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Liszt to Giovanni Sgambati
Avison, Geminiani, Handel

24 November 2023, 19.30-22.00

Solti Hall

Tour of Europe - Orfeo Orchestra's Baroque Season Ticket

Avison, Geminiani, Handel

Handel: Il pastor fido, HWV 8 – Overture
Geminiani: The Inchanted Forrest, H. 151 – 1. Andante, 2. Allegro moderato
Handel: ‘The Princes applaud with a furious Joy’ — aria from the ode Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75
Geminiani: The Inchanted Forrest, H. 151 – 9. Allegro
Handel: ‘No, cruel Father, no!’ — Jonathan’s aria from the oratorio Saul, Act 1, HWV 53
Handel: ‘But sooner Jordan’s Stream, I swear’ – Jonathan’s aria from the oratorio Saul, Act 2, HWV 53
Geminiani: Concerto in C minor, H. 119 [Op. 7/5] – 1. Andante, 2. Allegro
Geminiani: Concerto in C minor, H. 119 [Op. 7/5] – 4. Allegro
Handel: ‘Thus when the Sun from’s Wat’ry Bed’ – Samsonʼs aria from the oratorio Samson, Act 3, HWV 57
Handel: ‘Like Clouds, stormy Winds them impelling’ – the Pleasureʼs aria from the oratorio The Triumph of Time and Truth, Act 3, HWV 71

INTERMISSION

Geminiani: Concerto in D minor, H. 76 [Op. 3/4] – 1. Largo e staccato, 2. Allegro
Handel: ‘Comfort ye, my People’ – aria from the oratorio Messiah, Part 1, HWV 56
Handel: ‘Ev’ry Valley shall be exalted’ – aria from the oratorio Messiah, Part 1, HWV 56
Geminiani: Concerto in E minor, H. 84 [Op. 3/6] (transcripted version) – 1. Adagio, 2. Allegro, 3. Allegro
Handel: ‘While Kedron’s Brook’ – aria from the oratorio Joshua, Part 1, HWV 64
Avison: Concerto No. 5 in D minor after Domenico Scarlatti – 1. Largo
Avison: Concerto No. 3 in D minor after Domenico Scarlatti – 4. Allegro
Handel: ‘Your Charms to ruin led the Way’ – Samsonʼs aria from the oratorio Samson, Act 2, HWV 57
Handel: ‘Where congeal’d the Northern Streams’ – Hyllusʼ aria from the oratorio Hercules, Act 1, HWV 60
Geminiani: Concerto in D minor, H. 52 [Op. 2] – 1. Presto
Handel: ‘Come to my Arms, my lovely Fair’ – Jupiterʼs aria from the oratorio Semele, Act 3, HWV 58

Adriána Kalafszky (tenor)
Orfeo Orchestra on period instruments (artistic director: György Vashegyi)
Conductor: Augustin Szokos

Presented by

Sysart Ltd Orfeo Music Foundation

Tickets:

HUF 3 500