Strathmore Presents Les Violons Du Roy with Stephanie Blythe (Video)

The Quebec-based chamber orchestra with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe will perform on Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. in the Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. The troupe will perform selections by Telemann, Haydn, Bach and Handel.

Tickets start at $29 and may be purchased by calling 301.581.5100 or online at Strathmore
website.

 
Program
G. P. Telemann: Orchestral Suite in C major, TWV 55: C6 (Ouverture à 7)

Ouverture (grave)
Harlequinade
Espagniol [sic]
Bourrée en trompette
Sommeille [sic]
Rondeau
Menuet I – II
Gigue
F.J. Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, Hob. XXXVIb: 2 (anon. string orchestra arrangement)
Dove sei tu?
Dove sei, mio bel tesoro?
Andante : Ah! che morir vorrei in si fatal momento

Intermission

J.S. Bach: Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069 (original version)
Ouverture
Bourrées I et II
Gavotte
Menuets I et II
Réjouissance
G.F. Handel: Excerpts from Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
«Empio, diro, tu sei» (Aria di Cesare)
«L’empio, sleale, indegno» (Aria di Tolomeo)
«Dall’ondoso perilglio – Aure, deh, per pieta» (Aria di Tolomeo)

Stephanie Blythe performing “De’ miei schemi per far le vendette”