Cast
Caroline Jestaedt Soprano
Marie Perbost Soprano
Magdalena Kožená Mezzo-soprano
Marina Viotti Mezzo-soprano
Aude Extrémo Mezzo-soprano
Paul-Antoine Bénos-DjianCountertenor
Stanislas de Barbeyrac Tenor
Florian Sempey Baritone
Alexandre DuhamelBaritone
Laurent Naouri Bass-baritone
Gaëlle Arquez Mezzo-soprano
Chœur de chambre de Namur
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski Conductor
Programme
Part I
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759)
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Act III)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
Armide: “The more I observe these places”
“Come, come, relentless hatred” (Act III, scenes 3-5)
Georg Friedrich Handel
Amadigi: “Of an unfortunate lover… Tyrannical pain”
Concerto grosso op. 3 No. 1: First Movement
Ariodante: “Ungrateful Polinesso… Negligent”
The Resurrection: “I, trembling… O you of Erebus”
Concerto grosso op. 3 No. 2: Largo, Second Movement
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Iphigenia in Tauris: “Heaven… Of dark forebodings”
“O unfortunate Iphigenia”
“Protective gods… The calm… Let us avenge nature”
Don Juan: Larghetto and Dance of the Spectres
Interlude
Show morePart II
Homage to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Georg Friedrich Handel
Saul: Funeral March
Esther: “Turn not, O Queen, Thy face away”
Coronation Anthem “Zadok the Priest”
Tamerlano: “Oh per me lieto… Si, figlia, io moro”
Concerto grosso op. 3 No. 2: Vivace, First Movement
Alcina: “Tornami a vagheggiar”
“Ora intendo… Ah! Mio cor”
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Iphigenia in Aulis: “Diana pitiless”
Alceste: “Ah, despite myself”
“Divinities of the Styx”
Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Georg Friedrich Handel
Theodora: “To thee, thou glorious son of worth”
Samson: “O Loss of Sight… Total Eclipse”
Ariodante: “After Night”
Semele: “Happy shall we be”