Händel Heroines
The divine Cecilia Bartoli puts her legendary musicality to the service of airs by the greatest opera composer of his time, Georg Friedrich Handel. The poignant air “Lascia la spina” – which later became “Lascia ch’io pianga” – is a favourite encore for the mezzo-soprano. Here it is at the heart of a programme in the course of which the singer exploits her expressive palette and unique vocal agility to the full. The chilling “Verso già l'alma col sangue”, worthy of Purcell’s most moving scores, or the intense and highly perilous “Come nembo che fugge col vento”, which is a real technical and physical tour de force for the performer, all bear witness to this.
Simphony "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" (Solomon, HWV 67)
Aria "Chiudi, chiudi" (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46)
Ouverture (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46)
Aria "Un leggiadro giovinetto" (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a)
Aria "Lascia la spina cogli la rosa" (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46)
Concerto for oboe, HWV 287
Ouverture (Rinaldo, HWV 7)
Recitative & aria "Mi deride... Destero dall'empia Dite" (Amadigi, HWV 11)
Concerto grosso, HWV 303
Aria "Ah, che sol per te, Teseo... M'adora l'idol mio" (Teseo, HWV 9)
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Henry Le Boeuf Hall
Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BRUSSELS