Photo Credit: Domenic Aquilina

PASTICCIO HANDELIANO

Abchordis Ensemble

SATURDAY 16, JANUARY | 7:30 pm

Teatru Manoel

Handel’s prolific output is outdone perhaps by only Telemann. Although German his sojourn in Italy and his subsequent move to The United Kingdom created a very particular type of music now known as English music; influencing generations of British composers for centuries to come.

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PROGRAMME

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Trio Sonata Op. 5 no. 6, HWV 401 for two violins and continuo

Largo – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Andante - Menuett

Sonata Op. 1 no. 6, HWV 364a for violin and continuo

Larghetto – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro 

Trio Sonata Op. 5 no. 4, HWV 399 for two violins and continuo

Allegro – A tempo ordinario – Passacaille – Menuett – Gigue

Suite in D minor, HWV 428, for harpsichord, violins and continuo

(original for solo harpsichord, transcription by A. Buccarella)

Prelude – Allegro – Allemande – Courante – Air with 5 variations – Presto

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