Event listing: Geneva Chamber Orchestra | Saanen Church | Fri 8 Feb 2013 at 19:30

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Saanen ChurchDorfstrasse, 3792 Saanen, Switzerland, Saanen, Bern, 3792, Switzerland

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Programme

Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)	Zoroastre: Overture
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)	Platée: L'Orage
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)	Les Boréades: Rondeau
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)	Les Indes Galantes: Air pour les esclaves Africains
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)	Les Indes Galantes: Air des Sauvages
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Admeto: Orride larve
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Va Tacito
Marais, Marin (1656-1728)	Alcione: Overture
Marais, Marin (1656-1728)	Alcione: Marche pour les Matelots
Marais, Marin (1656-1728)	Alcione: Tempête
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Rodelinda, RWV19: Pompe vane di morte... Dove sei, amato bene?
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Rodelinda, RWV19: Pompe vane di morte... Dove sei, amato bene?
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687)	Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Overture
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687)	Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV43: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Admeto: Chiudetevi miei lumi
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Rodelinda, HWV 19: Vivi tiranno

Performers

Geneva Chamber Orchestra
David Greilsammer	Conductor
Lawrence Zazzo	Countertenor

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Opera seria brought to life by Zazzo and the Geneva Chamber Orchestra

David Karlin, 9th February

Question: how do you demonstrate to a sceptical audience that baroque opera seria doesn’t have to be boring? To answer this, the organisers of Sommets Musicaux and David Greilsammer, conductor of the Geneva Chamber Orchestra came up with a programme consisting of four Handel arias interspersed with orchestral passages from French baroque opera, these chosen for their variety and dance-based charac

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