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Performers
- Elisabeth Hetherington soprano
- Postscript
- Aysha Wills traverso
- Cynthia Freivogel violin I
- Tomoe Badiarova violin II
- Iteke Wijbenga viola
- Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde cello
- Artem Belogurov harpsichord
Programme
- Johann Adolph HasseSinfonia from Enea in Caonia
- Georg Friedrich HandelBarbara io ben lo so from Alcina
- Giovanni Battista BononciniPreludio from Siedi Amarilli mia
- AnonymousAmo il regno et amo il figlio from Elvira Regnante
- Francesco BallarotiStelle avverse in cielo armatevi from Ottaviano in Sicilia
- Francesco Geminiani“Auld Bob Morrice” and “The Country Lass” from A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick
- Georg Friedrich HandelA favourite air by Mr. Handel - “Love thou great ruler”
- William BabellPrelude from Suites of the Most Celebrated Lessons
- Georg Friedrich HandelTornami a vagheggiar from Alcina
- William BabellAdagio from Suites of the Most Celebrated Lessons
- Georg Friedrich Handel/William BabellLascia ch’io pianga (arranged for solo harpsichord by W. Babell)
- Georg Friedrich HandelLascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo
- AnonymousAin Kind Dearie, for the German Flute from the Caledonian Pocket Companion
- Johann Adolph HasseL’Augelletto in Lacci Stretta from La Didone Abbandonata
- Francesco GeminianiDiverse instrumentale stukken
- AnonymousA Scotch Song from British Musical Miscellany, London 1733-34
Opera in de huiselijke kring
Elisabeth Hetherington’s star is rising fast. She is a dream interpreter of both early and new music, with a radiant voice and an equally lucid imagination that gives colour and meaning to every word she sings.
This wonderful programme takes us back to the eighteenth-century aristocratic salon, where people loved to listen to the successes of the opera house in their own homes. Many of the most popular opera arias of the day have been beautifully arranged for smaller ensembles.
Elisabeth Hetherington and Artem Belogurov, musical director of the baroque ensemble Postscript, have put together a colourful bouquet for a fine programme of quiet arias and, of course, extravagant vocal fireworks. Postscript is a pearl among the Dutch baroque ensembles. With musicians who also make a splash as soloists. An abridged version of this programme was one of the highlights of the last edition of the Early Music Festival.