Ein himmlisches Geschenk

A birthday party of a special kind - La Cetra, A. Marcon, N. Rial, F. Fleischanderl

A. Corelli, N. Porpora, F. Ubaldi, A. Vivaldi, G. F. Händel

There may be a risk that this programme will produce some Christmassy feelings on an early-summer evening, but then the Christmas story is simply part of Mary’s life. And what more heavenly gift could there be than the birth of a child? In this case, a heavenly child in the truest sense of the word... This concert celebrates not just new life and the birth of Jesus Christ but also the birth of a special musical instrument. Franziska Fleischanderl, who has repeatedly enraptured the Baroque Festival audience over recent years, returns to Melk to celebrate the 300th birthday of her salterio (by Michele Barbi, 1725, Rome). She also assembles the crème de la crème of Early Music, led by Andrea Marcon, to make the concert a worthy celebration.

Arcangelo Corelli
Sonata da chiesa op. 3, Nr. 12
Florido Ubaldi
Sonata per Salterio
Nicola Porpora
aus der ›Weihnachtskantate für den Palazzo Apostolico‹
Leonardo Vinci
aus ›Il Farnace‹
Antonio Vivaldi
Doppelkonzert RV 532 (arr. für Salterio) aus ›Il Giustino‹
Georg Friedrich Händel
aus ›Il delirio amoroso‹
u.a.