Hndel: Sarabande (Almira) - Forck

Sarabande in G minor for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo From the opera 'Almira', HWV 1 (No. 4) Libretto: Friedrich Christian Feustking (1678-1739), after Giulio Pancieri's 'Almira' (music by Giuseppe Boniventi, 1690) Music: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) First performance: 8 January 1705 in Hamburg (Theater am Gänsemarkt) ___ Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conducted by Bernhard Forck (concertmaster) Concert: 20 October 2008 in