Bridget

Handel’s Queens features some of the most exquisite pieces of music written by G.F. Handel and his contemporaries for the two finest singers of the eighteenth century, Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni. Often wrongfully framed as rivals, these dazzling new recordings with Mary Bevan and Lucy Crowe reveal the distinctive yet versatile talent of the Italian vocalists.

Handel in Italy, Volume 2 - London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham (2016) {Signum Classics Official Digital Download SIGCD462}
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Classical / Baroque

London Early Opera continue their new series of Handel's works with the second volume of pieces composed in Italy. Both volumes of Handel in Italy explore the young composer's Italian years through his cantatas, sacred pieces, operatic works and instrumental compositions. Featuring performances from internationally acclaimed soloists, the sopranos Sophie Bevan and Mary Bevan with their uncle, baritone Benjamin Bevan, conducted and conceived by Bridget Cunningham.

Handel in Italy, Volume 1 - London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham (2015) {Signum Classics Official Digital Download SIGCD423}
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© 2015 Signum Classics | SIGCD423
Classical / Baroque

London Early Opera (LEO) have recorded a unique program of Handels Italian-inspired works, devised by harpsichordist, conductor, early music specialist and director Bridget Cunningham and featuring a unique family collaboration from world-renowned soprano sisters Sophie and Mary Bevan alongside their uncle, bass Benjamin Bevan. LEO are leading exponents of baroque research as they work closely with musicologists, historians, editors and researchers, interestingly linking dramatic music and singing with narration and art history for their concert performances.

The movie begins shortly before Bridget's mother's yearly Turkey Curry Buffet. As she and Mark Darcy are now an item, Bridget is ecstatic about her relationship with her perfect boyfriend, and frequently reminds her co-workers that he is a human rights lawyer. However, Bridget's confidence in her relationship is shattered when she meets Mark's colleague, Rebecca Gilles, a young, tall, self-confident, and effortlessly gorgeous woman. Mark momentarily soothes Bridget by asking her to his "Law Council Dinner". Bridget is delighted to be asked, and assumes that Mark might propose to her that night, but Bridget's confidence is again tested when Mark seemingly spends the majority of the evening with Rebecca and his work colleagues, leaving Bridget to fend for herself. Bridget meets her ex-boyfriend Daniel Cleaver at her job for Sit-Up Britain and is offered a position as the "Smooth Guidess".

In the course of the year recorded in Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget confides her hopes, her dreams, and her monstrously fluctuating poundage, not to mention her consumption of 5277 cigarettes and "Fat units 3457 (approx.) (hideous in every way)." In 365 days, she gains 74 pounds. On the other hand, she loses 72! There is also the unspoken New Year's resolution–the quest for the right man. Alas, here Bridget goes severely off course when she has an affair with her charming cad of a boss. But who would be without their e-mail flirtation focused on a short black skirt? The boss even contends that it is so short as to be nonexistent…