Korkyra Baroque Festival Concludes Tonight at Magnificent Ston Fortress

More than 2 weeks of high-quality international music comes to an end in magnificent settings on Septmeber 17, 2018, as the 7th Korkyra Baroque Festival moves to Fortress Veliki Kastio in Ston.

A wonderful late-summer cultural treat comes to an end this evening with the final performance of this year’s Korkyra Baroque Festival.

The festival, now in its seventh year, is gradually spreading its wings and cultural importance from its home in Korcula Town, and this year’s festival has seen performanes in other parts of the island of Korcula – Pupnat, Vela Luka and the islet of Vrnik, as well as Orebic on the Peljesac Peninsula and the setting for tonight’s grande finale, Fortress Veliki Kastio in Ston. 

Ston, one of Croatia’s most interesting towns, famous for its oysters and its salt pans (the latter used to provide a third of the income for the independent Dubrovnik Republic and were the reason why its majestic walls were constructed – said to the be the longest fortified wall in the world outside China) is a fitting end to a fortnight of excellent entertainment, and tonight’s programme is as follows (tickets may be bought at the venue): 

17.9.2018. 8 p.m. Fortress Veliki Kastio, Ston

The winner of 2018 Handel Singing Competition and Artistic director of Handel Festival in London and Gottingen

HELEN CHARLSTON: Mezzo-Soprano
LAURENCE CUMMINGS:harpsichord

Programme:

Barbara Strozzi
L’Eraclito Amoroso (op. 2, nr. 14)

Georg Friedrich Handel
In Gentle Murmurs will I mourn (Jephtha HWV 70)
Furibondo spira il vento (Partenope HWV 27)
Sorge nel petto (Rinaldo HWV 7a)

Antonio Vivaldi
Vedro con mio diletto (Guistino RV 717)

Georg Friedrich Handel
Nel dolce tempo (HWV 135b)
Nel dolce tempo (recit)
Pastorella, i bei lumi (aria)
Di pallido color (recit)
Senti, dite, ben mio (aria)

Girolamo Frescobaldi
Toccata Quarta from il primo libro

Claudio Monteverdi
Voglio di vita uscir (SV. 337)

Georg Friedrich Handel
O Lord Whose Mercies Numberless (Saul HWV 53)
Where Shall I Fly? (Hercules HWV 60)
Suite in E major from 8 Great Suites
**tickets on sale before the concerts

To learn more about the festival, visit the official Korkyra Baroque Festival webite.

 

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