London Early Opera

Exquisite baroque orchestra, soloists and choir directed by conductor & harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham. Recording Handel & Hasse for @SignumRecords 🎶

[London Early Opera @LonEarlyOpera]

Listen to dazzling aris with soprano Lucy Crowe and our wonderful team of musicians directed by Handelian Bridget Cunningham. 🎶 Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th April @FoundlingMuseum https://t.co/mHL2JO0veF

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CONCERTS: ‘Handel’s Heroines’ on Thursday 23rd April and Friday 24th April only at 7pm. Late night openings @FoundlingMuseum. Hear some wonderful Handel arias sung by Lucy Crowe OBE written for Cuzzoni, La Francesina, La Isabella and other sopranos. https://t.co/mHL2JO0veF 🎶

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In front of the great man himself, Mr Handel. Join us in concert on his name day - St George’s Day, Thursday 23rd April - for a special late night opening at the @FoundlingMuseum for the ‘Power of Music’ exhibition #HandelsQueens @SignumRecords https://t.co/mHL2JO0veF

[London Early Opera @LonEarlyOpera]

Join us at @FoundlingMuseum on April 23rd and 24th for a special late night opening and enjoy the ‘Power of Music’ exhibition and our ‘Handel’s Heroines’ concert with music written for Faustina Cuzzoni and other of Handel’s singers. https://t.co/Y4yS0l1fwS
https://t.co/Zq0260eNQ3

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Well, we care about opera and ballet!
Listen in to our premiere recording of a newly edited and rediscovered opera, Caio Fabbricio by Handel, based on Hasse’s opera from Rome, 1732.
https://t.co/u3KI99Mdmv
Opera warriors #PyrrhicVictory
#timothychalamet @SignumRecords

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This fascinating blog, ‘The Power of Music’ connects Handel’s ode, ‘Alexander’s Feast or the Power of Music’, with Olympian sports, written by musicologist, Anita Sikora. 🎶
https://t.co/9oqWS2CGk3
Join us at the @FoundlingMuseum to discover more: https://t.co/mHL2JO0veF

[London Early Opera @LonEarlyOpera]

In celebration of Handel’s actual birthday on March 5th, (although he would have known it to be in February due to the old style Julian calendar), we have been busy making preparations for our emerging artists scheme, The Handelians. 🎶 https://t.co/u3KI99Mdmv @SignumRecords

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We are enjoying listening to Thomas Roseingrave's harpsichord music recorded for the first time by our Artistic Director Bridget Cunningham. Read her in-depth interview in @SonogramaMGZN music magazine: https://t.co/iXv7GlOoIR★★★★★ 5 stars BBC @MusicMagazine @SignumRecords

[London Early Opera @LonEarlyOpera]

New dates!! We are excited to be performing TWO nights at the @foundlingmuseum with soprano Lucy Crowe and harpsichordist and conductor Bridget Cunningham on the Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th April.
Tickets available here: https://t.co/mHL2JO134d

[London Early Opera @LonEarlyOpera]

Enjoy sublime arias written for Handel’s singers Faustina and Cuzzoni, originally performed amidst bustling audience factions in 18th-century London during a period when two opera companies were in fierce competition. @signumrecords https://t.co/Jk0A5PBNNq

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Handel was forbidden from marrying the amateur harpsichordist and devout follower, Elizabeth Legh as she was from a noble family. We recently performed newly discovered Handel arias for Elizabeth, reflecting their close relationship. @HandelHendrix @MusicCunningham 🎶

[Foundling Museum @FoundlingMuseum]

Our autumn exhibition, A Grand Chorus: The Power of Music, opens today 📢

Explore the life-affirming power of collective song through the legacy Handel's 'Hallelujah Chorus' and 300 years of archival, visual, and aural history.

Visit us now: https://t.co/0VJ7aeIK9a

[London Early Opera @LonEarlyOpera]

Need any Seasonal Gifts - some of Handel’s most glorious music is now available from our recording series with @SignumRecords @AppleMusic @Spotify https://t.co/II4am9bUdO

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We had a wonderful time at @HandelHendrix in our residency weekend and we are back in today - on St Cecilia’s Day - to celebrate a feast of music. Rehearsals for rediscovered baroque arias and music for Farinelli and Senesino today. Come and join us. 🎶 @SignumRecords

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Join us tomorrow for our lunchtime recital at @handelandhendrix with countertenor Iestyn Morris. Music by Handel, Lampe and Boyce from the original 18th- century Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. More stories in our albums on ‘Handel at Vauxhall’ with @signumrecords @londonearlyopera

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Listen in to @ContinuoFndn’s fabulous new commute playlist and you will hear one of our favourite pieces; Handel’s overture to Rodrigo from our album ‘Handel in Italy Volume 1’ with @SignumRecords https://t.co/hwBu3h3akN

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Last chance to see the fabulous exhibition celebrating Handel’s opera Rodelinda at @HandelHendrix House in London. 300th anniversary. 🎶

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Virtuosic harpsichord music at Handel Hendrix House. Join us there to listen to our Artistic Director performing on an eighteenth-century English harpsichord. #BAROQUE

[Bridget Cunningham @MusicCunningham]

Practising Thomas Roseingrave’s additions and embellishments to Scarlatti’s Sonata on the Jacob Kirkman harpsichord, London 1754. @HandelHendrix @SignumRecords Solo harpsichord albums of Roseingrave and Handel’s Eight Great Harpsichord Suites available from @SignumRecords

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Glorious playing of @MusicCunningham

[Bridget Cunningham @MusicCunningham]

Listen in to Handel’s Air in D minor on an original harpsichord, made by Ferdinand Weber, London 1746. Really enjoyed exploring such a special instrument with thanks to @CobbeCollection @HatchlandsNT @nationaltrust @OOCDTP Bobby Williams @SignumRecords. https://t.co/cTMCkiqqIk

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Inviting all early music enthusiasts to our Artistic Director, Bridget Cunningham’s recital on the Kirkman harpsichord @HandelHendrix in London, Saturday 17th May. Sublime music from Handel and Roseingrave’s 8 Great Harpsichord Suites @SignumRecords https://t.co/BT3r4jyjzk 🎶