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Handel鈥檚 set of twelve concerti grossi, Op 6, were composed over a few weeks in 1739, and first published for subscribers in the same year. It is thought that Handel was influenced by Italian composer, Corelli, who had also written a set of twelve Concerti Grossi, and under the same opus number, Opus 6, published in 1714.

The sixth Concerto Grosso in this set, No. 6 in G minor, opens with a melancholic, slow movement, followed by a chromatic, fugal Allegro. Considered the crowning glory of the concerto, the third movement is a musette, a French dance, and the concerto ends with two Allegro movements.

This performance of the piece was directed by Rachel Podger, and took place at Cheltenham Town Hall in 2016.