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2024 Aspen Music Festival and School Program 00:00 Joseph Haydn, Orlando Paladino, I: Sinfonia George Frideric Handel, Orlando, HWV 31 05:06 I: Consolati,o Bella 11:20 II: Quando Spieghi I Tuoi Tormenti 14:40 III: Amore è qual vento 20:43 II: Verdi piante 29:53 Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata “Jauchzet Gott in alle Landen“, BWV 51 Joseph Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb/1 48:32 1. Moderato 59:53 2. Adagio 1:06:57 3. Allegro molto Sulkhan Tsintsadze, Chonguri, for cello solo Cast Steven Isserlis — Cellist Artists from the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Program Nicholas McGegan — ConductorProgram notes Early music expert Nicholas McGegan helms an evening of 18th-century favorites at the Aspen Music Festival and School’s 75th anniversary season, joined by virtuoso cellist Steven Isserlis, as well as artists from the Aspen Opera Theatre and VocalARTS Program! Bach’s jubilant cantata “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen“ — featuring memorably virtuosic turns for the soprano and the trumpet — and selections from Handel’s Orlando form the center of the program, surrounded by two beloved works by Haydn: the Overture from his most successful opera, Orlando Paladino (inspired, like Handel’s opera, by the epic poem Orlando furioso about a knight driven mad by love), and the sublime Cello Concerto in C, undiscovered until 1961 and now a cello repertoire favorite, performed with exquisite sensitivity and wit by Isserlis. Venue: Aspen Music Festival and School (Aspen, Colorado, USA) Broadcast date: Friday, July 12, 2024 at 2:00 AM
