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Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Armonia Atenea – Greek Myths
Part of the Proms 2015
Add to my Calendar 02-08-2014 15:00 02-08-2014 17:00 36 Proms Saturday Matinee 1: Armonia Atenea – Greek Myths The first Greek orchestra ever to appear at the Proms, Armonia Atenea is joined by its Artistic Director George Petrou to present a programme with an appropriately classical flavour. Greek myths form the thread through a Baroque labyrinth of arias and overtures from French, German and Italian operas, including Gluck’s Orphée, Handel’s Arianna in Creta and Lully’s Phaeton. Furies rage, sons defy their fathers and heroines bewail their fate in what promises to be a concert of high drama. There will be no interval Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Programme
George Frideric Handel – Alessandro Severo, HWV A13
Johann Adolf Hasse – Artemisia
Giovanni Paisiello – Olimpiade
Jean-Baptiste Lully – Phaëton, LWV 61
Antonio Vivaldi – Giustino, RV 717
Antonio Vivaldi – Griselda, RV 718
Christoph Willibald Gluck – Iphigénie en Aulide, Wq.40
Giovanni Paisiello – Olimpiade
Performers
Myrsini Margariti – soprano
Irini Karaianni – mezzo-soprano
George Petrou – Conductor
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Programme Note
The first Greek orchestra ever to appear at the Proms, Armonia Atenea is joined by its Artistic Director George Petrou to present a programme with an appropriately classical flavour. Greek myths form the thread through a Baroque labyrinth of arias and overtures from French, German and Italian operas, including Gluck’s Orphée, Handel’s Arianna in Creta and Lully’s Phaeton. Furies rage, sons defy their fathers and heroines bewail their fate in what promises to be a concert of high drama.
There will be no interval