Past Event
Fri, February 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
AKADEMIE FÜR ALTE MUSIK BERLIN & CHRISTOPHER AINSLIE
Handel: Arias for Countertenor
Pierre Boulez Saal
Pierre Boulez Saal
Countertenor Christopher Ainslie—who made his debut with the Boulez Ensemble last season—and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin present a selection of arias from the operas of George Frideric Handel that celebrate the joys and sorrows of love. The musicians are joined by students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie who will work with the ensemble for first-hand training in historical performance practice. Instrumental pieces by Handel’s London contemporaries frame the operatic excerpts.
Artists
Program
George Frideric Handel
Overture from Alcina HWV 34
"Otton, Otton" – "Voi che udite il mio lamento" (from Agrippina HWV 6)
William Boyce
Symphony in C major Op. 2 No. 3
George Frideric Handel
"Gia l’ebro mio ciglio" (from Orlando HWV 31)
Suite from Radamisto HWV 12a
"Ombra mai fu" (from Serse HWV 40)
"Vivi tiranno" (from Rodelinda HWV 19)
Thomas Arne
Overture from „The Judgement of Paris“
George Frideric Handel
"Pena tiranna" (from Amadigi di Gaula HWV 11)
"T'amai, quant'il mio cor" (from Amadigi di Gaula HWV 11)
Charles Avison
Concerto grosso No. 5 in D minor (after Domenico Scarlatti)
George Frideric Handel
"Inumano fratel" – "Stille Amare" (from Tolomeo, Rè di Egitto HWV 25)
EVENT TIMELINE
Bar opens
18:30
Hall opens
19:00
Start
19:30
Intermission
End
21:15
Bar closes
22:15
Times are approximate.
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