Listening with the Eyes
Le Roi Music Hall / at 09:00 PM
Wild Passions
and Pastoral Loves
This evening’s program whisks us away to an arcadian world of pastoral love amid magical, woodland landscapes, where nymphs and shepherds reel and rejoice over their romantic escapades. The soundtrack of this journey provides a scrumptious selection from one of the best-loved musical forms of the 18th century, the Italian cantata. We’ll be hearing from famed composers such as Händel, Marcello and Porpora, alongside lesser-known names like Carlo Antonio Benati, Pier Giuseppe Sandoni, Pietro Domenico Paradisi and Leonardo Leo.
Nicola Porpora
Cantata “Alla caccia dell’alme”
Gerolamo Bononcini
Cantata “Lasciami un sol momento”
Pier Giuseppe Sandoni
Suite in re minore
Benedetto Marcello
Cantata “Ah, ch’io sento in lontananza”
Georg Friedrich Händel
Cantata “Lungi da me pensier tiranno”
Pietro Domenico Paradisi
Sonata VI in la maggiore
Leonardo Leo
Aria “Del pigro Lete”
Carlo Antonio Benati
Cantata “Come l’ape e senza i fior”
Delphine Galou, contralto
Ottavio Dantone, harpsichord
