The London Handel Festival presents its annual three-week series of concerts and the prestigious Handel Singing Competition. It begins with a recital by Alexander Sprague (tenor), with violinist Kinga Ujszaszi, cellist Kinga Gaborjani and Pawel Siwczak, harpsichord.
Telemann: Cantata: 'Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt['
Purcell: 'If music be the food of love', Z379a
Handel: Arias: 'Love Sounds the Alarm' (from 'Acis and Galatea', HWV49a); 'Prigionera ho l'alma in pena'; 'Fatto inferno'; 'Pastorello d'un povero armento' (from 'Rodelinda', HWV19); 'Total eclipse'; 'Thus when the sun' (from 'Samson', HWV57); and Aria: 'Where'er you walk' (from 'Semele', HWV58).
(Alexander Sprague won the Michael Oliver Prize in the HSC 2012.)