DA PAIXÃO À AURORA

Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música

Laurence Cummings harpsichord, tenor and musical direction

Ana Vieira Leite soprano

Antonio Vivaldi Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro, RV 169

François Couperin Première Leçon de Ténèbres (Quarta-Feira Santa)

Johann Sebastian Bach “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben”, aria from the Paixão segundo São Mateus

Hèctor Parra Three Shakespeare Sonnets

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François Couperin Deuxième Leçon de Ténèbres

Georg Friedrich Haendel Aria and duet from L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (“Sweet bird, that shun’st

the noise of folly”; “As steals the morn upon the night”)

From the darkness of Holy Week to the dawn of Shakespeare, the Orquestra Barroca travels through different musical contexts towards

an inner light, with Eastertide as its common thread. Ana Vieira Leite, a Portuguese soprano specialised in the baroque repertoire

who has built an intense international career at the highest level, sings arias by Bach and Haendel and the Tenebrae Lessons

for Holy Week that Couperin wrote for the talented nuns of the former Abbey of Longchamp.

In an expressive contrast between different eras, Shakespeare's poetry is present in the music of Haendel and in the

sonnets chosen by Hèctor Parra for a work that, although written in our own time, is intended for tenor and baroque

orchestra.