Almira from Gottingen

Early Music Now: Almira's Songbook - a musical portrait of Handel's first heroine from the 2019 Göttingen International Handel Festival
Almira – a unique figure in Handel’s oeuvre and the heroine of his first opera. A journey through the centuries, and through disparate historical worlds creates a musical portrait of the Spanish Queen.
Presented by Georgia Mann.

Handel: Vedrai s'a tuo dispeto, from 'Almira, HWV 1'
Sebastián Durón (1660-1716): Volcanes de Amor
Handel: Si del quereros - discente mis oios
Juan del Encina (1468-ca 1529): Los sopiros no sosiegan and Si amor pone las escalas
Handel (1685-1759) - Excerpts from 'Almira, HWV 1'
Werthe Schrift, geliebte Zeilen, Sarabande, Rigaudon
Sebastián Durón (1660-1716): Fin de Fiesta

Olalla Aléman, soprano, Almira, Queen of Castille
Marie Bailey, clavicimbalum, harpsichord, soprano, Almira, Memory of Castille
Seconda Prat!ca
The Queen's Singers
The Queen's Minstrels
Asuka Sumi, violin
Sara de Vries, violin
Julie Stalder, viola da gamba
David Mackor, lute, Baroque guitar, theorbo
Nuno Atalaia and Jonathan Avarado musical directors

Rec. 23/05/2019
Assembly Hall, University, Göttingen
Festival