Baroque Bon-Bons

Concert Posted by Dennis Lee about 1 year ago

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Stephen Layton conductor
Elin Manahan Thomas soprano

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor (Op.6 No.8)
HANDEL: Arias, including “Ombra mai fù” from Xerxes
PACHELBEL: Canon and Gigue
ALBINONI: Adagio
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F (Op.6 No.9)

Director of Music at Trinity College, Cambridge, and Principal Conductor of the City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton is probably best-known for his award-winning discs of choral music. Hear him make his MPO debut in popular orchestral gems from the Baroque era while we welcome back Welsh soprano Elin Manahan Thomas in some of Handel’s most popular arias.