Iestyn Davies Countertenor
Thomas Gould Violin
Leo Duarte Oboe
Joe Qiu Bassoon
David Bates Director

Overture from Teseo 
Venti Turbini from Rinaldo
Pena Tiranna from Amadigi
Passacaille from Rodrigo
Gia l’ebro from Orlando
Se in fiorito from Giulio Cesare
Sonata del overtura from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Crede l’uom ch’egli riposi from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Concerto Grosso in B flat Op. 3 No.2
Scherza infida from Ariodante 
Sento la Gioia from Amadigi

Launching our three-year residency at Brighton Festival, we present a collection of Handel’s finest operatic obbligato arias (just solo voice and up to three accompanying instruments: in this case violin, oboe and bassoon). The virtuosity and lyricism required of these often overlooked heroes of the opera world will be recognised as three of LNM’s principal players will share the limelight with internationally renowned countertenor Iestyn Davies in a programme that includes arias from Handel masterpieces, Ariondante, Amadigi, Rinaldo, Rodrigo. Orlando, Giulio Cesare, Teseo and Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno. 

LNM’s virtuoso instrumentalists include violinist Thomas Gould, oboist Leo Duarte and bassoonist Joe Qiu, who will be joined by other members of LNMs world-renowned ensemble, led by David Bates.

“Davies was the epitome of effortless meticulousness… Bates, La Nuova Musica and the soloists, especially Davies, shone shafts of light which pierced the darkness, leading to the arresting and exultant illumination of the opera’s conclusion.” OPERA TODAY on LNM’s recording of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, 2019

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