24/12/2020 Agostino Steffani Henrico Leoni 1689 Overture March Set Design 1 2 George Frederick Handel Coronation 1714 1714 Te Deum The Lord is a Sun and a Shield Earl of Stamford George Frederick Handel 1685-1759 by B Denner 1726-8 William Croft 3 4 Jacobites 1715 Water Music 1717 Cam ye o’er frae France Canaletto Lord Mayor’s Procession 1746 Handel (left) and King George I on the River Thames, 17 July 1717; painting by Edouard Hamman Hornpipe 5 6 1 24/12/2020 Duchess of Bolton Duchess of Newcastle Countess Godolphin George Hamilton Earl of Orkney Lord Hornpipe and Andante of the Bedchamber Geminiani’s Sleepy Body 7 8 Handel’s Rinaldo written for Mrs Robinson Horns of 1699 and 1710 Bonanni Horn Player from Gabinetto Armonico 1723 Handel’s Harmonious Blacksmith Flute of 1710 Trumpet of 1680 Oboe of 1700 The singer Anastasia Robinson whose benefit concert in 1718 the king attended 9 10 1720 Pills to Purge the Melancholy I Hate a Fop by William Croft Sometimes I am a tapster new John Eccles A Soldier and a Sailor 11 12 2 24/12/2020 Radamisto dedicated to the King 1721 Bononcini Aria from Muzio Scevola Act 2 Margherita Durastanti for whom Handel composed the opera Quando mai from Act 2 Aria from Act 3 by Handel Aria from Crispo 13 14 1721 Thanksgiving Service 1722 funeral of Duke of Marlborough Maurice Greene by Francis Hayman The King Shall Rejoice O Clap Your Hands Together Croft Man That is Born The preacher Dr Benjamin Hoadly by William Hogarth 15 16 Floridante – dedicated to the Prince of Wales, attended by the King on 22 1723 arrival of Cuzzoni December 1722 March No 1 Ottone – Vinto E L’amor Caricature of Senesino, Cuzzoni and Berenstadt in Handel’s Flavio c 1723 by John Vanderbank Senesino who sang Floridante by Elisha Kirkall after Joseph Goupy 17 18 3 24/12/2020 1724 1725 arrival of Faustina Attilio Ariosti Vespasiano – Premera a soglio di morte Steffani’s Stabat Mater Rodelinda - Vivi Tiranno 19 20 1727 Giulio Cesare performed for George’s 67th birthday Francesca Cuzzoni Faustina Bordoni by Bartolomeo Nazari c 1734 How silently Ariosti’s Dario Voi del ciel 21 22 23 4.