Arcangelo Corelli - Sonata in D major, op.5 no.1 - V: Allegro
Filmed live in concert at Heath Street Baptist Church by Tom Mungall, June 2024.
Early in his career, Handel worked with Corelli in Rome. His experiences in Italy deeply influenced the music Handel wrote for the rest of his life. A great violin virtuoso, Corelli published this set of sonatas on the first of January 1700, ushering in a century of spectacular music.
John Playford - ‘Duke of Norfolk/Paul’s Steeple’ from the Division Violin
Filmed live in concert at Heath Street Baptist Church by Tom Mungall, June 2024.
In moving to London, Handel joined a thriving music scene; here is a snapshot of the folkier side of the musical culture established in Britain. A generation before, in the time of Purcell, Playford published collections of folk tunes, exemplified in this set of ‘divisions’ or variations over a ground bass.