The Early Music Show - Handel Week - Eight Great Suites

Catherine Bott talks to harpsichordist Laurence Cummings about Handel as both a virtuoso keyboard player and composer for the keyboard. Much of Handel's keyboard music was occasional or improvised, so it is now lost. But soon after he settled in London, a collection called the Eight Great Suites was issued. Laurence has recorded these works in the Handel House Museum in Brook Street, London, and discusses them and plays excerpts. Playlist: Handel: Prelude (Suite in D minor, HWV428 - 1720 No 3) Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London) Zachow: Fuga Finalis (Suite in B minor) Carole Cerasi (harpsichord) METRONOME MET CD 1055, Trs 4-5 Handel: Prelude (Suite in F sharp minor, HWV431 - 1720 No 6) Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London) Handel: Allemande (Suite in A, HWV426 - 1720 No 1) Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London) Handel: Courante Suite in A, HWV426 - 1720 No 1) Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London) Handel: Courante (Suite in F minor, HWV433 - 1720 No 8) Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London) Handel: Three minuets in A, HWV545, 547 and 546 Christopher Hogwood (Bodechtel clavichord) METRONOME METCD 1060 CD 2, Trs 1-3 Handel: Fugue in C minor, HWV610 Christopher Hogwood (Hass clavichord) METRONOME METCD 1060 CD 1, Tr 8 Handel: Fugue (Suite in F, HWV 427 - 1720 No 2) Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London) Handel: Theme and variations (Harmonious Blacksmith) - Suite in E, HWV430 - 1720 No 5) Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London) Handel: Sarabande (Suite in E minor, HWV429 - 1720 No 4) Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London) Handel: Gigue (Suite in G minor, HWV 432 - 1720 No 7) Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London) Handel: Passacaglia (Suite in G minor, HWV432 - 1720 No 7) Laurence Cummings (on harpsichord recorded at the Handel House Museum in London).