"Laura Heimes alone was worth the price of a ticket. Her clear, expressive sound soared beautifully above the ensemble."
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HANDEL
PURCELL
DALL'ABACO
FARINA
MUFFAT
VARIOUS
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Gloria
Music from "The History of Dioclesian"
Concerto a Quattro da Chiesa Op. 2 No. 1 in D minor
Capriccio stravagante
Sonata No. 2 from Armonico Tributo
Music from the London Pleasure Gardens
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Explore the Baroque era from its dawn to its peak at this connoisseur's banquet of rare musical delicacies. Laura Heimes's pure, ravishing tones will bring to life a recently uncovered Handel masterpiece and a collection of English popular songs Handel himself may have heard during his London sojourn. Revelatory instru-
mental discoveries by early 17th-century English, French and Italian masters of varying historical celebrity will stun and amaze with their freshness and daring.