The passacaille dance takes its name from the Spanish dance pasacalle (literally “walk-about”). It presents a wonderful series of inventions over a recurring bass line. This movement, first heard in Handel’s opera Radamisto in 1720, was repurposed for his Sonata Op. 5 No. 4 in G Major. Recorded here by The English Concert and Kristian Bezuidenhout at the Henry Wood Hall in London in November 2019. 

Performers:

• Nadja Zwiener, Tuomo Suni – Violins
• Alfonso Leal del Ojo – Viola
• Jonny Byers – Cello
• Christine Sticher – Bass
• Kristian Bezuidenhout – Harpsichord and Director