Concerto Köln with Jeanine De Bique

Pre-concert lecture by Classical California KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen at 7pm

Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique appears with renowned period instrument orchestra Concerto Köln in a program celebrating female protagonists. Juxtaposing a series of Handel heroines against their counterparts in operas by Handel’s contemporaries, Carl Heinrich Graun and Riccardo Broschi, De Bique will sing arias from works such as Rodrigo, Giulio Cesare, Rodelinda, Partenope, and more.

Times: Thursday, March 23, 2023 8:00PM

PROGRAM

• Mirrors
• HÄNDEL: Sinfonia (Ouverture and Gigue) from Partenope HWV 27 (1730)
• GRAUN: “Risolvere non oso” from Rodelinda (Potsdam, 1741) / West Coast Premiere
• HÄNDEL: “Ritorna o caro” from Rodelinda HWV 19
• HÄNDEL: Suite from Rodrigo HWV 5 (Part 1)
• HÄNDEL: “Ah, mio cor!” from Alcina HWV 34 
• HÄNDEL: Suite from Rodrigo HWV 5 (Part 2)
• BROSCHI: “Mi restano le lagrime” from L’isola d’ Alcina (Rom, 1728) / West Coast Premiere
• GRAUN: “L’empio rigor del fato” from Rodelinda (Potsdam, 1741) / West Coast Premiere 
• VINCI: Sinfonia (Act I) from Partenope (1725)
• MANNA: “Chi può dir,” Deidamia’s aria from Achille in Sciro (Napoli, 1745)
• HÄNDEL: “M’hai resa infelice,” Deidamia’s aria from Deidamia (London, 1741)
• HÄNDEL: Suite from Rodrigo HWV 5 (Part 3)
• HÄNDEL: “Che sento, Se pietà” from Giulio Cesare HWV 17, Act II, scene 8
• GRAUN:“Tra le procelle assorto”  from Cleopatra and Cesar (Berlin, 1742)