Star soprano Carolyn Sampson sings ‘Jauchzet Gott’ which boasts a virtuoso trumpet obbligato and is one of the most purely joyous of all his works. She also performs ‘Golden’ by the Canadian composer Jocelyn Morlock who died tragically young. John Butt plays one of Handel’s organ concerti, matched with one of his masterful Op.6 Concerto Grossi. The programme is completed by Locatelli’s remarkable concerto grosso that tells without words the story of Ariadne, abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos.

Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Concerto Grosso in E-flat major, Op. 7, No. 6, “Il Pianto d’Arianna”
Jocelyn Morlock, Golden
George Frideric Handel, Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 2 in B flat major, HWV 290
George Frideric Handel, Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 4 in A minor, HWV 322
Johann Sebastian Bach, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51

John Butt, director
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Paul Sharp, trumpet