CD Handel at Vauxhall Vol. 2 - London Early Opera

London Early Opera continue their programme themed around a typical evening’s entertainment at the 17th & 18th century Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, with a second collection of works by George Frideric Handel and contemporary composers of the day (John Stanley, Thomas Gladwin, John Lampe and Johann Adolph Hasse). Featuring performances by soloists Claire Bessent, Mary Bevan, Benjamin Bevan, Eleanor Dennis, Charles MacDougale, Nicky Spence and Greg Tassell, the programme evokes the carnival of music and entertainments that amused visitors in these London gardens for nearly 200 years.

• William Boyce - Spring Gardens (Rural Beauty or Vaux-hall Garden)
• G. F. Handel - Concerto No. 4 Op. 6 in A minor, HMW 322
• John Stanley - The Power of Music and Beauty
• G. F. Handel - A Song on the Victory over the Rebels by his Royla Highness the Duke of Cumberland, HWV 228.9
• Thomas Gladwin - Colin's Description of Vauxhall or Green-Wood Hall
• G. F. Handel - Hornpipe in D major, HWV 356
• John Lampe - The Farewel to Vaux Hall
• G. F. Handel - Comus HWV 44
• Thomas Galdwin - The Ladies in Vaux- hall- Gardens to the British Officers at Dettinghen
• Johann Adolph Hasse - Roger and Sure a Ballad to a Favourite Air by Sig.r Hasse
• Anonymous - A Loyal Song for Two Voices

London Early Opera

Bridget Cunningham Conductor
Daniel Moult Organ