Concerti and Arias!
Wed Apr 24, 19:30 - Wed Apr 24, 21:30
St Andrew's Presbytarian Church, De Waterkant, Cape Town
ABOUT
The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra presents a programme featuring the instrumental concerto in all its forms (solo concerto, concerto grosso and orchestral concerto) alongside arias from baroque operas, featuring, amongst others, soloists Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi (soprano), Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Erik Dippenaar (chamber organ). The programme includes Vivaldi's violin concerto La Tempesta di mare, Handel's Op. 4, No. 4 organ concerto, and a concerto grosso by Corelli. Mkhwanazi will sing arias by Handel and Vivaldi.
Come be transformed by the range of affects in this exciting programme!
With: Soloists Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi (soprano), Ralitza Macheva and Annien Shaw (baroque violins), Erik Dippenaar (chamber organ), and the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra. Directed from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar.
The programme:
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto for strings, RV 127
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Piangerò, la sorte mia from Giulio Cesare (1724)
Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi (soprano)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
La tempesta di Mare violin concerto from Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op. 8 No. 5 (1725)
Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin)
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Ah mio cor from Alcina (1735)
Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi (soprano)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Organ Concerto, Op. 4, Nr. 4 (1738)
Erik Dippenaar (chamber organ)
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, Nr. 4 (1714)
Ralitza Macheva and Annien Shaw (baroque violin)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Agitata da due venti from Griselda (1735)
Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi (soprano)