Past Performances
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May 2002: Bach meets Buxtehude
In October 1705 the young Bach walked 260 miles to visit the elderly German composer Dietrich Buxtehude. This concert celebrated that meeting. Joining Aradia were countertenor Matthew White and oboeist Marco Cera.
March 2002: Opera-in-Concert's production of Semele
(St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto)
The intense and rarely performed oratorio is based on the Greek myth of the seduction of the mortal Semele by Jupiter, King of the Gods and Lord of Thunder. Handel expert Winton Dean believes Semele "contains some of the most eloquent love music ever written."
Photo: Emily Lockhart
The programme was based around the Christmas Motets In Nativitatem Domini Canticum, including a modern day premiere of three works.
Spring 2001: International Chamber Music Festival and
New Zealand Tour
Aradia spent three weeks touring New Zealand, where they were guest artists at the International Chamber Music Festival in New Zealand. While in New Zealand, they completed their sixth recording for Naxos, Johann Vanhal: Missa Pastoralis, Missa Solemnis, featuring two masses by German Baroque composer Johann Baptist Vanhal.
May 2001: Lucas et Cecile
This impressive work is by early Canadian composer Joseph Quesnel, and reconstructed by John Beckwith. This concert was the English-language world premiere of this unique 19th century Canadian opera. Written in 1808, and left unperformed at its composer's death, Lucas et Cecile was only completed in the 1980's by Canadian composer John Beckwith.