WHEN:
Thursday, January 23, 2025
WHERE:
Geffen Stage
Kaufmann Concert Hall
The 92nd Street Y
New York
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...greatest hits of the Baroque era – arias by Handel, Purcell, Rameau, and Lully, including the glorious “Let the Bright Seraphim,” alongside instrumental masterworks by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and Pachelbel. The complete program will feature:
HANDEL Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon
HANDEL “Verdi Prati,” from Alcina
VIVALDI Concerto No. 1 in E Major, “Spring”
BACH Air, from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major
PURCELL Suite from The Fairy Queen
PACHELBEL Canon in D Major
HANDEL “Da Tempeste,” from Giulio Cesare in Egitto
RAMEAU Les sauvages, from Les Indes galantes
PURCELL Sonata for Trumpet, Strings, and Basso Continuo in D Major
PURCELL “If Love’s a Sweet Passion, ” from The Fairy Queen
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major
STROZZI “Che si può fare?”
TELEMANN Selections from Ouverture-Suite, “Hamburger Ebb and Fluth”
LULLY March for the Ceremony of the Turks, from Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
HANDEL “Let the Bright Seraphim,” from Samson..."