Baroque splendour

Chamber Ensemble of the Académie de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles, conducted by Gaétan Jarry, will perform masterpieces of Baroque music together with soprano Ana Vieira Leite. In addition to A. Vivaldi and G. F. Handel, the programme features works by J.-J. de Mondonville, court musician to King Louis XV.

Programme:

• Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772) Sonata for violin and harpsichord in g minor, op. 3, no. 1
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626
• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759) Silete Venti, HWV 242
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• Georg Friedrich Händel Serse, HWV 40, overture
• Georg Friedrich Händel Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (The Messiah, HWV 56)
• Jean-Joseph de Mondonville Sonata for violin and harpsichord in C major, op. 3, no. 4
• Georg Friedrich Händel Da tempeste il legno infranto (Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17)