in A major, H660 (1773) 00:04:24

J.S. BACH
Cantata "Bekennen will ich seinen Namen", BWV200 (c.1742) 00:16:48
Concerto for Violin No.1 in A minor, BWV1041 (between 1717-23 or 1730) 00:22:35
"Erbarme Dich, mein Gott" from St. Matthew Passion BWV244 (1727) 00:36:58

HAYDN
Symphony No. 4 in D major, HobI:4 (between 1747–1761) 00:44:45
"Fac me vere tecum flere" from Stabat Mater, HobXXa:1 (1767) 01:00:44
Concerto for Violin in G major, HobVIIa:4 (c.1760s) 01:07:47

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Academy of Ancient Music
Violinist: Viktoria Mullova
Countertenor: James Hall
Director: Richard Egarr
Leader: Bojan Cicic

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Bach: St Matthew Passion | Erbarme Dich | James Hall & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-04-17 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Countertenor James Hall joins soloist and AAM leader Bojan Čičić and the Academy of Ancient Music for JS Bach's gorgeous 'Erbarme Dich, mein Gott' from St Matthew Passion, BWV244 [1727]. Performed live in concert at London's Milton Court Concert Hall.

PROGRAMME:
JS Bach
'Erbarme Dich, mein Gott' from St Matthew Passion BWV244 [1727]
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Academy of Ancient Music
Countertenor: James Hall
Leader: Bojan Čičić

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Bach: St. John Passion | Est ist vollbracht | Claire Barnett-Jones & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-04-13 | Mezzo-soprano Claire Barnett-Jones sings 'Est ist vollbracht' from J. S. Bach's St. John Passion, BWV 245 [1723]. Barnett-Jones performs with the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Peter Robinson, London, 2019.

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.
#Aria #Bach

Handel: Messiah | Voces8 and Academy of Ancient Music [Full Concert]

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-04-12 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Internationally acclaimed vocal group VOCES8 headline the Academy of Ancient Music's performance of Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah, recorded live at the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Academy of Ancient Music
VOCES8 and Apollo5
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Conductor: Barnaby Smith
Leader: Bojan Čičić

PROGRAMME:
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
'Messiah' HWV56

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PART THE FIRST
00:00 - Symphony
03:25 - 'Comfort Ye My People' (Blake Morgan, tenor)
06:49 - 'Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted' (Euan Williamson, tenor)
10:28 - 'And The Glory Of The Lord'
13:19 - 'Thus Saith The Lord' (Christopher Moore, bass)
14:42 - 'But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming' (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
19:05 - 'And He Shall Purify'
21:33 - 'Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive' (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
22:10 - 'O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
27:28 - 'For Unto Us A Child Is Born'
31:47 - Pastoral Symphony
32:55 - 'There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field' (Eleonore Cockerham, soprano)
33:53 - 'And Suddenly There Was With An Angel' (Eleonore Cockerham, soprano)
36:04 - 'Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion' (Penelope Appleyard, soprano)
40:45 - 'Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind' (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto)
41:21 - 'He Shall Feed His Flock' (Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto & Eleonore Cockerham, soprano)
46:51 - 'His Yoke Is Easy'
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PART THE SECOND
49:26 - 'Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs'
51:07 - 'And With His Stripes We Are Healed'
53:02 - 'And We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray'
56:53 - 'All They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scorn' (Euan Williamson, tenor)
57:33 - 'He Trusted In God'
01:00:05 - 'Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together?' (Frederick Long, bass)
01:02:38 - 'Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder'
01:04:33 - 'He That Dwelleth In Heaven' (Oliver Martin-Smith, tenor)
01:04:47 - 'Thou Shalt Break Them' (Oliver Martin-Smith, tenor)
01:07:02 - 'Hallelujah'
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PART THE THIRD
01:11:01 - 'I Know That My Redeemer Liveth' (Andrea Haines, soprano)
01:17:50 - 'Since By Man Came Death'
01:20:18 - 'Behold, I Tell You A Mystery' (Frederick Long, bass)
01:21:03 - 'The Trumpet Shall Sound' (Frederick Long, bass)
01:25:19 - 'Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain'
01:28:58 - 'Amen'
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Handel: Brockes-Passion - BBC Radio Scotland interview October 2019

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-04-08 | The Academy of Ancient Music's Chief Executive, Alexander Van Ingen, talks to Jamie McDougall on BBC Radio Scotland's 'Classics Unwrapped' (13.09.19) about Handel's Brockes-Passion, AAM's major recording and discovery project of 2019 in the work's 300th anniversary year.

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Sound The Trumpet! | David Blackadder, Soraya Mafi & Academy of Ancient Music [Full Concert]

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-03-29 | Trumpeter David Blackadder and soprano Soraya Mafi take centre-stage alongside the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Chad Kelly, in 'Sound The Trumpet'; a concert celebrating works for natural (baroque) trumpet and soprano.

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00:00:00 - D. Purcell, Sound the Trumpet
00:02:36 - B. Galuppi, Alla tromba della fama
00:10:45 - Handel, Concerto Grosso, Op.6, No.1, HWV319
00:24:37 - Handel, Oboe Concerto No.2a in B-flat major (arr. trumpet), HWV301
00:33:38 - Venturini, Concerto da camera Op.1, No.9
00:50:54 - Handel, Eternal Source of Light Divine, from HWV74
00:55:15 - Torelli, Trumpet Concerto in D major, 'Estienne Roger 188'
01:02:15 - Handel Concerto Grosso Op.3, No.6, HWV317
01:10:24 - J. S. Bach, Cantata 'Jauchet Gott in allen Landen' BWV51
01:30:36 - Handel, Let the Bright Seraphim, from Samson, HWV57

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Academy of Ancient Music
Director, harpsichord & organ: Chad Kelly
Leader: James Toll

Filmed live in concert from Leeds Town Hall, March 2020

Filming: Stagecast - Matt Parkin & John Parkin
Audio: David Hinitt

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Handel: Julius Caesar | Se pieta di me non senti | Kiandra Howarth & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-03-27 | Soprano Kiandra Howarth sings Cleopatra's aria 'Se pieta di me non senti' from Handel's 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 Taylor's 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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Handels Heroines | Academy of Ancient Music [Full Concert]

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-03-18 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Sopranos Mary Bevan and Jennifer France star alongside the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Laurence Cummings, in a concert programme featuring some of Handel's most glorious writing for soprano.

00:00:00 G.F. Handel, 'The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (1748)
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00:03:18 G.F. Handel, 'Volate, amori' (1734)
Jennifer France, soprano
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00:07:05 G.F. Handel, 'Dolce riposo ed inoccente pace' (1713)
Mary Bevan, soprano
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00:10:22 G.F. Handel, 'Felicissima quest'alma' (1710)
Jennifer France, soprano
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00:17:33 G.F. Handel, Suite of Dances from Ariodante (1735)
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00:26:20 G.F. Handel, 'Lascia la spina cogli la rosa' (1707)
Mary Bevan. soprano
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00:34:00 G.F. Handel, Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.2 in B flat Major (1734)
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00:45:50 G.F. Handel, 'Will the sun forget to streak' (1748)
Mary Bevan, soprano
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00:52:46 G.F. Handel, Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.6 in D Major (1715-18)
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00:58:28 G. F. Handel, 'O Ecstasy of Happiness' and 'Myself I shall adore' (1744)
Jennifer France, soprano
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01:06:11 G.F. Handel, 'M'adora l'idol mio, gode il mio core' (1713)
Mary Bevan, soprano
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01:13:14 G.F. Handel, Overture to Rinaldo (1711)
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01:19:15 G.F. Handel, 'Verso gia l'alma col sangue' (1708)
Jennifer France, soprano
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01:24:07 G.F. Handel, 'O Sleep, why dost thou Leave Me' (1744)
Mary Bevan, soprano
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01:27:31 G.F. Handel, 'Bless'd the Day' (1748)
Jennifer France, soprano
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01:33:08 G.F. Handel, Overture to 'Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno' (1707)
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01:38:58 G.F. Handel, 'Troppo oltraggi la mia fede, alma fiera' (1738)
Mary Bevan, soprano
Jennifer France, soprano

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Recorded live in concert
Venue: West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, UK
Date: 12th March, 2020

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
soprano: Mary Bevan
soprano: Jennifer France
directed by: Laurence Cummings
leader: James Toll

Filming: Stagecast; Matt Parkin & Will Gray
Audio: Dave Rowell, assisted by James Waterhouse & Tom Mungall
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Bayon Louis - Overture to Fleur dépine [1776] | Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-03-08 | The Academy of Ancient Music perform the Overture to 'Fleur d'épine' ("May-Flower") [1776] by Marie-Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1745 – 1825). AAM are led by Bojan Cicic and directed by Christopher Bucknall at the harpsichord.

A French composer, pianist, and salonnière, Bayon Louis' surviving works comprise a collection of six keyboard sonatas, three of them with violin accompaniment, opus 1 [1769], and the two-act opéra-comique, Fleur d’épine ("May-Flower") [1776]. This recording features as part of AAM's From Her Pen project, exploring and revealing the works of female composers from the Baroque and Classical eras. AAM is grateful to the ABO Sirens Fund, the Ambache Charitable Trust, and the Academy of Ancient Music Strategic Recording Fund for enabling this project. For more information, visit aam.co.uk/fromherpen

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ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
director & harpsichord: Christopher Bucknall
leader: Bojan Cicic

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: Il trionfo del Tempo | Lascia la spina | Mary Bevan & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-02-28 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Soprano Mary Bevan sings Piacere's aria 'Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa' ('Leave the Thorn, Take the Rose') from Handel's oratorio 'Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno' HWV46a [1707]. Mary is joined by the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Christopher Bucknall at the harpsichord.

With elements first used in the 1705 opera Almira, this frequently-reworked melody was a favourite of Handel's; he adapted it again in 1711 for his London opera Rinaldo as 'Lascia ch'io pianga' ('Let me weep'), and the opera's success led to the latter version being the one most commonly performed today.

Translation:
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa;
tu vai cercando il tuo dolor.
Canuta brina per mano ascosa,
giungerà quando nol crede il cuor.

Leave the thorn, take the rose;
you go searching for your pain.
Gray frost by hidden hand
will come when your heart doesn't expect it.

MUSIC
''Lascia la spina...'
from: 'll trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno' HWV46a [1707]
composer: G. F Handel [1685 - 1759]

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
soprano: Mary Bevan
directed by: Christopher Bucknall
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: Judas Maccabeus | I feel the Deity within... | Jerome Knox & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-02-07 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Baritone Jerome Knox sings Simon's aria 'I feel the Deity within...' from Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabeus, HWV 63 [1746]. Knox performs with the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Peter Robinson, London, 2019.

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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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Handel: Rinaldo | Molto voglio | Samantha Clarke & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-01-31 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Soprano Samantha Clarke sings Armida's aria 'Molto voglio' from Handel's Rinaldo, HWV7 [1711]. Clarke performs with the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Peter Robinson, London, 2019.

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Filming: Patrick Allen, Opera Omnia Productions
Audio: Dave Rowell, FILO Classical
assisted by Katie Earl and George Collins

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Bach: Cantata 156 | Sinfonia | Leo Duarte & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-01-17 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Baroque oboist Leo Duarte performs the Sinfonia from J.S. Bach's Cantata 𝘐𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮 𝘍𝘶ß 𝘪𝘮 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘦, BWV 156 with the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Peter Whelan.

MUSIC
J.S. Bach
'Sinfonia'
from Cantata 𝘐𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮 𝘍𝘶ß 𝘪𝘮 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘦, BWV 156 [1729].

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
Solo oboe: Leo Duarte
Director and harpsichord: Peter Whelan
Leader: Bojan Cicic

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Project: Season Sessions 18-19, with grateful thanks to the AAM Strategic Recording Fund

Filming: Guy Wigmore, with Ben Westaway, Ed Saunders, Will Hazell and David Dawson
Film Editing: Guy Wigmore

Music Producer: Alexander Van Ingen
Balance Engineer: Andrew Mellor
Assisted by: George Collins
Editor: Alexander Van Ingen
Additional post-production: Will Brown

Filmed at St. Augustine’s Church, Kilburn, London, UK
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Vivaldi: Ah, chinfelice! | John Holiday & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-01-03 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Countertenor John Holiday stars in the aria 'Ah, ch'infelice!' from Antonio Vivaldi's cantata 'Cessate, omai cessate', RV684 [c.1720-1724], performed with the Academy of Ancient Music.

John has quickly established himself as a fast-rising singer to watch and “one of the finest countertenors of his generation” (Los Angeles Times). His voice has been praised as “a thing of astonishing beauty” (New Yorker), “arrestingly powerful, secure and dramatically high” (Wall Street Journal), “exceptional [and] strong...even in its highest range” (The New York Times) and “timeless”(Washington Post). Here he sings one of Vivaldi's most magnificent yet under-appreciated arias, depicting a shepherd weeping over his lost love, the pizzicato strings suggesting tears landing on the strings of his lyre.

'AH, CH'INFELICE'
'Ah, ch'infelice sempre
Me vuol Dorilla ingrata,
Ah sempre piú spietata,
Mi stringe à lagrimar.
Spietata, mi stringe à lagrimar

Per me non v'è ristoro
Per me non v'è speme.
E il fier martoro e le mie pene
Solo la morte può consolar.'

'Oh, how for ever unhappy
Ungrateful Dorilla wishes me
Oh, ever more merciless
She brings me to tears
Merciless, she brings me to tears

For me, there is no relief
For me, there is no hope
And the cruel torment and my sorrow
Only death can console.'

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ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
Countertenor: John Holiday

Recorded & filmed at Temple Church, Inner Temple, London, by kind permission of the Master, May 2019
http://www.templechurch.com

Video director: Jessie Rodger
Video editing: Jessie Rodger
Music producer: Alexander Van Ingen
Recording engineer: Dave Rowell

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Handel: Ariodante | Neghitossi or voi che fate? | Jennifer France & Academy of Ancient Music

Academy of Ancient Music 2020-01-01 | Join us at our next concert: aam.co.uk

Soprano Jennifer France sings the aria 'Neghitossi or voi ch fate?' ('Heaven, how can you be silent?') from Handel's opera Ariodante, HWV 33 [1734]. Jennifer is joined by the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Peter Whelan.

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ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
soprano: Jennifer France
director & harpsichord: Peter Whelan
leader: Bojan Cicic

Project: Season Sessions 18-19, with grateful thanks to the AAM Strategic Recording Fund

Filming: Guy Wigmore, with Ben Westaway, Ed Saunders, Will Hazell and David Dawson
Film Editing: Guy Wigmore

Music Producer: Alexander Van Ingen
Balance Engineer: Andrew Mellor
Assisted by: George Collins
Editor: Alexander Van Ingen
Additional post-production: Will Brown

Filmed at St. Augustine’s Church, Kilburn, London, UK
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