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A Baroque Feast

Live at Wigmore Hall, leading countertenor Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰 and period instrument Orkiestra Historyczna perform vocal and instrumental numbers by Handel and his contemporaries.

Leading countertenor Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰 is joined by Polish period instrument ensemble Orkiestra Historyczna for a programme of operatic showstoppers and sparkling instrumental music by Handel and his contemporaries.

Introduced live from Wigmore Hall by Hannah French.

Handel: All'orror delle procelle (Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra, HWV 23)
Leonardo Vinci: Sta l'alma pietosa (Gismondo, re di Polonia)
Francesco Geminiani (arr. Charles Avison): Violin Sonata in G, Op. 1, No. 1
Francesco Scarlatti: Concerto grosso No. 4 in E minor; Concerto grosso No. 3 in A minor
Nicola Porpora: Core avezzo al furore (Polifemo)
Handel: Deggio morire, o stelle (Siroe, re di Persia, HWV 24)

8.20 pm
Interval music (from CD)
JS Bach: English Suite No. 3 in G minor BWV 808
Murray Perahia (piano)

8.40 pm
Leonardo Vinci: Bella pace (Gismondo, re di Polonia)
Handel Se dolce m'era gi脿 (Floridante, HWV 14)
Francesco Scarlatti: Concerto grosso No. 1 in E
Charles Avison: Concerto grosso No. 6 in D (after Domenico Scarlatti)
Handel: La tigre arde di sdegno (Admeto, re di Tessaglia, HWV 22)
Johann Adolf Hasse: Non sempre oprar da forte (Cajo Fabricio)

Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰 (countertenor)
Orkiestra Historyczna
Martyna Pastuszka (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Wed 22 Sep 2021 19:30

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    All'orror delle procelle (Ricardo primo)

    Performer: Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰. Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • Leonardo Vinci

    Sta l'alma pietosa (Gismondo re di Polonia)

    Performer: Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰. Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • Francesco Geminiani

    Violin sonata, Op.1 No.1 in G major - arr Charles Avison

    Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • Francesco Scarlatti

    Concerto grosso No.4 in E Minor

    Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • Francesco Scarlatti

    Concerto grosso No 3 in A Minor

    Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • Nicola Porpora

    Core avezzo al furore (Polifemo)

    Performer: Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰. Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Deggio morire, o stelle (Siroe)

    Performer: Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰. Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No.3 in G minor, BWV 808

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Bach: English Suites Nos. 1,3 & 6.
    • Sony.
    • 9-15.
  • Leonardo Vinci

    Bella pace (Gismondo re di Polonia)

    Performer: Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰. Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Se dolce m'era gia (Floridante)

    Performer: Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰. Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • Francesco Scarlatti

    Concerto grosso No.1 in E major

    Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto grosso No. 6 in D Major

    Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • George Frideric Handel

    La tigre arde di sdegno (Admeto)

    Performer: Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰. Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • Johann Adolf Hasse

    Non sempre oprar da forte (Cajo Fabricio)

    Performer: Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰. Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Se fiera belva ha cinto (Rodelinda / Act 3)

    Performer: Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰. Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna. Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka.
  • Leonardo Vinci

    Torna cinto (Gismondo, re di polonia)

    Performer: Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰. Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Notturno (from notturno e danza)

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Paavali Jumppanen.
    • Ondine.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Danza (Notturno e Danza)

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Paavali Jumppanen.
    • Ondine.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Summer Thoughts

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Paavali Jumppanen.
    • Finland 100: A Century of Finnish Classics.
    • Ondine.
    • 501.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 - slow movement

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Ondine.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 Sep 2021 19:30