ACO Up Close: Baroque Resonance with ACO & Pinchgut Opera

We are thrilled to be collaborating with our friends at Pinchgut Opera for this Baroque celebration led by Erin Helyard, featuring star soprano Samantha Clarke.

Clarke’s performances in Handel’s Julius Caesar with Pinchgut Opera last year were described as “superb” (Daily Telegraph). For her ACO On The Pier debut, the Australian/British soprano will sing a selection of arias by Handel and Vivaldi that showcase her formidable artistry. Already a regular on the country’s opera and concert hall stages, this is a unique opportunity to experience this rising star in the intimate surrounds of The Neilson.

The vibrancy and virtuosity of the ACO will also be on show when a quartet of ACO musicians, directed by Erin Helyard, perform Vivaldi’s bright and inventive concertos.

Photo: Samantha Clarke, Theodora in Concert, by Keith Saunders

PROGRAM

Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings No.5 in C major, RV114 “Paris” 
Antonio Vivaldi Dorilla in Tempe, RV709: Aria “Rete, lacci, e strali adopra”
Antonio Vivaldi Giustino, RV717: Aria “Vedró con mio diletto”
Antonio Vivaldi La fida ninfa, RV714: Aria “Alma oppressa da sorte”
George Frideric Handel Sonata a quattro in G major, HWV399
George Frideric Handel Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HVW17: Recitativo accompagnato; Aria “Se pietà di me non senti”
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in E minor, RV134  
George Frideric Handel Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HVW17: Aria “Piangerò la sorte mia” 
George Frideric Handel Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HVW17: Aria “Da tempeste il legno infranto”

ARTISTS

Erin Helyard, Director and Harpsichord
Samantha Clarke Soprano
Helena Rathbone Violin
Liisa Pallandi Violin
Elizabeth Woolnough Viola
Timo-Veikko Valve Cello
Simon Martyn-Ellis Theorbo