A PROGRAM OF GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL'S ORATORIO, "AN ODE TO ST. CECILIA'S DAY" AND ARIAS AND SCENE FROM HANDEL'S OPERA SUCH AS RINALDO, GIULIO CESARE, RODELINDA AND ALCINA. CONDUCTED BY DAVID CHIN FEATURING EST OPERA PRINCIPALS SINGERS, ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS.
Photo credits to Wong Horngyih
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
David Chin, conductor
Ang Mei Foong, soprano
Yap Jin Hin, tenor
1. An ode for St Cecilia's Day (1739)
• Overture Part 1: Larghetto, e staccato
• Overture Part 2: Allegro
• Overture Part 3: Minuet
• Recitative: From harmony, from heav'nly harmony
• Aria: When Nature underneath a heap
• Chorus: From harmony, from heav'nly harmony
• Aria: What passion cannot Music raise and quell!
• Aria and Chorus: The trumpet's loud clangour
• March
• Aria: The soft complaining flute
• Aria: Sharp violins proclaim
• Aria: But oh! What art can teach
• Aria: Orpheus could lead the savage race
• Accompagnato: But bright Cecilia rais'd the wonder
• Solo and Chorus: As from the pow'r of sacred lays
INTERVAL
Overture from Rodrigo (1707) Orchestra
Arias from Rinaldo (1711)
Lascia ch'io pianga………………………………………...... Bui Yik Ling. soprano
Cara Sposa, Amante Cara Dove Sei? ………………….. Lim Yee Fen, mezzo soprano
Sibillar gli angui d'aletto…………………………………… Chi Hoe Mak, baritone
Aria from Giulio Cesare (1724)
Piangero la sorte mia………………………………………... Yeoh Ker Ker, soprano
Arias from Rodelinda (1725)
Ritorna, oh caro e dolce mio tesoro …………………… Ho Chi Mei, soprano
Fatto inferno… Pastorella d'un povero armento…. Solomon Chong, tenor
Opera scene from Alcina (1734)
Tornami a Vagheggiar………………………………………. Jane Soong, soprano
Prendi e vivi……………………………………………………... Tutti
Dall' orro di notte cieca……………………………………... Chorus
Tamborino……………………………………………………….. Orchestra
Doppo tante amare pene…………………………………… Tutti