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Download Program Notes (PDF) PROGRAM In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music WAR George Frideric Handel: Scenes of horror, scenes of woe (Storgè) Jeptha (1752) Leonardo Leo: Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro! (Andromaca) Andromaca (1742) Emilio de’ Cavalieri: Sinfonia rappresentatione di anima e di corpo Instrumental Henry Purcell: Chaconne in G Minor for 3 Violins and Bass Instrumental Purcell: Dido’s Lament (Dido) PROGRAM: Dido and Aeneas (1689) JOYCE DIDONATO Handel: Pensieri, voi mi tormentate (Agrippina) AND IL POMO D’ORO Agrippina (1709) Carlo Gesualdo: Tristis est animam mea DECEMBER 2 / 7:30 PM Instrumental BING CONCERT HALL Handel: Lascia ch’io pianga (Almirena) Rinaldo (1711) INTERMISSION ARTISTS Executive producer: Joyce DiDonato, PEACE mezzo-soprano Purcell: They tell us that you mighty powers (Orazia) Director: Ralf Pleger The Indian Queen (1664) Lighting designer: Henning Blum Choreographer/dancer: Manuel Palazzo Handel: Crystal streams in murmurs flowing (Susanna) Video designer: Yousef Iskandar Susanna (1749) Il Pomo d’Oro Handel: Da tempeste il legno infranto (Cleopatra) Musical director/harpsichord: Giulio Cesare (1724) Maxim Emelyanychev Arvo Pärt: Da pacem, Domine Stage dresses by Vivienne Westwood Instrumental Makeup provided by MAC Greeting cards by Hallmark Handel: Augelletti, che cantata (Almirena) Tour managed by Askonas Holt Rinaldo (1711) Niccolò Jommelli: Par che di giubilo (Attilia) Attilio Regolo (1752) We graciously acknowledge the generous support of the Koret Foundation. PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Please be considerate of others and turn off all phones, pagers, and watch alarms. Photography and recording of any kind are not permitted. Thank you. 22 STANFORD LIVE MAGAZINE NOV / DEC 2016 PROGRAM: JOYCE DIDONATO AND IL POMO D’ORO IN WAR & PEACE: HARMONY the English Concert and Harry Bicket; and THROUGH MUSIC Marguerite in La damnation de Faust with the The pendulum of human history has Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. continuously swung between despair and hope, horror and bliss, chaos and tranquility. DiDonato opened her 2016–17 season in We are a restless bunch, prone to desperation, a gala concert with the Seattle Symphony separation, and fear in some moments yet Orchestra under Ludovic Morlot. She mercifully to optimism, aspiration, and will also give concerts with the Chicago generosity in others. Symphony Orchestra under Riccardo Muti and the Berlin Philharmonic under Yannick As a citizen of the world in 2016, the Nézet-Séguin and a recital with Philippe temptation to spiral down into the turmoil and Jordan in Paris. On the opera stage, she pessimism that seemingly permeates all corners makes her much anticipated debut in the of our lives can overwhelm me at times, and the title role in a new production of Semiramide temptation to simply give in to the dispiriting at the Bavarian State Opera under Michele din of upheaval can devastate the spirit. And Mariotti, the title role in Ariodante on yet, I’m a belligerent, proud, willing optimist. tour with the English Concert with Bicket, JOYCE DIDONATO Dido in Les Troyens under John Nelson in And so I ask myself: Is it possible to find a Grammy Award winner of the 2016 Best Strasbourg, and Sesto in La Clemenza di sincere and lasting peace within such deafening Classical Solo Vocal Album (Joyce and Tony: Tito under Nézet-Séguin in Baden-Baden. chaos? And if so, how do I access it? Is it Live at Wigmore Hall) and the 2012 Best DiDonato makes her off-Broadway debut in conceivable that there exists an alternative to Classical Vocal Solo, Kansas-born Joyce White Rabbit Red Rabbit, the internationally simply surrendering to the inevitable noise and DiDonato entrances audiences across the acclaimed play by Nassim Soleimanpour. our base fears and instead to bravely choose globe and has been proclaimed “perhaps the DiDonato’s forthcoming recording is In serenity, audaciously silencing those fears? most potent female singer of her generation” War & Peace: Harmony Through Music. by the New Yorker. With a voice “nothing The recording is accompanied by a 20-city Creators of great art have been depicting less than 24-carat gold” according to the international tour that poses the question, In atrocity and pandemonium side by side with Times, DiDonato has soared to the top of the midst of chaos, how do you find peace? tranquility and equanimity for centuries, boldly the industry both as a performer and a fierce showing us both our brutal nature and our advocate for the arts, gaining international DiDonato is an exclusive recording artist elevated humanity. Art unifies, transcends prominence in operas by Handel and Mozart with Erato/Warner Classics. Her latest borders, connects the disconnected, eliminates as well as through her wide-ranging, acclaimed recording Joyce and Tony: Live at Wigmore status, soothes turmoil, threatens power and discography. She is also widely acclaimed for Hall earned Le Choix de France Musique. the status quo, and gloriously exalts the spirit. the bel canto roles of Rossini and Donizetti; Other recordings include Stella di Napoli, Art is a valiant path to peace. the Financial Times judged her recent a sumptuous bel canto banquet including performances as Elena in La donna del lago as little-known gems alongside music by Bellini, With the help of Handel and Purcell, among “simply the best singing I’ve heard in years.” Rossini, and Donizetti. Her Grammy Award– other masterful artists, I respectfully invite winning recording Diva Divo comprises arias you look at the interwoven worlds of external Much in demand on the concert and recital by male and female characters, celebrating conflict and serenity, of internal war and peace, circuit, she has recently held residencies at the rich, dramatic world of the mezzo- and to contemplate where you wish to reside Carnegie Hall and at London’s Barbican soprano. The following recording, Drama within yourself. Centre; toured extensively in South America, Queens, was exceptionally well received, Europe, and Asia; and appeared as guest both on disc and on several international Ultimately and unquestionably, the power to soloist at the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms. tours. A retrospective of her first ten years of bravely tip the scales toward peace lies firmly Recent highlights in opera have included her recordings entitled ReJoyce! was released in within every single one of us. first Charlotte in Werther for the Royal Opera 2013. Other honors include the Gramophone under Sir Antonio Pappano; the title role in Artist of the Year and Recital Awards, three And so I ask you: In the midst of chaos, how Maria Stuarda at the Metropolitan Opera, German Echo Klassik Awards as Female do you find peace? for the Royal Opera, and at the Liceu in Singer of the Year, and an induction into the —Joyce DiDonato Barcelona; the title role in Alcina on tour with Gramophone Hall of Fame. 24 STANFORD LIVE MAGAZINE NOV / DEC 2016 SPEND THE HOLIDAYS Joyce DiDonato would like to thank The In addition, the new album with Cencic, Arie Pure Land Foundation for its generous Napoletane—directed by Russian conductor WITH US support of the In War and Peace project: Maxim Emelyanychev and released in November www.purelandfoundation.com. 2015—includes many world-premiere recordings. Joyce DiDonato would also like to thank So far, Il Pomo d’Oro has recorded three Five Arts Foundation as recommended by operas—Handel’s Tamerlano, Catone in Utica Stanford Park Hotel is Helen Berggruen, Susan and John Singer, by Leonardo Vinci, and Handel’s Partenope—all an oasis at the center of Marnie and Kern Wildenthal and The Getty directed by Minasi. Partenope was released in Foundation for their additional support. December 2015. Silicon Valley. Steeped in Further instrumental recordings include Haydn’s classic collegiate spirit and IL POMO D’ORO concerts for harpsichord and violin, codirected infused with a welcoming Il Pomo d’Oro is an orchestra founded by Emelanychev as harpsichord soloist and neighborhood ambiance, in 2012 with a special focus on opera but Minasi as violin soloist (to be released in early this sophisticated respite with an equal commitment to instrumental 2016) and a violoncello recital with Edgar performance in various forms. The musicians Moreau with works by Haydn, Boccherini, offers a home away united in this group are among the best to Platti, Graziani, and Vivaldi, which was released from home. be found worldwide for authentic and vivid in November 2015. interpretation on period instruments. They Holiday Events form an ensemble of outstanding quality, Il Pomo d’Oro performs in many important We can help you create combining stylistic knowledge, the highest European venues and festivals in cities such innovative parties that are technical skills, and artistic enthusiasm. as Paris (Théâtre des Champs Elysées), fun and cost-effective for your Versailles (Théâtre Royal), London (Wigmore group’s holiday celebrations, A collaboration with violinist and conductor Hall), Vienna (Theater an der Wien), Madrid, private dinners and receptions. Riccardo Minasi led to an award-winning Barcelona, St. Petersburg, Geneva, St. Moritz, Home for the Holidays first recording of Vivaldi’s “L’imperatore.” The Copenhagen, Potsdam, Schwetzingen, Beaune, Let us pamper you or second recording, Vivaldi’s violin concerts Cologne, Hamburg, Göttingen, Halle, and your visiting guests this “Per Pisendel” with Dmitry Sinkovsky as soloist Gstaad, among others. In 2015, Il Pomo d’Oro holiday season in a and conductor, received a Diapason d’Or. In accompanied American mezzo-soprano Joyce luxurious guestroom. 2012, Il Pomo d’Oro also recorded three solo DiDonato on her tour in Asia and presented Great rates are CDs with three countertenors—Max Emanuel the new album Arie Napoletane with Cencic available. Cencic (Venezia), Xavier Sabata (Bad Guys), on tour in the United States. and Franco Fagioli (Arias for Caffarelli)— under Minasi’s direction. The album Arias for In 2016, the orchestra will present the Handel Caffarelli was awarded the Choc de l’annee operas Partenope and Rinaldo on tour and prize in 2013 by the French magazine Classica.
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