Thursday 8 September 2022 7:30PM

Season Opening Concert: Regula Mühlemann soprano; La Folia Barockorchester

Cleopatra

Information

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Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

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Regula Mühlemann soprano
La Folia Barockorchester

The celebrated Egyptian Queen is the subject of this diverse selection of operatic extracts delivered by the exceptional young Swiss soprano assisted by the Dresden-based orchestra.

Carl Heinrich Graun (c.1703-1759)
- - Cleopatra e Cesare
    - Sinfonia
    - Tra le procelle assorto
Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
- - Antioco il grande
    - Se tu sarai felice
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
- - Violin Concerto in D RV208 'Grosso Mogul'
    - I. Allegro
    - II. Recitativo. Grave
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
- - Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
    - Antonio, e qual destino ... Vò goder senza contrasto
Antonio Vivaldi
- - Violin Concerto in D RV208 'Grosso Mogul'
    - III. Allegro
  - Il Tigrane RV740
    - Squarciami pure il seno
Interval
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
- - Antonio e Cleopatra
    - Sinfonia
Alessandro Scarlatti
- - Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra
    - Lascia, Antonio, deh lascia
Johann Adolf Hasse
- - Antonio e Cleopatra
    - Quel candido armellino
Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)
- - Concerto grosso in D minor after Corelli's 'La Follia' Op. 5 No. 12
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- - Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV17
    - Che sento? Oh Dio! ... Se pietà di me non senti
Johann Adolf Hasse
- - Antonio e Cleopatra
    - Morte col fiero aspetto