Terra Barocca. Handel

Artists:

• Terra Barocca Early Music Ensemble:
• Sofia Soloviy, soprano
• Lilia Nikitchuk, mezzo-soprano
• Sergiy Gavrylyuk, baroque violin
• Mykhailo Solonchenko, baroque violin
• Stepan Syvokhip, oboe
• Maksym Rymar, cello
• Anna Ivaniushenko, harpsichord

Program:

• George Frideric Handel:
  • Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D Major HWV 371
  • Lucretia’s aria “Gia superbo del mio affanno” from the cantata “Lucretia” HWV 145
  • Morgana’s aria “Tornami a vagheggiar” from the opera “Alcina” HWV 34
  • Cornelius and Sextus’ duet “Son nata a lagrimar” from the opera “Julius Caesar in Egypt” HWV 17
  • Aria and variations “The Harmonious Blacksmith” from Harpsichord Suites No. 5 in E major HWV 430
  • Ariodante’s aria “Dopo notte” from the opera Ariodante HWV 33
  • Alcina’s aria “Ah! Mio cor” from the opera Alcina HWV 34
  • Trio Sonata in D major HWV 385
  • Amintus and Phyllida’s duet “Per abbatter il rigore” from the cantata Amintus and Phyllida, HWV 83

His operas made respectable members of society cry and laugh, the heroes he wrote embodied the most daring romantic dreams, he is a son of the Baroque era, a favorite of the public, the author of the sublime oratorio “Messiah” and the passionate opera “Alcina”. He is George Friedrich Handel.

Few composers could boast of so many laudatory mentions, Johann Sebastian Bach in his declining years noted that if he were not Bach, he would be Handel! Beethoven remembered him as one of the most brilliant artists of the past, Joseph Haydn was deeply impressed by the famous chorus “Hallelujah” and this series can be continued for a long time, but is it worth confirming that the world loved Handel. And Handel, in turn, wrote a lot about love. So it is precisely the program of his works that the musicians of the Early Music Ensemble “Terra Barocca” dedicate to the upcoming holiday, inviting us to immerse ourselves in the plots of Handel’s opera arias together!