Organization

Conductor

Dani Espasa

Singer

Countertenor

Xavier Sabata

Fundación Juan March

The Italian Cantatas

Madrid

Spain

The Italian style, molded during his stay in Italy (1706-1709), marked Händel's compositional essence. In the almost four years he was there, the German musician composed proportionally more music than in the rest of his life, mainly secular cantatas. Through this Arcadian-themed genre, Händel refined his style and delved into the keys of Italian melodicism that he would later apply in the operas he would premiere in London.

Xavier Sabata, countertenor, and Dani Espasa, harpsichord

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Cantata “Dolc’ è pur d’amor l’affanno” HWV 109a
Cantata “Vedendo amor” HWV 175 
Cantata “Lungi da me, pensier tiranno” HWV 125b

Extract from the concert "The Italian spirit" from the cycle "From Purcell to Handel: A century in the English chamber"
https://www.march.es/events/103190/

6 March, 2021
Fundación Juan March, Madrid

The Italian Cantatas: Concert Various

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The Italian Cantatas by Various, From (2022/2022), Conductor Dani Espasa, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain

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