The English Concert
16th October 2012
Harry Bicket, hc & conductor
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Bach Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C
Handel Silete Venti
Handel Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C
Handel 3 arias from Giulio Cesare
encore: "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Rinaldo
"Alleluia" from Silete Venti
Some very impressive singing from soprano.
The acoustics of City Hall, though best in town, is still not ideal for early music; or perhaps the humidity was a tad high for period instruments, most of the time the sound was muffled and there was too much bass which obscured the lines, particularly when one was looking for clarity in the texture and sonority of a group as The English Concert.