| 19:00 | From young to old
Madonna in the Rosegarden
Adorable: the Virgin Mary's Italian baroque music
Peace of Church Sanssouci / Address: Am Grünen Gitter 3, 14469 Potsdam
artists
Lydia Teuscher, soprano
Ann Hallenberg, alto
ACCADEMIA BIZANTINA
Musical direction: Ottavio Dantone
program
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725):
excerpts from "Il Giardino di Rose"
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1753):
Salve regina A-Major
George Frederic Handel (1685-1759):
Cantata "Donna che in ciel di tanta luce splendi" (introduction) HWV 233
Duet from the oratorio "La Resurrezione" HWV 47
Salve regina g-minor HWV 241
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710-1791):
Il pianto di Maria (Cantata sacra, previously attributed to Handel)
description
The Virgin Mary was believed to have reopened the locked garden of paradise and since medieval times she has been revered as "Rosa mystica", the "mysterious Rose". This evening's pieces are influenced by the glowing Marian devotion of the Italian baroque: from the young Händel's breathtakingly beautiful Marian antiphones via Scarlatti's "Rose Garden" oratorio to Ferrandini's pieta, which was attributed to Händel for a long time. It finds its expression in sensually tonal splendour performed by top baroque performance artists.
A production in cooperation with the Musicfestival KLANGVOKAL Dortmund.
