Streams of Pleasure
Mary Bevan
Soprano
Iestyn Davies
Countertenor
Christopher Bucknall
Director
Early Opera Company
George Frideric Handel
Arias, Duets & Overtures
Overture - Athalia
Duo – Solomon “Welcome as the dawn of day”
Aria – Esther “How Can I stay When Love invites”
Concerto per Traversa e Hautboy HWV287
Aria – Solomon “Will the Sun forget to streak”
Aria – The Choice of Hercules “Yet, Can I hear the Dulcet Lay”
Duo - Radamisto "Se teco vive il cor"
Instrumental - Gigue (Radamisto)
Duo – Rodelinda ‘Io t’abbraccio’
Overture - Theodora
Aria – Theodora ‘Kind Heaven’
Aria - Susanna “Crystal Streams”
Water Music Suite 3
Duo – Theodora ‘Streams of Pleasure…Thither Let our Hearts Aspire”
Aria - Giulio Cesare - Piangero
Duo – Giulio Cesare ‘Caro, Bella”

Throughout his career as a composer of Opera and latterly Oratorio, Handel turned to vocal duets to sum up moments of great narrative pathos and drama. In this concert Early Opera Company explores some of the finest of these duets for Soprano and Countertenor ranging from Caro! Bella! the sparkling finale to his opera, Giulio Cesare , to the delicious Welcome as the Dawn of Day from the oratorio Solomon. The programme will also include solo arias from Theodora, Esther, Solomon and Susanna.    

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