Postscript & Elisabeth Hetherington
Sublimely intimate
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Recorded live at TivoliVredenburg / Hertz, Utrecht, 29 August 2023
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About this concert
As happens with today’s hit parade, hits from eighteenth-century opera theatres were published in all kinds of arrangements. Every amateur musician could find something to their liking, from simple song to artful gem. Soprano Elisabeth Hetherington joins the Postscript ensemble for a both sublime and intimate round of applause arias by Johann Adolph Hasse, George Frideric Handel and Giovanni Battista Bononcini.
Programme
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Johann Adolph Hasse
Sinfonia
(from: Enea in Caonia)1699-1783 -
Georg Friederich Händel
Barbara io ben lo so
(from: Alcina)1685-1759 -
Giovanni Battista Bononcini
Preludio instrumental
(from: Siedi Amarilli mia)1670-1747 -
Anonymous
Amo il regno et amo il figlio
(from: Elvira regnante)17th century -
Francesco Ballarotti
Stelle avverse in cielo armatevi
(from: Ottaviano in Sicilia)1660-1712 -
Georg Friederich Händel
Tornami a vagheggiar from
(from: Alcina)
Menuetto instrumental (from: Rodelinda) -
Johann Adolph Hasse
L'Augelletto in Lacci Stretta
(from: La Didone abbandonata) -
Georg Friedrich Händel / arr. William Babell
Lascia ch'io pianga instrumental
1690-1723 -
Georg Friedrich Händel
Lascia ch'io pianga
(from: Rinlando) -
Francesco Geminiani
Know, Madame I never was born (‘A Favourite Minuet by Mr. Geminiani’) (from: British Musical Miscellany, London 1733-34)
1687-1762 -
Georg Friedrich Händel
Love thou great ruler (‘A favourite air by Mr. Handel’)
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Anonymous
A Scotch song
(from: British Musical Miscellany)18th century
Musicians
- Elisabeth Hetherington soprano
- Aysha Wills traverso
- Cynthia Freivogel violin I
- Tomoe Badiarova violin II
- Iteke Wijbenga viola
- Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde cello
- Artem Belogurov harpsichord
About the performers
The core members of the Dutch ensemble Postscript are Aysha Wills (traverso), David Westcombe (traverso), Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde (cello) and Artem Belogurov (harpsichord). After winning the first prize at the international Brothers Graun Competition (DE) in 2018, Postscript performed a series of concerts in Germany. In June 2019 they recorded their first CD Introductio for the Dutch label TRPTK. The ensemble members share a passion for exploring new ways to approach old music, through the use of both historical research and experimentation.
Soprano Elisabeth Hetherington is one of the most outstanding interpreters of ancient and contemporary repertoire. Elisabeth graduated cum laude from the Master of Historical Performance at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. In 2016, she founded the ensemble Duo Serenissima with which she performs at festivals and in concert series worldwide. In 2022, she received the Dutch Classical Talent Award. Besides her career as a singer, Elisabeth has received much attention for her research on the original pronunciation of Elizabethan English.