Event listing: Handel's Acis and Galatea | West Road Concert Hall | Fri 20 May 2016 at 19:30

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West Road Concert Hall11 West Road, Cambridge, East of England, CB3 9DP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Acis and Galatea (in the original Cannons version)

Performers

Richard Egarr	Director
Academy of Ancient Music
Rowan Pierce	Soprano	Galatea
Andrew Tortise	Tenor	Acis
Ashley Riches	Baritone	Polyphemus
Edmund Hastings	Tenor	Corydon
Gwilym Bowen	Tenor	Damon

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