Lautten Compagney: Handel with Care

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When:

Fri 4 Mar ’11, 7:30pm

Where: Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE, 303 Queen St, Auckland CBD Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

Ticket Information:

Premium : $87.50
Premium Friend: $77.50
A Res: $77.50
A Res Friend/Conc/Group 10: $72.50
B Res: $62.50
B Res Concession: $57.50
C Res: $42.50
Booking fees may apply

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Handel with Care is a wonderful concert of music from the operas and oratorios of Georg Fredrich Handel and Henry Purcell, performed by this virtuoso baroque ensemble. The programme includes Handel's Rinaldo and Amadigi, and Purcell's The Fairy Queen and King Arthur.

Handel with Care features melodies arranged for the company's virtuosi in a way that deftly balances modern interpretations with authentic historical performance on period instruments.

Lautten Compagney will also be presenting Timeless as part of the 2011 Festival programme.

Lautten Compagney Berlin celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2009 and were founded by lutenists Wolfgang Katschner and Hans-Werner Apel.Take this rare opportunity to delight in one of the world's most outstanding period instrument ensembles. The ensemble's uninhibited and infectious delight in music-making ensures spirited entertainment and sensual pleasure for audiences.

"rhythmically pronounced, elegant and soloistically delicate ... the listener senses the vital enthusiasm of the musicians and admires their superb technical ability."
- Thüringer Landeszeitung (Germany)

"[These musicians]... not only perform early music in its diversity and vitality but also know how to add the fresh colour of improvised elements to a pristine sound experience."
- Fuldaer Zeitung (Germany)

Photograph: Ida Zenna