The Night Languishes, Moans, Sighs

Arcadian duets
Music by Georg Friedrich Handel (1685 – 1759)

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.	chansons d'amour
.	the triumph of bacchus
.	the flower dance
.	bacchus invites us to pleasure and joy
.	sweetest sigh
.	pure white moon
.	thou, my sweet, art my happiness
.	oh bitter sweetness
.	a toast, now pass the flask around!
.	the dream and narcissus
.	serenade
.	messalina
.	the night languishes, moans, sighs
.	if beauty kindles your love
.	liederabend
.	cafe' chantant
.	operatic concert
.	rita

Pieces based on Italian poetic texts, in which pure pleasure in sound prevails and the radiant fantasy of Tiepolo’s frescos is reflected.

performers

1 soprano, 1 contralto, 2 musicians

instruments

copies of original instruments: 1 viol da gamba harpsichord

duration

c. 1 hour

props

wooden dais, candelabras, torches

sites

inside an historic villa, museum hall, small theatre, cloister