Concert at Wigmore Hall, with acclaimed Louise Alder, soprano and Tim Mead, countertenor: Scarlatti, Handel and Porpora

BACK

Two leading singers join Jonathan Cohen and his period-instrument orchestra for cantatas by Scarlatti, Handel and the latter’s onetime rival, the Neapolitan Porpora – prolific vocal composer and teacher of the famed castrato Farinelli, whose 250th anniversary of death is this year, and whose music Arcangelo’s first recording was of.

Priority booking is open for this concert: https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/arcangelo-thomas-dunford-louise-alder-tim-mead-201812071930

Public booking will open on 29 May 2018.

Programme:

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
- - - Cantata: Piango, sospiro, e peno
  - Clori e Mirtillo
    - Mentre sul carro aurato
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- - - Trio Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 HWV386b
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
- - - Ecco che il primo albore
INTERVAL
Nicola Porpora
- - - Lasciovi al fin grandezze (Il ritiro)
    - Sinfonia da camera in G minor Op. 2 No. 3
George Frideric Handel
- - - Cantata: Amarilli Vezzosa (Il Duello Amoroso) HWV82

Cast:

Sophie Gent violin
Louis Creach violin
Max Mandel viola
Jonathan Byers cello
Thomas Dunford lute
Louise Alder soprano soloist
Tim Mead countertenor soloist
Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord

07 December 2018: Concert at Wigmore Hall, with acclaimed Louise Alder, soprano and Tim Mead, countertenor: Scarlatti, Handel and Porpora

Related

Other upcoming events

Mailing list