Thomas Arne
Overture from „The Judgement of Paris“

George Frideric Handel
"Otton, Otton" – "Voi che udite il mio lamento" (from Agrippina)
Overture from Alcina
"Gia l’ebro mio ciglio" (from Orlando)
Suite from Radamisto
"Vivi tiranno" (from Rodelinda)

INTERMISSION

William Boyce
Symphony in C major, Op. 2 No. 3

George Frideric Handel
"T'amai, quant'il mio cor" (from Amadigi di Gaula)
"Pena tiranna" (from Amadigi di Gaula)

Charles Avison
Concerto grosso No. 5 in D minor (after Domenico Scarlatti)

George Frideric Handel
"Stille Amare" (from Tolomeo, re d'Egitto)

Countertenor Christopher Ainslie – who made his debut with the Boulez Ensemble last season – and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin present a selection of arias from the operas of George Frideric Handel that celebrate the joys and sorrows of love. The musicians are joined by students of the Barenboim-Said Akademie who will work with the ensemble for first-hand training in historical performance practice. Instrumental pieces by Handel’s London contemporaries frame the operatic excerpts.