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Prom 26: Modern Queens from Anna Prohaska and Il giardino armonico

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“Anna Prohaska must surely be one of the most compelling artists performing today”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 2 August 2018
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Overture
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Ah! Belinda
Graupner, Dido, Königin von Carthago: Holdestes Lispeln der spielenden Fluthen
Sartorio, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Non ti voglio amar
Locke, The Tempest: Curtain Tune
Sartorio, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Quando voglio
Graupner, Dido, Königin von Carthago: Der Himmel ist von Donner... Infido Cupido
Graupner, Dido, Königin von Carthago: Agitato da Tempeste
Handel, Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op.6 No.8, HWV 326
Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Se pietà di me non senti
Castello, Sonata no.15 in D minor for two violins, viola and bass
Cavalli, La Didone: Re de' Getuli Altero... Il mio marito
Hasse, Antonio e Cleopatra: Morte, col fiero aspetto
Purcell, The Fairy Queen, Z 629: Dance for Chinese man and woman
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Oft she visits this lov'd mountain
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Dido's Lament "When I am laid in earth"
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Fear no danger
Anna Prohaska, Soprano
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini, Conductor
Taking risks that pay off at the Enescu Festival
****1
Isabelle Faust and Il Giardino Armonico at Sommets Musicaux
****1
Spirited Mozart from Isabelle Faust and Il Giardino Armonico in Tokyo
*****
Pre-Baroque rarity for a grand season opening at Theater an der Wien
*****
Il giardino armonico’s bouquet of Baroque bonbons causes a sensation in Wrocław
****1
Anna Prohaska: pure and precise
****1
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