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The English Concert charms with exquisite performance of Handel’s Serse at Carnegie Hall

Mary Bevan and William Dazeley
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Emily D'Angelo and The English Concert
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Harry Bicket and The English Concert in Carnegie Hall
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Lucy Crowe and The English Concert
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“Lucy Crowe... exquisite, with clean attack, skilled articulation and beautifully shaped phrasing”
Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 8 May 2022
Handel, Serse (Xerxes) (concert performance)
Harry Bicket, Conductor
The English Concert
Emily D'Angelo, Serse
Lucy Crowe, Romilda
Mary Bevan, Atalanta
Paula Murrihy, Arsamene
Daniela Mack, Amastre
Neal Davies, Ariodate
William Dazeley, Elviro
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