Les Arts Florissants (France)
18/10｜Tuesday｜20:00
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
Tickets: MOP 400, 300, 200, 150
Performance of early music has become increasingly popular in recent years. The use of period musical instruments revives the playing techniques and performance style of the earlier years, allowing audiences to reconstruct, while listening to quaint music pieces and sound, the musical world of the past through historical imagination. The renowned conductor and harpsichordist, William Christie, and his Les Arts Florissants have played a phenomenal role in the revival of early music. Les Arts Florissants is a vocal and instrumental ensemble famous for its meticulous and exquisite presentations, with specialisations in performing Baroque instrumental music, opera, oratorio, madrigals and various kinds of religious music. Sense of multiplicity is found in their performance, demonstrating the richness in the world of early music.
In an Italian Garden, featuring Italian lyric works from the 16th to 18th centuries, is going to be presented by the rising stars of the Le Jardin des Voix Academy under the ensemble. The concert, exploring the subjects of love, hatred and jealousy which lie in humanity, will lead the audience to a leisurely journey through a beautifully dramatic garden of music constituted by the masterpieces of Banchieri, Vivaldi, Händel, Mozart and Haydn.
Conductor: William Christie
Musical Directors: William Christie and Paul Agnew
Stage Directors: Sophie Daneman and Paul Agnew
Soloists of Le Jardin des Voix:
Lucía Martín-Cartón, Soprano
Lea Desandre, Mezzo-soprano
Carlo Vistoli, Countertenor
Nicholas Scott, Tenor
Renato Dolcini, Baritone
John Taylor Ward, Bass
Orchestra of Les Arts Florissants
Programme Highlights
G. F. Händel: “Ah! stigie larve, ah! scelerati spettri!” from Orlando, HWV. 31
A. Vivaldi: “Ah sleale, ah spergiura” from Orlando Furioso, RV Anh. 84
G. F. Händel: “Lascia la spina cogli la rosa” from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV. 46a
A. Vivaldi: “Care pupille” from La virtù trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio, ovvero il Tigrane
W. A. Mozart: Un bacio di mano for Bass and Orchestra, KV. 541
Performed in Italian, with surtitles in Chinese, Portuguese and English
Duration: approximately 2 hours, including one interval