Artists
Program
William Babell
Concerto for Violins and Flute in D major Op. 2 No. 2
George Frideric Handel
Augelletti, che cantate (Almirena's Aria from "Rinaldo" HWV 7a)
Alessandro Poglietti
Capriccio per lo Rossignolo sopra il Ricercar (from "Rossignolo" for Solo Cembalo)
Alessandro Poglietti
Imitatione del medesimo uccello (from "Rossignolo" for Solo Cembalo)
Jacob Van Eyck
Engels Nachtegaeltje (from Der Fluyten Lust-Hof for Solo Flute)
George Frideric Handel
Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise (Aria from L'Allegro, il Pensieroso ed il Moderato HWV 55)
Georg Philipp Telemann
Trauermusik eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels TWV 20:37 "Canary Cantata"
Tragikomische Kantate
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo in D major RV 428 «Il Gardellino»
Johann Sebastian Bach
Contrapunctus IV (from The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080)
Antonio Vivaldi
Quell’augellin che canta (Aria from La Silvia RV 734)

In many compositions of the Baroque era—whether in opera, oratorio, or instrumental music—birdsong plays an important role. Reason enough for recorder virtuoso Stefan Temmingh, soprano Dorothee Mields, and the Capricornus Consort Basel to dedicate an entire concert program to this subject. In addition to arias by Handel and concertos by Vivaldi and William Babell, audiences will also encounter Telemann’s “Funeral Music for an Artistically Inclined Canary.”

Approximate running time: 1h 30m with one intermission
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Pierre Boulez Saal
Französische Straße 33 D
10117 Berlin
Season 2018/19,
TEMMINGH, MIELDS & CAPRICORNUS CONSORT
HANDEL, TELEMANN, VIVALDI
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