Early Music Vancouver: Handel Early Cantatas feat. Amanda Forsythe, soprano

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Cost: $28.00
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Pre-concert talk at 6:45PM

At age 19, George Frideric Handel, not satisfied with being simply a local wonder in his native Germany, set off for Italy — the center of the 18th century musical universe — to find fame and fortune. In Rome, he worked alongside some of the most important musicians of the time and it was there that the young composer wrote some of his most dramatic, virtuosic and exciting works. This exceptional concert features the return of internationally-acclaimed soprano Amanda Forsythe with Pacific MusicWorks under the direction of Stephen Stubbs. The programme includes Handel’s Armida Abbandonata which was part of J.S.Bach’s personal library.

“Forsythe’s voice is marvelous — clear, florid, and warm at the same time — but the context highlighted her fundamentally superb rhythm. In the faster of her six Handel arias, passagework darted with glinting precision, exhilaratingly even, with confidently audacious ornamentation.” – The Boston Globe

Programme

George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)

Agrippina condotto a morire
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Trio Sonata – Op. 4, No. 1
Preludio, Largo – Corrente, Allegro – Adagio – Allemanda
Handel
Col partir la bella Clori

INTERMISSION
Handel
Sarei troppo felice
Sonata – Op. 5, No. 4 G major
Allegro – A tempo ordinario – Passacaille – Gigue – Menuet

Armida abbandonata
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