Monday 9 October 2017 7:30PM

Xavier Sabata countertenor; Armonia Atenea; George Petrou director, harpsichord

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Xavier Sabata countertenor
Armonia Atenea
Sergiu Nastasa violin
Carmen Otilia Alitei violin
Laurentiu Octavian Matasaru viola
Iason Ioannou cello
Dimitrios Tigkas double bass
Theodoros Kitsos mandolin, theorbo
George Petrou director, harpsichord

Armonia Atenea, equally at home on period and modern instruments, has flourished under George Petrou’s artistic leadership.

The ensemble returns to Wigmore Hall with Xavier Sabata and a programme coloured by spectacular vocal virtuosity. The Catalan countertenor’s Bad Guys album, a homage to Handel, was hailed by the Guardian as one of ‘the most intelligent and striking recital discs of recent years’.

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676-1760)
- - Adelaide
    - Ciò che donò la frode ... Alza al ciel pianta orgogliosa
Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (c.1682-1732)
- - Griselda
    - In te, sposa Griselda, mi uccido ... Cara sposa
Antonio Vivaldi
Pietro Torri (c.1650-1737)
- - Griselda
    - Vorresti col tuo pianto
Antonio Vivaldi
- - Farnace RV711
    - Gelido in ogni vena
Interval
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- - Admeto, re di Tessaglia HWV22
    - Introduzione
    - Orride larve!
    - Chiudetevi miei lumi
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
- - La conversione di Sant'Agostino
    - Viver vogl'io sempre per te mio dio ... Or mi pento
Antonio Vivaldi
Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729)
- - Caio Marzio Coriolano
    - Spirate, o iniqui marmi ... Voi d'un figlio tanto misero
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini
- - Adelaide
    - O del mio caro ben ... Già mi sembra al carro avvinto
Encore
Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
- - Giasone
    - Delizie, contenti che l'alma beate
Manos Hatzidakis (1925-1994)
- - Blood Wedding
    - Lullaby