Laurence Cummings &Göttingen Festival Orchestra: EML 1 October

[doversoul1]

Elin Manahan Thomas introduces highlights from the Göttingen International Handel Festival in a concert recorded last May.
The Göttingen Festival Orchestra performs Baroque music directed from the harpsichord by Laurence Cummings, well-known in the UK as Musical Director of the London Handel Festival.

C.P.E. Bach (1714-1788) - Symphony No. 3 in F, Wq. 183/3
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773) - Concerto for Two Flutes in G, QV 6:7
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050
G.F. Handel (1685-1759) - Aria No. 13, from 'Imeneo'

Kate Clarke, flute
Brian Berryman, flute
William Berger, tenor
Göttingen Festival Orchestra
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord and director.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07xhfd9

[doversoul1]

Göttingen Festival Orchestra is an absolutely apt name. The concert (programme) sounded Festive through and through. And I don’t usually like the expression ‘kicks off’ but here, CPE Bach’s symphony really did kick off.

All this is to say that the programme was most enjoyable.

[ardcarp]