Video of the Day: Mary Bevan and Davina Clarke perform Handel's ‘Susse Stille’

Friday, September 8, 2023

Handel's moving aria is beautifully performed by Mary Bevan and Davina Clarke

Mary Bevan and Davina Clarke released an album called Sweet Stillness – an all-Handel programme featuring the Nine German Arias – on VOCES8 Records last year. Our reviewer, Lindsay Kemp, noted Clarke’s delicate and sensitive partnering – nowhere better shown than in the moving title-track “Süsse Stille, sanfte Quelle” – contrasts with her more carefree and assertive way with two Handel sonatas, vividly supported by the continuo section.’

Today's video is a live performance of ‘Süsse Stille’ by Mary Bevan and Davina Clarke, an excerpt from their ‘Sweet Stillness’ concert, which is part of this year's LIVE From London Summer festival.  

The LIVE From London Summer festival runs from August 12 to September 17 and a season ticket for all concerts can be purchased for £80 (individual access £14) from livefromlondon.org. And your LIVE From London Summer ticket will also save you 20% on new subscriptions to Gramophone. Enter code 'LIVE23' at the checkout to claim your discount.

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