Time 19:00-22:00
The Royal Theatre in the Old Orangery in the Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
FREE ADMISSION
When thinking about the Baroque, it is worth immersing oneself in a vision of the Italian landscape – stunning scenery, impressive architecture and art, and above all, music, the spirit of which lingered over all of Europe. The Apennine Peninsula was the birthplace of the concertante technique, full of contrasts and sophistication, realized in perfect form by such masters as Arcangelo Corelli and Antonio Vivaldi. It was there that the idea of opera first germinated, and its expressive power and abundance of creative possibilities radically changed the face of baroque musical culture. Georg Friedrich Haendel was also inspired by the Mediterranean accomplishments, and his trips to Florence, Rome, Naples, and Venice turned out to be crucial in the process of synthesis of various styles and crystallization of his individual musical language.
During the Night of Museums, the charming space of the Old Orangery in the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw will be enlivened with the sound of music by 18th-century masters. The Period Instruments Ensemble Capella Regia Polona will bring out the variety of emotions enchanted in the excellent concertos of George Friedrich Handel, Arcangelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi, and Michael Corrette. The subtle dialogue of the orchestra with soprano Justyna Stępień in the religious motet Silete Venti will introduce listeners to a mood full of reflection and sweetness, while Dorota Lachowicz will take them to the world of baroque opera, performing moving arias from the works of Haendel and Vivaldi.
PROGRAM
1. instrumental concert
G.F. Haendel – Ouverture to the opera Floridante HWV 14
G.F. Haendel – Concerto grosso in A minor Op. 6 No 4
2. vocal-instrumental concert
G.F. Haendel – aria (Cornelia) Nel tuo seno, amico sasso from Act I of the opera Giulio Cesare
G.F. Haendel – recitativo accompagnato and aria (Tolomeo) Stille amare from Act III of the opera Re d’ Egitto HWV 25
A. Vivaldi – aria (Griselda) Ho il cor già lacero from Act I of the opera Griselda RV 718
3. vocal-instrumental concert
G.F. Haendel – Motet Silete Venti HWV 242
Symphonia | Silete Venti | Dulcis Amor
4. instrumental concert
A. Corelli – Concerto grosso in D major Op. 6 No 4
A. Vivaldi – Concerto in G minor RV 157
5. instrumental concert
M. Corrette – Concerto comique No 7 La Servante au bon tabac
M. Corrette – Concerto comique No 25 Les Sauvages
PERFORMERS
JUSTYNA STĘPIEŃ SOPRANO
DOROTA LACHOWICZ MEZZOSOPRANO
THE PERIOD INSTRUMENTS ENSEMBLE OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA CAPELLA REGIA POLONA
KRZYSZTOF GARSTKA HARPSICHORD, CONDUCTOR
