The English Concert, Elizabeth Watts - A Scarlatti

Live from Milton Court, London

The English Concert, directed by Laurence Cummings, is joined by soprano Elizabeth Watts to perform a selection of arias by Alessandro Scarlatti.

A. Scarlatti: Arias. Se geloso è il mio core (Endimione e Cintia); Ergiti, Amor (Scipione nelle Spagne); Sussurrando il venticello (Tigrane); Figlio! Tiranno! (Griselda); Qui, dove al germogliar (Erminia)

8.10 Interval
Tonight's director, Laurence Cummings, plays solo harpsichord sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, son of Alessandro.

8.30
A. Scarlatti: Arias. Con voce festiva; Nacque, col Gran Messia (Non so qual più m'ingombra); Ombre opache (Correa nel seno amato); Mentre io godo in dolce oblio (La Santissima Vergine del Rosario); D'Amor l'accesa face (Venere, Amore e Ragione); Overture and arias Cara tomba; Esci omai (Mitridate Eupatore); Cantata - A battaglia, pensieri

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
The English Concert
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord/director)

Former BBC New Generation Artist Elizabeth Watts has established herself as one of the brightest British sopranos performing today. Tonight she performs a selection of arias by Baroque master Alessandro Scarlatti which borrow from the Iberian folk tradition. She is joined by The English Concert under acclaimed harpsichordist director Laurence Cummings.