Apollo’s Fire / Jeanine De Bique
Virtuoso music by Handel, Purcell, Rameau, and Vivaldi meets the voices and poetry of 18th-century Caribbean colonies in this celebration of shared humanity. “Master musical storyteller” (Seen and Heard International) Jeannette Sorrell leads the Grammy-winning Baroque ensemble Apollo’s Fire with world-renowned Trinidadian singer Jeanine De Bique, “one of the most exciting sopranos” (OperaWire). From a flirtatious Rameau aria to music from a Creole wedding celebration, tales of love, despair, and resilience emerge in a singular journey between Europe and the Caribbean.
Part of: Baroque Unlimited
Performers
Apollo’s Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, Artistic Director and Harpsichord
Jeanine De Bique, Soprano
Program
HANDEL Selections from Agrippina
RAMEAU "C’en est trop… Troubles cruels… Quand l’aquilon fougueux" from Dardanus
MARAIS Suite from Alcyone (arr. Jeannette Sorrell)
PEPUSCH "O! welcome! welcome! gentle Death!" from Venus and Adonis
ANON. "A Black of Guadeloupe"
JOACHIM HORSLEY "Lè m’mouri"
LULLY Passacaille from Persée
D. PURCELL "Gentle Shepherd" from The Judgement of Paris
TRAD. "Call up meh rosebud"
HANDEL "Ah, Ruggiero crudel" from Alcina
ANDRÉ TANKER "Morena Osha"
VIVALDI Sonata in D Minor for Two Violins and Continuo, Op. 1, No. 12, "La Follia" (arr. Jeanette Sorrell)
C. H. GRAUN "Tra le procelle assorto" from Cleopatra e Cesare