Florilegium has been Ensemble in Association at the Royal College of Music since September 2008, providing coaching sessions on 18th-century baroque repertoire.
Performer Biography
Soprano Gillian Keith is a past winner of both the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Award and the ROSL Singing Prize.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Handel often revised his works, recasting vocal pieces as instrumental and vice-versa, and incorporated ideas from other composers, always 'repaying the loan with interest'.
Composition History
The Trio Sonatas Op. 2 by Handel were once believed to be his earliest compositions, written when he was a schoolboy around ten years old, based on a note by flautist Carl Friedrich Weidemann.
Composer Biography
George Frideric Handel, despite his fame for operas and oratorios, composed very few works in his native German after 1708, with two notable exceptions.
Composition History
The German Arias by Handel, composed between 1724 and 1727, were not published until 1921, nearly two centuries after their creation.
Performer Biography
Florilegium, a British period instrument ensemble, has performed in prestigious venues worldwide, including Sydney Opera House and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.
