Il Pomo d’Oro – Maxim Emelyanychev

The Handel Mythology

Arias and duets from Handel’s mythical operas: Arianna in Creta, Hercules, Il Pastor Fido, Imeneo, Apollo e Dafne, Giove in Argo

Il Pomo d’Oro was founded in 2012 by virtuosos specializing in historically informed performances. The orchestra performs orchestral works and opera from the Baroque and the classical period in a manner faithful to the style of the era in which a work was originally conceived. Il Pomo d’Oro has collaborated with many well-known conductors, including Riccardo Minasi (co-founder of Il Pomo d’Oro), George Petrou, Enrico Onofri, and rising talent Maxim Emelyanychev, the orchestra’s permanent conductor since 2016. Il Pomo d’Oro received distinctions at the Echo Klassik Awards in 2016 for their recordings of Haydn for violin and harpsichord, as well as for the album they recorded together with young French cellist Edgar Moreau. The orchestra is an official ambassador of El Sistema Greece, providing music training free of charge to refugee children and regularly giving concerts to refugee camps around Greece.

Programme


1. (Orchestra) ARIANNA Overture

2. (Karina) ARIANNA from Arianna in Creta: “ Sdegno amore”

3. (Ann) DEJANIRA from Hercules: “Ah, where shall I fly”

4. (Edgar) Platti concerto for cello in D maj. D-WD 650 Allegro, Adagio, Allegro

5. (Karina). CALISTO from Giove in Argo: “Tornami a vagheggiar”

6. (Karina and Ann) ARIANNA e TESEO DUET from Arianna in Creta: “Deh taci crudel/bell’idolo mio"


INTERVAL


7. (Ann) MIRTILLO from Pastor Fido: aria “Sento brillar"

8. (Karina) ) DAFNE from the cantata Apollo e Dafne: "Felicissima QUEST’ALMA”

9. (Edgar) Boccherini Concerto for cello in G. Ger.B 479 Allegro, Adagio, Allegro

10. (Ann) TESEO from Arianna in Creta: “Salda quercia"

11. (Karina and Ann) ROSMENE AND TIRINTO DUET from Imeneo: “Per le porte del tormeto”