The English Concert - Edinburgh Festival Guide

The English Concert
David Daniels

Harry Bicket Director and harpsichord

David Daniels Countertenor
Nadja Zwiener Violin
Katharina Spreckelsen Oboe

A. Scarlatti  Sinfonia ‘Clori, Dorino e Amore’
                      Cantata ‘Perchè tacete, regolati concenti’
J.S. Bach  Concerto in A for oboe d’amore BWV1055
                  Concerto in C minor for oboe and violin BWV1060
Vivaldi Cantata ‘Cessate, omai cessate’
Handel  ‘Crede l’uom’ from Il trinofo del tempo e del disinganno
               ‘Voi che udite’ from Agrippina
               ‘Perfido’ from Radamisto

World-renowned countertenor David Daniels joins The English Concert, one of Europe’s most celebrated period-instrument ensembles, for sparkling vocal and instrumental showpieces by some of the continent’s greatest Baroque composers.

Daniels’s peerless lyricism and infectious energy will be put to good use in three passionate arias by Handel. Scarlatti’s Perchè tacete, regolati concenti and Vivaldi’s Cessate, omai cessate are intense cantatas of unrequited love, one full of ornate floating melodies, the other brimming with rage and heartbreak – and both ideal settings for Daniels’s vivid characterisation and gymnastic vocal abilities.

‘Bicket is a sure and stylish Baroque hand and directed his colleagues with grace and aplomb’ Chicago Classical Review

Wednesday 29 August 7.30pm
Usher Hall
Tickets
£42 £35 £26 £24 £17 £12
1 hour 45 minutes approximately
eif.co.uk/englishconcert-daniels

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