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Performance on 3: BBC Proms 2010: Prom 70 - Ensemble Matheus

29/12/2010

Prom 70 - Ensemble Matheus

BBC Proms 2010

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John Shea presents Ensemble Matheus peforming baroque music at the 2010 Proms.

John Shea presents baroque group Ensemble Matheus at the 2010 Proms. They perform works by Handel, Vivaldi and Telemann, with soloists including countertenor Philippe Jaroussky.

From BBC Proms 2010

Presented by John Shea

The Ensemble Matheus from Brittany in the far west of France have been making a name for themselves in recent years with their thrilling performances of Baroque music. Tonight, another chance to hear their Proms debut with their founder-director Jean-Christophe Spinosi in music from the heart of their repertory, by Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi.

Celebrated French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux join the group for arias and duets by Handel and one of his greatest operatic rivals in early eighteenth-century London, Nicola Porpora - including music he wrote for the famous castrato Farinelli.

Handel: Julius Caesar - Empio, dirò, tu sei
Vivaldi: La fida ninfa - 'Aure lievi, che spirate'
Vivaldi: Orlando furioso - 'Sol da te, mio dolce amore' & 'Sorge l'irato nembo'
Telemann: Concerto in E minor for recorder, flute and strings
Porpora: Polifemo - 'Alto Giove'
Vivaldi: Orlando furioso - 'Ah sleale...Io ti getto elmo'
Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in D major, RV 513
Vivaldi: La fida ninfa - 'Dimmi pastore'

Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
Laurence Paugam (violin)
Alexis Kossenko (recorder)
Jean-Marc Goujon (flute)
Ensemble Matheus
Jean-Christophe Spinosi (violin/director).

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