Prom 70

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: L'Empio, sleale, indegno
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)	La fida ninfa, RV 714: Aure lievi, che spirate
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)	Orlando furioso, RV 728: Sol da te, mio dolce amore
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)	Orlando furioso, RV 728: Sorge l'irato nembo
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)	Concerto in E minor for flute and recorder TWV 52:e1
Porpora, Nicola (1686-1768)	Polifemo: “Alto Giove”
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)	Orlando furioso, RV 728: Ah sleale… Io ti getto elmo
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)	Concerto for 2 violins in D major, RV 513
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)	La fida ninfa, RV 714: Dimmi pastore

Performers

Marie-Nicole Lemieux	Contralto
Philippe Jaroussky	Countertenor
Laurence Paugam	Violin
Alexis Kossenko	Recorder
Jean-Marc Goujon	Flute
Ensemble Matheus
Jean-Christophe Spinosi	Director, Violin

French counter-tenor Philippe Jaroussky and
Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux sing
arias and duets by two great masters of 18thcentury
opera seria, including a rare extract
from one of the works that Handel’s
London rival Porpora wrote to show off
his star pupil, the legendary castrato Farinelli.

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Prom 70: Ensemble Matheus and Spinosi

Nahoko Gotoh, 6th September

For the late night prom on Monday, the French early music group Ensemble Matheus led by the flamboyant violinist/director Jean-Christophe Spinosi brought an entertaining and well-juxtaposed programme of baroque arias and concertos starring French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux.