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Jonathan Cohen and the BFO’ Baroque Ensemble

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Liszt Academy, Grand Hall
Liszt Ferenc tér 8., 1068 Budapest

In the BFO’s early music concert, ethereal dance movements alternate with arias about burning passion.

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05 Feb 2027 Friday, 7:45PM

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Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestral Suite in G Minor FWV K:g2
Antonio Vivaldi: Gelido in ogni vena (Frosty in every vein) – aria from the opera Il Farnace, RV 711
Johann Adolph Hasse: Parto coll’alma in pena (I am leaving with an aching heart) aria from the opera Siroes, King of Persia
Christoph Graupner: Orchestral Suite in G major, GWV 466
Johann Adolph Hasse: Piange quel fonte (That spring weeps) – aria from the opera Numa Pompilio;
Padre ingiusto (Unjust father) – aria from the opera Cajo Fabricio

Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano)
Artistic director: Jonathan Cohen
Baroque gesture: Sigrid T’Hooft

In the BFO’s early music concert, ethereal dance movements alternate with arias about burning passion. Jonathan Cohen, the orchestra’s returning guest conductor and a British expert on Baroque music, will ensure historically faithful interpretations, while Sigrid T’Hooft, an indispensable contributor to the series, will be responsible for historical gestures. The star of the night will be mezzo-soprano Alaska-born Vivica Genaux, who captured public attention with her CD featuring baroque arias associated with the repertoire of the famous castrato Farinelli. Her recordings are regarded as gems of historic performance. Genaux, a specialist in the Baroque and bel canto repertoires, captivates listeners instantly even when singing arias taken out of their original context. Following the orchestral suites with which the program opens, audiences can enjoy her beautiful voice and extraordinary technical prowess in arias by Vivaldi and Hasse, which alternate between sorrowful and fiery, lyrical and unstoppably virtuosic.