Händel & Hendrix
12. June 2020
11. June
2021
Church of Peace Sanssouci
In 1968 genius guitarist Jimi Hendrix moved into a flat right next to Händel’s house in London. He bought Händel records, did »Messiah« and »Belshazzar« jams and saw Händel’s ghost in the mirror. Did he know about Händel excelling at ingenious improvisations in his organ concerts? Today those two share a museum in Mayfair – and a concert at the Music Festival Potsdam Sanssouci! Four outstanding early music virtuosos offer exciting new Händel interpretations with improvisational bravado and together with ensemble B’Rock they launch Lee Santana’s outlandish Hendrix variations. Potsdam’s Church of Peace witnesses Händel and Hendrix’ message of peace become a musical event: make music, not war!
Dmitry Sinkovsky, countertenor & violin
Margret Köll, harp
Lee Santana, theorbo & electric guitar
Sebastian Wienand, harpsichord & organ
B'ROCK ORCHESTRA
Dorothee Oberlinger, musical direction & recorders
Opening speech: Michael Rauhut, professor of popular Music, Kristiansand
Georg Friedrich Händel
Overture to »Messiah«
Arias from »Judas Maccabaeus«, »Belshazzar« & »Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno« Organ concert HWV 291, 292 & 294 in original setting & arrangements for recorder & harp
Lee Santana
Compositions, inspired by music & lyrics by Jimi Hendrix:
Little Wing & Night Bird and a new composition on a text from John Milton’s poem »L‘Allegro«
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