The OAE open their season with Handel, Rameau and William Christie

By Sam Wigglesworth, 03 October 2013

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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 30 September 2013

Rameau, Castor et Pollux: Overture

Rameau, Castor et Pollux (extracts)

Rameau, Dardanus: Par un sommeil agréable

Rameau, Anacréon: Règne avec moi, Bacchus

Rameau, Dardanus: Tambourins 1 and 2

Rameau, Les Paladins: Je vole Amour

Rameau, Dardanus: Chaconne

Handel, Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op.6 no.6, HWV 324

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Che sento o Dio

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Se pietà di me non senti

Handel, Scipione, HWV 20: March

Handel, Scipione, HWV 20: Scoglio d'immota fronte

Handel, Royal Fireworks Music, HWV 351

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

William Christie, Conductor

Sandrine Piau, Soprano

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***11

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*****

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****1

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Sam Wigglesworth

Sam Wigglesworth contributed reviews to Bachtrack from 2012 to 2014. He studied at King's College London and, after a brief period producing concerts at St John's Smith Square, began working at Faber Music in 2014. He was Artistic Director of the Principal Sound Festival in 2016 and 2018.