Jeanine De Bique with Concerto Köln
Mirrors
Heroines of antiquity reflected in Baroque opera music by George Frideric Handel and contemporaries
Sunday, March 26, 4:00 PM
Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland
Sensational Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique and world-renowned German Baroque orchestra Concerto Köln take the stage at the beautiful Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland for a program featuring music from De Bique’s acclaimed debut album Mirrors.
Mirrors is centered around George Frideric Handel’s arias for heroines of antiquity such as Cleopatra, Rodelinda, and Alcina, paired with arias for those same heroines written by Handel’s contemporaries (Carl Heinrich Graun and Riccardo Broschi). Through these varied musical characterizations of the same ancient subjects, De Bique and Concerto Köln demonstrate the complex relationship between text, music, and the meaning they imbue.
Concerto Köln
Violin I
Evgeny Sviridov
Justyna Skatulnik
Emily Deans
Frauke Pöhl
Violin II
Anna Kodama
Bruno van Esseveld
Chiharu Abe
Joseph Tan
Viola
Antje Sabinski
Cosima Nieschlag
Violoncello
Alexander Scherf
Hannah Freinstein
Bass
Jean-Michel Forest
Harpsichord
Flora Fabri
Lute
Michael Dücker
program
HANDEL Sinfonia from Partenope
C. H. GRAUN “Risolvere non oso” from Rodelinda
HANDEL “Ritorna, o caro e dolce mio tesoro” from Rodelinda
VINCI Sinfonia from Partenope
C. H. GRAUN “L’empio rigor del fato” from Rodelinda
HANDEL “Ballo: Entrée des songes agréables” from Alcina
HANDEL “Ah, Ruggiero crudel” from Alcina
HANDEL “Ombre pallide” from Alcina
HANDEL Selections from Suite from Rodrigo
MANNA “Chi può dir che rea son io” from Achille in Sciro
HANDEL “M’hai resa infelice” from Deidamia
HANDEL Passacaille from Sonata in G Major, Op. 5, No. 4, HWV 399
HANDEL “Che sento? Oh dio! … Se pietà di me non senti” from Giulio Cesare
HANDEL “Ballo: Entrée des Songes agréables effrayés – Combat des Songes funestes et agréables” from Ariodante
C. H. GRAUN “Tra le procelle assorto” from Cleopatra e Cesare