Name: Handel in Italy
Start: 2024-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Church of Our Lady of Finistère

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Midsummer Mozartiade

Instrumentalist

Yun Kim

Violin

Francois Fernandéz

Clémence Schlitz

Cello

Ugo Turcat

Harpsichord

Singer

Elise Gäbele

Soprano

Laurie Janssens

Violinist

Violin 1

Violin 2

Soloist

Handel in Italy

Brussels

Belgium

Church of Our Lady of Finistère

Handel in Italy: Sinfonia in B-flat major, HWV 339 Händel (+4 More)

Public

Concert

Sinfonia in B-flat major, HWV 339

Cantata Armida abbandonata, HWV 105

Trio Sonata in G minor, HWV 390

Agrippina condotta a morire, HWV 110

Duos and Trios II

Samrat Sen

Approved

Accordionist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Conductor

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baritone

Bass

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Countertenor

Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Italy, the birthplace of the opera, the oratorio and the cantata (not to mention the concerto and the sonata), was the country every civilised man had to visit in the 18th century. Not surprisingly, Handel, in his early twenties, found his way to Italy, in the autumn of 1706, as would Mozart, even younger, some 60 years later. Until the spring of 1710, Handel rubbed shoulders with the biggest names in Italian music: Lotti, Vivaldi and Albinoni in Venice, Perti in Florence, Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Caldara, Corelli and Pasquini in Rome. In the Eternal City, a papal decree banning opera prompted composers and patrons to turn their dramatic inclinations to non-theatrical forms. The abundance of available opera stars encouraged the flourishing of the secular cantata, a form that distils a long lyrical-dramatic arc into a few movements of concentrated emotion. This free concert, organised with the support of the City of Brussels, features two of these. Handel composed Armida abbandonata in 1707 for the star soprano Margherita Durastanti (who later followed him to London to sing Italian operas). Agrippina condotta a morire was most likely intended for the same diva. These mini-dramas are powerful portraits of female characters with tragic fates. Having arrived an apprentice, il caro Sassone left Italy as a master.

English

Handel in Italy by Händel, From (2024/2024), Church of Our Lady of Finistère, Brussels, Belgium

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