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Baroque music group Le Petit Rien invites you
to attend a concert at St. Peter's Church, Horbury, on
Sunday 24th July at 19:30.
For more information, please see the attached poster or
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About the programme

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries represent a cultural golden age for
both Italy and England, during which time the musical language of each became
interwoven into the language of the other. It was also a time of busy artistic
exchange between other countries in Europe, developing a style that would
become known as les goûts-réunis, or mixed taste. The stylus phantasticus of
the early Italian Baroque was subtly absorbed into the music of Locke, Blow and
Purcell, where it was further refined with the distinctive English flavours of the
day. Later, the brilliant virtuosity of Corelli and his contemporaries received
widespread notice and publication in England, and inspired the works of
baroque giants, such as Handel. This programme samples all the ingredients
of that cultural cooking pot!

About the group
Le Petit Rien, led by recorder player Francesca Thompson, is a group of outstanding
young musicians working in the field of early music. Based in both Amsterdam and
London the members regularly play concerts on an international stage, often with the
most famous and respected groups such as The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra,
Bach Collegium Japan and The Sixteen.

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Tra le Fiamme

Handel wrote a cantata when he was in Rome based on the story of Icarus who flew to clost to the Sun. It is scored for Recorders, Oboe, Violins, Viola da Gamba, Soprano and BC. It is very interesting because of the writing for viola da gamba - it has passages of obligatory basso continuo realization, sometimes when the "real" basso continuo line is not playing.