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Bach versus Haendel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here, Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n presents a pastiche, an assemblage of pieces from the works of Bach and Handel, often paired together to mirror instrumental melodies or complementary texts, sometimes in different languages. These associations allow us to navigate from one musical universe to another, in subtle and sometimes surprising ways, exploring the correspondences and differences between the two composers, who were born in the same year, in the same region, and yet never knew each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This alternation between the oratorios of one composer and the cantatas of the other, or between the concerti of these two monuments of Baroque music, is astonishing in the way the melodic lines respond to each other with obvious ease and harmonic logic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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1 – Stile antico<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDEL – \u00ab Egypt was glad when they departed \u00bbChorus from the oratorio Israel in Egypt<\/em>, HWV 54 (Exodus, XI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH \u2013 \u00ab Nimm von uns Herr, du treuer Gott \u00bbChorus from the cantata Nimm von uns Herr, du treuer Gott<\/em>, BWV 101<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 – Stylus symphonicus<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH – SinfoniaExcerpt from the cantata Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats<\/em>, BWV 42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HAENDEL \u2013 X. AllegroExcerpt from Suite no. 1, X. HWV 348, Watermusic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpt from Concerto for oboe and strings in F major, BWV 1053<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 \u2013 Orpheus & Euridice<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH \u2013 II. Affettuoso, Concerto Brandebourgeois<\/em> n\u00b0 5 BWV 1050 \u2013 on a text from the libretto of Orpheus<\/em> by Georg Philip Telemann <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 \u2013 Il madrigale concertato<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDEL – Wretched lovers!Chorus from the opera Acis and Galatea<\/em>, HWV 49<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH – \u00ab Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding \u00bbChorus from the cantata Es ist ein trotz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 – Stylus gravis<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH \u2013 \u00ab Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erl\u00f6sen \u00bbChorus from the cantata Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erl\u00f6sen<\/em>, BWV 48<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDEL \u2013 \u00ab Mourn, all ye Muses \u00bbChorus from the opera Acis and Galatea<\/em>, HWV 49<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 – Cantata italiana<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH – \u00ab Parti pur, e con dolore \u00bbExcerpt from the cantata Non sa che sia dolore<\/em>, BWV 209<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDEL \u2013 \u00ab Ah crudele! E pur ten\u2019 vai \u00bbExcerpt from the cantata Armida abbandonata<\/em>, HWV 105<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 – Passion duettos<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDEL \u2013 \u00ab Soll mein Kind \u00bbDuo from Brockes-passion<\/em>, HWV 48<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH \u2013 \u00ab So ist mein Jesu \u00bbDuo from the St Matthew Passion<\/em>, BWV 244<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH – \u00ab Himmel Rei\u00dfe \u00bbAria and chorale from the St John Passion<\/em>, BWV 245 (1725 version)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8 – Durezze e stravaganze armoniche<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDEL – \u00ab He sent a thick darkness \u00bbChorus from the oratorio Israel in Egypt<\/em>, HWV 54 (Exodus, VII)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH \u2013 \u00ab Es kommt aber die Zeit \u00bbChorus from cantate Sie werden euch in den Bann tun<\/em>, BWV 44<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 – Fugati canonici in stile dramatico<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDEL \u2013 \u00ab He smote all the first born of Egypt \u00bbChorus from the oratorio Israel in Egypte<\/em>, HWV 54 (Exodus, VIII)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH \u2013 \u00ab Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht \u00bbChorus from the cantata Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht<\/em>, BWV 105<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 – Funeral music<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH \u2013 \u00ab An dir, du F\u00fcrbild grosser Frauen \u00bbChorus from the cantata La\u00df, F\u00fcrstin, la\u00df noch einen Strahl<\/em>, BWV 198<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDEL \u2013 \u00ab The way of Zion do mourn \u00bbChorus from the Funeral anthem for Queen Caroline<\/em>, HWV 264<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH \u2013 \u00ab Ich harre des Herrn \u00bbChorus chorus from the cantata Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir<\/em>, BWV 131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 – Lamentos de Espa\u00f1a<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDEL \u2013 \u00ab No se emendar\u00e1 jam\u00e1s \u00bbExcerpt from Cantata Spagnola<\/em>, HWV 140<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH \u2013 \u00ab Unser trefflicher \u00bb – FoliaAria and chorus from the cantata Mer hahn en neue oberkeet<\/em>, BWV 212<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 – Allein zu dir, herr Jesu Christ, Hallelujah<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDEL \u2013 \u00ab Hallelujah! \u00bbChorus from the oratorio Messiah<\/em>, HWV 56<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACH \u2013 \u00ab Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ \u00bbChorus from the cantata Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ<\/em>, BWV 33<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Elizaveta Sveshnikova,<\/strong> (Namur, april 2024) \/ Ana Vieira Leite <\/strong>(Ambronay & Geneva, sept. 2024), sopranoHugh Cutting <\/strong>(Namur, april 2024) \/ Loga Lopez Gonzalez <\/strong>(Ambronay & Geneva, sept. 2024) countertenorGuy Cutting <\/strong>(Namur, april 2024) \/ Samuel Boden <\/strong><\/strong>(Ambronay & Geneva, sept. 2024), tenorAdrien Fournaison, <\/strong>bass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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