Händel’s Heroines

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A queen, a sorceress and a general’s daughter – Cleopatra, Armida and Almirena are heroines from Georg Friedrich Händel’s operas. They show rage as in the aria «Furie terribile», despair as in «Se pietà di me non senti» or tear-jerking grief as in «Lascia ch’io pianga», one of the best-known and most moving opera arias of all. The young Swiss soprano Chelsea Zurflüh, first prize winner of the «Concours de Genève» and winner of the «SWR Junge Opernstars 2025» competition, delves deep into the souls of these remarkable women and turns their emotions into music with her expressive voice and enormous range. La Cetra Barockorchester Basel will accompany her under Maurice Steger and, with Johann Sebastian Bach’s «Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 4» and recorder concertos in which Steger can be heard as a virtuosic soloist, set strong musical accents too. Chelsea Zurflüh, soprano Sebastian Wienand, harpsichord Maurice Steger, recorder & direction La Cetra Barockorchester Basel Programme: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 4 in G major Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c. 1690–1758) Chaconne in A major for two violins and b.c. Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1959) Aria «Se pietà di me non senti» from the opera «Giulio Cesare» Concerto in G minor, HWV 396, for recorder, strings and b.c. Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759) Aria «No, no di Libia fra l'arene» from the opera «Silla» – Interval – Georg Friedrich Händel «Die Ankunft der Königin von Saba» from the oratorio «Salomon», HWV 67 Concerto in G minor, HWV 396, for recorder, strings and b.c. Aria «Furrie terribile» by Armida from the opera «Rinaldo» Chaconne in G major, HWV 434 for solo harpsichord and strings Overture to the opera «Rinaldo», HWV 7a Aria «Lascia ch’io pianga» from the opera «Rinaldo» Aria «Da tempeste il legno infranto» from the opera «Giulio Cesare»

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