L'Allegro, Il Pensero ed Il Moderato

Archive Listings for L'Allegro, Il Pensero ed Il Moderato

T2072785335 (SNAPE04) Company Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra. Director Richard Egarr. Music Handel (L'Allegro Il Penseroso ed il Moderato).
7 Aug 04	Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh :: V75 listing details L2084065358
T1569358251 (ENO00) Revival. Sponsored by American Airlines.Conductor Jane Glover. Company English National Opera. Company Mark Morris Dance Group. Choreographer Mark Morris. Design Adrianne Lobel. Costume Christine van Loon. Lighting James F Ingalis. Performer Susan Gritton. Performer Linda Richardson. Performer Timothy Robinson. Performer Neal Davies.
27 Jun 00 to 7 Jul 00	London Coliseum, West End :: V376 listing details L049959790
T02039462586 (ENO97) Part of the Dance Umbrella 97 season. Winner, 1998 Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production. Choral and dance work. Twenty four dancers, 5 singers and a 40 strong chorus (plus full orchestra). Originally performed in 1988 in Brussels, a magnificent vision of Milton's allegorical poems set to Handel's oratorio of 1745. Winner, 1998 Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production.Company Mark Morris Dance Group. Conductor Jane Glover. Choreographer Mark Morris. Design Adrianne Lobel. Lighting James F Ingalls. Conductor Jane Glover.
5 Jun 97 to 10 Jun 97	London Coliseum, West End :: V376 listing details L01155691645

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Concert :: 'The Musician and Poet walk hand in hand and seem to vie which shall better express that beautiful Contrast of Mirth and Melancholy.' London Daily Post 4 April 1741. L'Allegro, Il Pensero ed Il Moderato was composed by Handel in 1740. The first two parts interweave settings from Milton's two complementary poems, L'Allegro (The Merry Man) and Il Penserose (The Thoughtful Man), celebrating the different joys of two opposed personalities, mirth and melancholy, through images of an idealised English countryside.

Music	Handel
Lyrics	Milton