A selection of London Handel Players' favourite virtuoso baroque concertos. Handel and Leclair were famous throughout Europe as virtuosi on the organ and violin, respectively, while Telemann often wrote concertos for combinations of instruments rarely found elsewhere. Rachel Brown dazzles on the miniature, high-pitched sopranino recorder, and the programme is rounded off with Bach’s glorious 4th Brandenburg Concerto, featuring solo violin and two recorders.

Programme:
Telemann Concerto in A minor for recorder and viola da gamba
Handel Organ Concerto in G minor Op.4 No.3
Leclair Violin Concerto Op.10 No.3 in D major
Telemann Concerto for viola in G major
Vivaldi Sopranino Recorder Concerto in C major
JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major

Performers:
Rachel Brown recorders
Olwen Foulkes recorder
Adrian Butterfield violin, director
Oliver Webber violin
Maxim del Mar violin, viola
Rachel Byrt viola
Gavin Kibble viola da gamba, cello
Cecelia Bruggemeyer double bass
Silas Wollston harpsichord, organ