I've been absent forever. Oh, well.
I'd appreciate any leads for this information.
Anyway, I was wondering whether any of you could identify this piece for strings and continuo that sounds as if it came from the pen of Handel, or at least one of his British contemporaries. Possibly an interlude or dance of some sort from an opera or oratorio, or a piece from some collection of orchestral music. (I've already perused the thematic catalog, from the 1970s, I think, of Handel's works, but didn't find anything that matched, or I missed something).
Here is a rudimentary 2-part score showing the melody and at least functional bass-line as I render them from this promotional announcement from a near-area public radio station:
