{"id":496,"date":"2023-06-09T18:13:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T16:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthiasdaehling.com\/events\/g-f-haendel-lallegro-il-penseroso-ed-il-moderato\/"},"modified":"2023-10-21T23:36:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T21:36:13","slug":"g-f-haendel-lallegro-il-penseroso-ed-il-moderato","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/matthiasdaehling.com\/en\/events\/g-f-haendel-lallegro-il-penseroso-ed-il-moderato\/","title":{"rendered":"G.F. H\u00e4ndel: L\u2019Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato"},"content":{"rendered":"

G.F. Handel<\/strong> – L\u2019Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato<\/b><\/p>\n

Als Teil des Monteverdi Chores.<\/p>\n

Offizielle Konzertank\u00fcndigung:<\/p>\n

\u201dHandel\u2019s secular work L\u2019Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is one of his most inventive, varied and characteristically English works evoking contrasting emotions of the human condition, which creates a synergy of Enlightenment reason.<\/p>\n

As a farmer passionate about the English Countryside, there is no one more suited to conduct Handel\u2019s L\u2019Allegro, il Penseroso et il Moderato than John Eliot Gardiner. Last recorded by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in 1981, we look forward to bringing a fresh perspective to this significant work.<\/p>\n

L\u2019Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato<\/i> (1740) is one of Handel\u2019s most unusual works. Despite its Italian title, it uses a completely English text, much of it written a century earlier by the 22-year-old poet John Milton, to explore the contrasting moods of Mirth (L\u2019Allegro) and Melancholy (il Penseroso), eventually advocating a \u2018middle way\u2019 of Moderation. Milton\u2019s poetry was suggested to Handel by his friend the philosopher James Harris, who set about rearranging the poems to create a convincing musical structure; Handel himself had the idea of a final section to unite Milton\u2019s poems into \u2018one Moral Design\u2019. The libretto was refined by Charles Jennens (better known as the compiler of the text for Messiah).<\/p>\n

This poetic allegory yielded some of Handel\u2019s most inventive and colourful music. The text focuses on English rural and urban life that would have been familiar to Handel: milkmaids and shepherds, warbling birds, the cricket on the hearth, the \u2018busy hum\u2019 of \u2018populous cities\u2019, the thrill of the hunt, tongue-in-cheek references to theatrical performances of Ben Jonson and Shakespeare \u2013 all come to life thanks to the composer\u2019s imaginative use of the orchestra and singers. The final \u2018Moderato\u2019 section culminates in one of Handel\u2019s most sublime duets, evoking nothing less than the dawn of the age of Enlightenment.<\/p>\n

This riotous variety of moods and images will be celebrated by the Monteverdi Choir and a team of brilliant young solo singers as well as by the English Baroque Soloists \u2013 the piece has notable solos for horn, flute, oboe, bassoon, organ, bells and cello.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

G.F. Handel – L\u2019Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato Als Teil des Monteverdi Chores. Offizielle Konzertank\u00fcndigung: \u201dHandel\u2019s secular work L\u2019Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is one of his most inventive, varied and characteristically English works evoking contrasting emotions of the human condition, which creates a synergy of Enlightenment reason. As a farmer passionate about … <\/p>\n

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