Gala Concert

Cleopatra scenes by Handel, Hasse and Mattheson

In demand to perform throughout the world, Dominique Labelle, soprano, has held many a Göttingen audience spellbound. At tonight’s Handel gala, Nicholas McGegan presents with his ‘primadonna’ a selection of Cleopatra scenes in which the fate of the Egyptian queen and temptress at the side of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony is brought vibrantly to life through the music of Handel and his German contemporaries.

8.00 pm Galerie Herrenhausen, Hanover
Duration approx. 1 3/4 hrs.
EUR 67 / 45 / 28.50 / 17.50

Concert programme

Carl Heinrich Graun (1703–1759)

Overture

Tra le procelle assorto
from Cleopatra e Cesare

Johann Adolf Hasse (1699–1783)

Morte, col fiero aspetto
from Marc’Antonio e Cleopatra

Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)

Concerto D-Dur (QV 5:45)
for flute, strings and basso continuo

Interval

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Overture

Piangerò, la sorte mia
from Giulio Cesare (HWV 17)

Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729)

Concerto F-Dur (S 234)

Johann Mattheson (1681–1764)

Mein Leben ist hin

Nun ist es Zeit

Wer in seinem Busen

Darum komm, giftiges Geschmeiß
from Cleopatra