Sopranista Fireworks

On October 31, the 12th "Tbilisi Baroque Festival" opens at the Grand Hall of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire. The opening concert, titled "Sopranista Fireworks," promises a true musical celebration featuring the virtuoso sopranista (countertenor) Maayan Licht as a soloist. He closed the festival last year leaving a huge impression, and this year he is awaited with even greater anticipation. The event also features soprano Tamar Tsirekidze, the "Georgian Sinfonietta," and Diego Cantalupi (theorbo & baroque guitar). The diverse concert program brings together vocal and instrumental works by Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Purcell, Handel, and other prominent composers.

Programme
 

soloists:

Maayan Licht, countertenor

Tamar Tsirekidze, soprano
 

Georgian Sinfonietta

Diego Cantalupi, theorbo & baroque guitar
 

I

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Concerto for strings in G minor, RV 157

“Gelosia, tu già rendi l’alma mia” from “Ottone in Villa”

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

Duet: "Pur ti miro" from L'incoronazione di Poppea

Antonio Vivaldi

Sinfonia from “Il Farnace”, RV 711 (Andante)

“Gelido in ogni vena” from “Il Farnace”

Riccardo Broschi (1698-1756)

“Son qual nave” from “Artaserse”

II

Henry Purcell (c.1659 - 1695) - Overture from “Abdelazer”

Nicola Porpora (1686 - 1768) – “Nel già bramoso petto” from “Ifigenia in Aulide”

Henry Purcell

“Thy hand Belinda… Dido’s Lament” from “Dido and Aeneas”

Chacony in G minor, Z.730

“Un pensiero nemico di pace” from “Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno”

George Frideric Handel – “Da tempeste il legno infranto” from “Giulio Cesare”