BAROQUE IDOL
Sunday, 1st February 2009
Handel House Museum 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB

SECRET MUSIC Thursday, 26th March 2009
Handel House Museum 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB

DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Sunday, 5th April 2009

BAROQUE IDOL
Sunday, 19th April 2009
Baroque Idol is a fun event for all the family, providing a glimpse of the
day-to-day life of an aristocratic child in Handel’s time.
The artists introduce a music master, a dancing master and a musician to
teach the latest trends to a true 18th century celebrity fashionista!
Learn to dance a few steps to the Minuet, use fans and even how to stand, sit and bow!
Music by Handel & Vivaldi.

Music in London in Handel's Time
Sunday, 21st June 2009
Ensemble-in-Residence Spirituoso set the scene for the music that was popular
and fashionable in Handel's London. Music by Corelli, Geminiani, Veracini and
readings from authors of the time.

Spanish Festivities
Sunday, 2nd August 2009
Ibiza? Majorca? No! This summer, join Ensemble-in-Residence Spirituoso at
Brook Street's own Balearics for music with a Spanish flavour in a carnival atmosphere.
Bring your own castanets!

Fantastic Spirit
Thursday, 27th August 2009
Freshly returned from their international summer tour
Ensemble-in-Residence Spirituoso have prepared a programme of their
favourite pieces including music by Rameau, Corelli and Couperin.

Farras & Folias Ibericas
Monday, 17th August 2009
XXVII International Course for Early Music – Lisbon Early Music Academy
A programme of Iberian music and dance featuring works by Ribaya and Ortiz,
and also music by Falconiero, Corelli, La Barre and Forqueray,
showing a strong Iberian influence on the continent.
With guest theorbo player Hugo Sanches

Dangerous Liaisons
Saturday, 22nd August
Spirituoso, Ensemble in Residence at Handel House Museum,
present a fascinating programme exploring the intensely passionate relationship
between composers, which sparked off the creation of some of the most beautiful
music in the Grand Siècle, using the World-famous 1769 Taskin harpsichord.

Music of the Spheres
Sunday 11th October
Spirituoso, Ensemble in Residence at Handel House Museum,
give a fascinating insight into how music was perceived in the 17th and 18th centuries,
exploring the mystical connotations proposed by musicians and theorists relating music
composition and performance, with astronomy, philosophy and faith.
Spirituoso link the work of the astronomer and physicist Johannes Kepler and musical
theorist and composer Walther, amongst others, to offer a rare insight into musical
composition, how it relates to planetary proportion, the notion of divine harmony
enriched and informed music-making.

Dangerous Liaisons
Sunday 8th November
Spirituoso, Ensemble in Residence at Handel House Museum,
present a concert first performed during their recent visit to St Cecilia\’s Hall, Edinburgh
at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Exploring the music that was created from the passionate
relationships between composers, which sparked off the creation of some of the most beautiful music in the /grand siècle/.

LA QUERELLE DES BOUFFONS
Sunday 21st February, 3pm - 4pm
Ensemble-in-Residence Spirituoso is joined by a guest soprano to present the colourful and enticing battle between French and Italian styles of vocal composition which in the 18th century produced gems of vocal and instrumental virtuosity. Works by Andre Campra will be performed to mark the 350th anniversary of his birth.
Handel House Museum
25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB

BAROQUE IDOL
Saturday, 27th March, 10.30am - 3.30pm
Baroque Idol is a fun event for all the family, providing a glimpse of the day-to-day life of an aristocratic child in Handel's time. The artists introduce a music master, a dancing master and a musician to teach the latest trends to a true 18th-century celebrity fashionista! Learn to dance a few steps to the Minuet, use fans, and discover the songs that topped the Baroque charts!
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP

LIVING ARTS PROJECT - Concert Spirituel.
Friday 9th April, 7.30pm
A Concert inspired by the 18th century Concerts Spirituels, the first series of public concerts in Paris mixing sacred vocal music and instrumental pieces. Mercurius Company in collaboration with Trio Spirituoso (ensemble in residence at Handel House Museum 2009-2010). In the programme works by Campra, Couperin and Rameau.
St. James's Piccadilly Church
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

CAMERATA FIORENTINA
Sunday, 11th April, 3pm - 4pm
Following Bardi's letter advocating the new stile rappresentativo – a style of singing flourishing in early 17th-century Italy – this programme will present an exciting insight into music-making that sparked a revolution in compositional techniques in Europe.
Handel House Museum
25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB