Magie des Waldes

Ana Vieira Leite - soprano
Eva Zaïcik - mezzo-soprano
Julien Chauvin - violin and conductor
Le Concert de la Loge

Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)
"La Foresta Incantata"
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Selected arias and duets from the oratorios and operas
"L'Agrippina", "Orlando" and "Theodora"

Step into an enchanted forest during the Crusades, at the gates of Jerusalem. Hunters and nightingales roam these woods alongside ghostly creatures. Geminiani's ballet music La Foresta Incantata is woven together with arias and duets from various works by Händel, whose emotional intensity makes them as compelling as ever. In Halle, Händel's birthplace, this programme brings together virtuoso Baroque music across genres, performed by Julien Chauvin and the ensemble Le Concert de la Loge - specialists in the sounds of this era.