Eröffnungskonzert >Il Trionfo del Tempo<
Everything that is transient has its timeConcentus Musicus Wien, S. Gottfried, G. Semenzato, P. Nolz, M. Gaudenzi, M. Schade
What influence does time have on our lives? What changes await us - whether internal or external? And what is capable of enduring time? Georg Friedrich Handel has the protagonists of his first oratorio discuss all these questions in the form of allegories - and come to the conclusion that true beauty lies not in the moment, but in the wisdom that time brings us.
With these thoroughly contemporary thoughts, Concentus Musicus Wien under Stefan Gottfried and an exquisite quartet of singers open the Internationale Barocktage Stift Melk 2026 and invite the audience to spend a weekend immersing themselves in various aspects of a-waiting through music.
Georg Friedrich Händel
›Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno‹
HWV 46a
Concentus Musicus Wien
Stefan Gottfried Conductor
Giulia Semenzato Soprano | Bellezza
Patricia Nolz Mezzo-soprano | Piacere
Mara Gaudenzi Mezzo-soprano | Disinganno
Michael Schade Tenor | Tempo
Followed by the traditional >bread and wine<