Event listing: Handel - L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato | Smith Square Hall | Fri 10 May 2013 at 19:00

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Smith Square HallSmith Square, London, London, Greater London, SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Festival: Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music

Programme

L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato, HWV 55

Performers

Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh	Conductor

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Lufthansa Festival opens with a ravishing Handel masterpiece

Nahoko Gotoh, 10th May

After Friday’s sublime performance of Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato at the opening concert of 2013 Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, I am puzzled why this ravishing masterpiece doesn’t enjoy wider popularity (although it was performed recently at the London Handel Festival).

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