Maayan Licht & BREZZA
Handel in motion
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Recorded live at TivoliVredenburg / Hertz Utrecht, 31 August 2025.
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About this concert
Sopranista Maayan Licht, recently awarded the title 'Best Newcomer' at the Oper! Awards, performs virtuoso arias by Handel, Vivaldi and Porpora. The ensemble BREZZA, winner of the audience award at the International Van Wassenaer Competition 2024, accompanies him and adds improvised preludes between the arias. This combination of virtuoso masterpieces and spontaneous creations by young top talents promises a dazzling adventure.
Programme
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Georg Friedrich Händel
Semele, HWV 58
Overture1685-1759 -
Improvisation
Prelude
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Georg Friedrich Händel
Cantata: Tra le fiamme, HWV 170
Recitative: Dedalo già le fortunate penne
Aria: Tra le fiamme tu scherzi per gioco
Ariodante, HWV 33
Act 1: Allegro
Act 3: Alla gavotta
Theodora, HWV 68
Act 2: Air -
Improvisation
Prelude
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Georg Friedrich Händel
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a
Come nembo che fugge col vento
Agrippina, HWV 6
Sinfonia -
Improvisation
Prelude
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Georg Friedrich Händel
Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76
The Soft Complaining Flute
Theodora, HWV 68
Courante -
Improvisation
Prelude
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Georg Friedrich Händel
Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72
Aria: Verso, gia l’alma col sangue
Ariodante, HWV 33
Act 3: Rondeau
Theodora, HWV 68
Act 2: Largo -
Improvisation
Prelude
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Georg Friedrich Händel
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
Act 3: Da tempeste il legno infranto
Messiah, HWV 56
Act 1: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
Musicians
- Maayan Licht sopranist
- BREZZA
- Pablo Gigosos traverso
- Jonas Krebs violin
- Marina Cabello del Castillo viola da gamba
- Elias Conrad baroque guitar, theorbo
- Daniël Muskitta double bass
- Teun Braken harpsichord
About the performers
Founded during its members' time at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, BREZZA is a versatile ensemble specialising in historically informed performances of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music. This includes the entire repertoire for flute and basso continuo, trio sonatas and self-made arrangements. The combination of three instruments (viola da gamba, traverso and harpsichord) plays a crucial role. The use of original instruments or their replicas and a thorough study of performance practice using various treatises and sources are ingredients for BREZZA's main goal: to achieve a performance as close as possible to each composer's original conception.