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Jean Rondeau, harpsichord   Programme Jean-Philippe Rameau – Prelude in A minor   Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764) – Suite in A minor (1728), Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Les Trois Mains, Gavotte avec les Doubles de la Gavotte   Francois Couperin (1668 – 1733) – L’Art de toucher le clavecin: Prelude in C Major   Francois…

Jordi Savall, Conductor Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra – “Georgian Sinfonietta” Ana Kurdovanidze / Harpsichord, Organ Giorgi Kuzanashvili / Theorbo, Baroque Guitar   Programme   Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Concerto grosso in G minor Fatto per la Notte di Natale Op. 6, No. 8 (Amsterdam, 1714) Vivace – Grave. Arcate, sostenuto e come stà Allegro – Adagio…

Baroque Music from Europe to Georgia   Lecturer: Thea Mukeria (Musician, Music Journalist, Curator of the Tbilisi Museums Union Zakaria Paliashvili Memorial House-Museum)   Description: The revival of Baroque music began after World War II. During the restoration of museums that had been burned and destroyed during the war, numerous compositions written 300 years ago…

Andreas Scholl, countertenor   Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra – “Georgian Sinfonietta” Ana Kurdovanidze / Harpsichord, Organ Giorgi Kuzanashvili / Theorbo, Baroque Guitar   Programme GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685-1759) Messiah HWV 56, Arias for altus Scene 1: But who may abide the day of His coming Scene 5: He shall feed his flock like a shepherd…

Machiavelli Meets Monteverdi – “The Coronation of Poppea”   Lecturer: Maia Sigua (Doctor of Art Studies, Associate Professor at Tbilisi State Conservatoire)   Description: The lecture addresses Claudio Monteverdi’s final opera, a work noted in operatic literature across all eras for various reasons. Alongside its numerous musical merits, the piece, which at first glance follows…

Sergio Azzolini, baroque bassoon   Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra – “Georgian Sinfonietta” Ai Ikeda / Baroque Bassoon Stjepan Nodilo / Baroque Oboe & Flute Gabriel Grămesc / Baroque Oboe Ana Kurdovanidze / Harpsichord, Organ Diego Cantalupi / Theorbo, Baroque Guitar     Programme G. Ph. Telemann Ouverture – Suite in g minor for 2 Oboe,…

I State Ensemble of Georgian Folk Song “Basiani”   Georgian Traditional Chants and Songs   Intermission   II   Performers: Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra – “Georgian Sinfonietta” Guram Kurashvili State Choral Chapel of Abkhazia Conductor – Cornelia Von Kerssenbrock   Soloists: Christina Fanelli / Soprano Benedetta Mazzucato / Contralto Georg Poplutz / Tenor Felix Schwandtke…

Zakaria Paliashvili and the Mass   Lecturer: Gvantsa Gvinjilia (Doctor of Art Studies, Associate Professor at Tbilisi State Conservatoire)   Description: The “Mass” by Zakaria Paliashvili reflects the musical impressions of a composer raised in the environment of the Catholic Church. Paliashvili himself never took steps to publish it. This piece, which serves as a…