Handel’s Affections

George Frideric Handel wrote music that is impossible to remain indifferent to. Handel masterfully employed the Baroque theory of affections: he knew exactly which keys could unlock emotional responses in his listeners—and he used them with evident delight. In this program, we will hear Handel’s music as if it were a sculpture, viewed from different angles: opera excerpts (of course, indispensable), sonatas and cantatas, as well as sacred music—elevated and contemplative at once. And as you may remember, the LC: Early Music Ensemble performs Handel’s works on instruments of his time. So prepare to hear this music as the composer himself might have heard it. Performers: Liatoshynskyi Capella: Early Music Ensemble Concert Program: George Frideric Handel: - Aria “Non si può dar in cor” (“It is impossible to place [love] in the heart”) from the cantata “Aminta e Fillide,” HWV 83 - Duet “Caro! Bella! Più amabile beltà” (“Dear one! Beautiful one! Most lovely beauty”) from the opera “Giulio Cesare in Egitto,” HWV 17 - Trio Sonata in G minor, Larghetto and Allegro, HWV 390 - Duet “Amor, gioie mi porge” (“Love grants me joys”), HWV 180 - Aria “Venti, turbini” (“Winds, tempests”) from the opera “Rinaldo,” HWV 7 - Concerto grosso in G major, Op. 6, No. 5 - “Salve Regina” (“Hail, Queen”), HWV 241 - Duet “Scherzando sul tuo volto” (“Jesting at your face”) from the opera “Rinaldo,” HWV 7

• When:
  Sunday 10.05.2026, start in 18:00
• Location:
  Saint Andrew's Church
• In Program:
  Handel
• Performers:
  Liatoshynskyi Capella: Early Music Ensemble /early music ensemble/
• Duration:
  1 hours 20 minutes