Program
Charles Ives
'The Unanswered Question'
Rachel Portman
'The First Morning of the World' (text: Gene Scheer, commission: Linda Nelson)
Gustav Mahler
'Rückert-Lieder' No. 2: 'Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft!' (text: Friedrich Rückert)
Marco Uccellini
Sinfonia terza (a cinque stromenti), Op. 7
Biagio Marini
Scherzi e canzone, Op. 5, No. 3: 'Con le stelle in Ciel che mai' (Natività di Christo, per canto solo da cantarsi nel chitarrone)
Josef Mysliveček
Aria 'Toglierò le sponde al mare' (Angelo di giustizia) from II mov. of the oratorio 'Adamo ed Eva' (libretto: Giovanni Granelli)
Aaron Copland
'Nature, the gentlest mother' from the cycle '8 Poems of Emily Dickinson' for a voice and chamber orchestra
Giovanni Valentini
Sonata enharmonica
Francesco Cavalli
Aria 'Piante ombrose' from act I of the opera 'La Calisto' (libretto: Giovanni Faustini)
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Danza degli spettri e delle furie: Allegro non troppo from the opera 'Orfeo ed Euridice' Wq 30 (libretto: Pietro Metastasio)
Recitativo 'Misera, dove son!'… from the opera 'Ezio' Wq 15 (libretto: Pietro Metastasio)
Aria 'Ah! non son io che parlo' from the opera 'Ezio' Wq 15 (libretto: Pietro Metastasio)
Georg Friedrich Händel
Aria 'As with rosy steps the morn' from the I mov. of the dramatic oratorio 'Theodora' HWV 68
Gustav Mahler
'Rückert-Lieder' No. 3: 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' (text: Friedrich Rückert)
Fusing music, movement and theatre, EDEN is a breath-taking, through-performed tour de force from the multi-award winning Joyce DiDonato that’s been immediately celebrated as “iconic” and “ground-breaking.” Featuring four centuries of music from Gluck, Handel and Cavalli, to Mahler, Ives and a new commission from Academy-Award winning composer, Rachel Portman, EDEN is a searing declaration of hope, celebrating the majesty, might and mystery of Nature through the connective, transforming power of music.
Joyce is joined by her long-standing musical partners, Il Pomo d’Oro, conductor Zefira Valova, and by local youth choirs who have participated in EDEN’s extensive Engagement programme, in a powerful finale where they share their uplifting message of hope side by side with Joyce on stage.
To ensure that the EDEN experience continues to grow outside of the concert hall, each audience member receives seeds to plant as Joyce asks: “In this time of upheaval, which seed will you plant today?”
