Artists
- Xavier Sabatacountertenor
- Armonia Atenea
- George Petroudirector, harpsichord
Archived Event
Catharsis
Xavier Sabata countertenor; Armonia Atenea; George Petrou director, harpsichord
- Date
- Mon 09 Oct 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Antonio Vivaldi1678-1741
- Concerto in G minor for strings RV157
- Giuseppe Maria Orlandini1676-1760
- Adelaide:
- Ciò che donò la frode ... Alza al ciel pianta orgogliosa
- Francesco Bartolomeo Contic.1682-1732
- Griselda:
- In te, sposa Griselda, mi uccido ... Cara sposa
- La follia RV63
- Pietro Torric.1650-1737
- Griselda:
- Vorresti col tuo pianto
- Farnace RV711:
- Gelido in ogni vena
Interval
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Admeto, re di Tessaglia HWV22:
- Introduzione
- Orride larve!
- Chiudetevi miei lumi
- Johann Adolf Hasse1699-1783
- La conversione di Sant'Agostino:
- Viver vogl'io sempre per te mio dio ... Or mi pento
- Mandolin Concerto in C RV425
- Attilio Ariosti1666-1729
- Caio Marzio Coriolano:
- Spirate, o iniqui marmi ... Voi d'un figlio tanto misero
- Adelaide:
- O del mio caro ben ... Già mi sembra al carro avvinto
Encore
- Francesco Cavalli1602-1676
- Giasone:
- Delizie, contenti che l'alma beate
- Manos Hatzidakis1925-1994
- Blood Wedding:
- Lullaby
Overview
Armonia Atenea, equally at home on period and moderninstruments, has flourished under George Petrou’s artisticleadership.
The ensemble returns to Wigmore Hall with XavierSabata and a programme coloured by spectacular vocal virtuosity.The Catalan countertenor’s Bad Guys album, a homage to Handel,was hailed by the Guardian as one of ‘the most intelligent andstriking recital discs of recent years’.