Programme

Programme: „IL POLIFEMO – Un amante gigante“

Marco Antonio Cesti (1623–1669): Polifemo, cantata for two violins and basso continuo
“Amante gigante del lido Sican”

Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785): Concerto a quattro no.7 in A major
Largo – Allegro – Andante

Domenico Alberti (1710–1740): La Galatea
Se poi mi scaccia | recitativo
Mira il monte e vedi come alza al Ciel | aria
Fermati, Galatea | recitativo
Sanno san l’arene | aria

Francesco Durante (1684–1755): Concerto a quattro no.2 in g minor
Affetuoso – Presto – Largo affetuoso – Allegro

Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747): Polifemo
La pastorella from 1st act
Intesi oppur sognai | recitativo
Vanarella, pazzerella | aria
Or che mi sei fede | recitativo
Dieci vacche, otto vitelli | aria

—— intermission ——

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Sinfonia in g, RV 157
Allegro – Largo – Allegro

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759): Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72
Mi palpita il cor | recitativo
Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori | aria
Precipitoso nel mar che freme | aria
Impara, ingrata | aria
Affano, tiranno | aria

The highlight of this year’s festival will be the performance of the SHF resident ensemble, Collegium 1704, with the exceptional bassist Luigi de Donato in the program Il Polifemo. The main role of the mythical giant will be heard in arias, recitatives and orchestral compositions by Vivaldi, Handel, Bononcini and Cesti – a musical portrait of a tragic and grotesque figure full of love, anger and tenderness. Václav Luks and his ensemble will create baroque music theatre with typical precision and dramatic power. The evening concert in Frýdek-Místek will offer the audience a top example of a stylishly refined and emotionally charged interpretation.