DATE AND VENUE

26 June 2009, Hagia Eirene Museum

CONCERT INFO

LES TALENS LYRIQUES
CHRİSTOPHE ROUSSET conductor
ANNE HALLENBERG soprano

ARİAS OF QUEENS FROM PURCELL AND HÄNDEL’S OPERAS AND ORATORİOS

CONCERT PRORGAMME

• Henry Purcell
  The Fairy Queen
  The Indian Queen
  Dido & Aeneas
• George Frideric Händel
  Belshazzar
  Solomon
  Semele
  Theodora

Lasts 100’ inc. interval.

The proud, mysterious and amorous queens in the works of Purcell and Händel, the first being the father of British music whose oeuvre comprises countless compositions within the span of his 36-year-long life, the latter being the master of baroque music, step into the limelight of history’s stage and speak up for the music lovers, 350 years after Purcell’s birth and 250 years after Händel’s death.

PRE-CONCERT LECTURE
19.00-19.30 Hagia Eirene Museum Cloisters
“The queens of Purcell and Händel” presented by Evin İlyasoğlu