The Bach Aria Soloists Trio will perform delightful arias by Bach and Handel, and an enchanting Bach Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord during the first half of their L’Histoire du Soldat concert on Saturday, Feb. 18.
The concert is presented by the Johnson County Community College Performing Arts Series. Tickets are $25 and are available through the JCCC Box Office.
The Bach Aria Soloists Trio consists of Elizabeth Suh Lane, founder and artistic director, violin; Sarah Tannehill Anderson, soprano; and Elisa Williams Bickers, harpsichord. Guest artist Eric Stomberg will join the trio on bassoon.
The program includes:
Mein Gläubiges Herze aria
From Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach composed his “God so loved the world” cantata for the second day of Pentecost and it was first performed in May1725. A five-moment work, the lovely soprano aria (My faithful heart) is the second movement.
Sonata for Violin & Klavier in G, BWV 1021
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach wrote most of his instrumental chamber music while in Weimar and Cöthen. His collection of six sonatas for violin and harpsichord elevated the harpsichord to the equal of the violin and are written in the Italianate style. This brief but exquisite sonata has four movements: Adagio, Vivace, Largo and Presto.
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare in Egitto (1724) is one of Handel’s best-known operas. The libretto is by Nicola Haym, one of Handel’s best collaborators, from a range of earlier Italian sources, particularly a work of the same name by Giacomo Bussani, based on the story of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. Da tempeste is one of nine arias Cleopatra performs in the opera.
Photos of Bach Aria Soloists by Dan White, danwhite.com
