FULL Ode for St Cecilia’s Day (Handel) Amsterdam 2023 Rowan Pierce, Guy Cutting

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Ode for St Cecilia’s Day  
• Composer: Handel George Frideric aka Händel Georg Friedrich  
• Libretto: John Dryden  
• Venue & Opera Company: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands  
• Recorded: February 5, 2023
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Rowan Pierce, Guy Cutting
• Conductor: Marcus Creed  
• Orchestra: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest  
• Chorus: Groot Omroepkoor  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: AVROTROS Klassiek  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Movements
Overture: Larghetto e staccato—allegro—minuet
Recitative (tenor): From harmony, from heavenly harmony
Chorus: From harmony, from heavenly harmony
Aria (soprano): What passion cannot music raise and quell!
Aria (tenor) and Chorus: The trumpet’s loud clangour
March
Aria (soprano): The soft complaining flute
Aria (tenor): Sharp violins proclaim their jealous pangs
Aria (soprano): But oh! What art can teach
Aria (soprano): Orpheus could lead the savage race
Recitative (soprano): But bright Cecilia raised the wonder higher
Grand Chorus with (soprano): As from the power of sacred lays