This Wednesday's Carnegie Hall Live presents Ensemble Matheus, performing three Baroque (and rival!) composers: Antonio Vivaldi, George Frederic Handel and the lesser known Nicola Antonio Porpora.
Performers
Ensemble Matheus
Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Director and Violin
Veronica Cangemi, Soprano
Laurence Paugam, Violin
Claire-Lise Démettre, Cello
Jérôme Pernoo, Cello
Program
HANDEL Overture to Serse
HANDEL "Frondi tenere" from Serse
HANDEL "Ombra mai fù" from Serse
VIVALDI "Gelosia" from Ottone in Villa
VIVALDI Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, Cello, Strings, and Continuo from L'estro armonico, Op. 3, No. 11
VIVALDI "Zeffiretti che sussurate" from Ercole su’l Termodonte
VIVALDI Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos, Strings, and Continuo, RV 531
VIVALDI "Se mai senti" from Catone in Utica
PORPORA Concerto in G Major for Cello
VIVALDI "Siam navi all'onde algenti" from L’Olimpiade
