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Written in 1720 during Handel's sojourn in England, the work--more properly called a pastoral masque--was presented in the country home of the Duke of Chandos...
...Lowell House Musical Society will plunge into the past next week and present Handel's opera "Acis and Galatea" in the form and manner of its original eighteenth-century production...
Emphasis has been on authenticity during pre-production weeks. Director John C. Mathis, Jr. '50 combed records in Houghton Library in search of information concerning the original performance of Handel's work...
...fall to see the reason for ending the concert with Benjamin's Overture to an Italian Comedy. Though the performance was good, it is a slight piece and would have been far less of a sacrifice us a warmer-up than the Handel Concerto Grosso in B Flat. Otherwise the program was interesting and consecutive. Malcolm Holmes arranged the Purcell suite from separate dances which he found. With the exception of the Large-Minuet, all the movements contain delightful duets for violin and flute. Howard Brown played with skill but was too frequently obscured by the concert master's able...
...Society is attempting to produce Handel's opera with costumes modeled on those used in the work's 1720 premiere in England. Director John Mathis '50 is doing research for the costuming in Houghton Library...