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2020-02-17 14:53:23
Handel and Corelli, 2020
This Week in Classical Music: February 17, 2020. Handel and Corelli. This week we celebrate the 335th birthday anniversary of George Frideric Handel, who was born in Halle on February 23rd of 1685. We’ve written about this great composer many times: here, for example is the entry from last year. In our library you can find samples from several of his operas (he composed almost 50 of them), such as Rinaldo, Xerxes, Ariodante, or Jiulio Cesare. Not all of them are equal, but Rodelinda is one of the most beautiful. It was written in 1725 and premiered at the King’s Theatre in Haymarket, London. The famous soprano Francesca Cuzzoni sung the role of Rodelinda, Queen of Lombardy. Senesino, Handel’s favorite castrato singer, was Bertarido, the defeated King of Lombardy. Another Handel’s favorite, the baritone Giuseppe Maria Boschi sung the role of the duke of Turin. According to Charles Burney, the 18th […]
2018-05-28 23:57:00
Pan European Orpheus : Julian Prégardien, Teatro del mondo
"Orpheus I am!" - An unusual but very well chosen collection of songs, arias and madrigals from the 17th century, featuring Julian Prégardien and Teatro del mondo. Devised by Andreas Küppers, this collection crosses boundaries demonstrating how Italian, German, French and English contemporaries responded to the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus himself is described in the first set, beginning with a by Robert Johnson (1583-1633), it begins with strong single chords and bold exclamation : "Orpheus, I am, come from the deeps below, to thee, fond man, the plagues of love to show". Dramatic declamation "Ha-a-a-ark ! how they groan who died despairing". Ma, divertirmi lo voglio from a opera from 1683 by Antonio Draghi (1634-1700), with an extended central section where low timbred strings - violas de gamba and theorbos-sing a grave yet sensous melody, enchanting the beasts of the wild. The pace picks up more brightly as […]
2018-04-27 19:15:02
You may remember Nora Fischer as the soprano who gave buoyant performances of Monteverdi's "Vi ricorda A2 Boschi ombrosi" at prestigious concert halls across Europe this season, her sweetly vibrant voice rising over the theorbo accompaniment. Or you may have caught her at a pop festival with another version of that same 400-year-old song, this time joined by electric guitar.
2018-04-27 09:00:52
New York TimesHAMBURG — You may remember Nora Fischer as the soprano who gave buoyant performances of Monteverdi's “Vi ricorda ò Boschi ombrosi” at prestigious concert halls across Europe this season, her sweetly vibrant voice rising over the theorbo accompaniment ...
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