“When I heard Philippe Jaroussky for the first time, I was struck by his musicality and sensibility,” Cecilia Bartoli told The New York Times Magazine for a profile last November. “There is a beauty in his phrasing and a delicacy, if not fragility, in his soul that touches the listener profoundly.” UMS is delighted to welcome French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky in his UMS debut for this performance with Apollo’s Fire, “one of the nation’s leading baroque orchestras.” (The Boston Globe) Together they explore the full dramatic range of Handel and Vivaldi arias written for the virtuosi castrati singers of the 18th century. “Apollo’s Fire has forged a vibrant, life-affirming approach to the re-making of early music”¦Their seductive vision of musical authenticity is guided by a shared commitment to honest emotional expression, rooted in period style yet never its slave.” (BBC Music Magazine)

Program
· Vivaldi/arr. Sorrell : "Allegro" from Concerto Grosso in D, after Concerto RV 511
· Oreste">Handel : "Agitato da fiere tempeste" from Oreste
· Il Parnasso in Festa">Handel : "Ho perso il caro ben" from Il Parnasso in Festa
· Vivaldi : Concerto in a minor for Two Violins, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
· Imeneo">Handel : "Se potessero i sospir miei" from Imeneo
· Ariodante">Handel : "Con l'ali di costanza" from Ariodante
· Handel : Prelude in A Major for solo harpsichord
· Handel : Chaconne from Terpsichore (Il pastor fido), HWV 8c
· Catone in Utica">Vivaldi : "Se mai senti spirarti sul volto" from Catone in Utica
· Vivaldi/arr. Sorrell : Concerto Grosso "La Follia" (Madness), after Sonata XII
· Vivaldi : "Vedro con mio diletto" from Giustino
· Vivaldi : "Fra le procelle" from Tito Manlio