Performance on 3 - BBC Proms 2010 - Prom 70 - Ensemble Matheus

From BBC Proms 2010 Presented by John Shea The Ensemble Matheus from Brittany in the far west of France have been making a name for themselves in recent years with their thrilling performances of Baroque music. Tonight, another chance to hear their Proms debut with their founder-director Jean-Christophe Spinosi in music from the heart of their repertory, by Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi. Celebrated French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux join the group for arias and duets by Handel and one of his greatest operatic rivals in early eighteenth-century London, Nicola Porpora - including music he wrote for the famous castrato Farinelli. Handel: Julius Caesar - Empio, dirò, tu sei Vivaldi: La fida ninfa - 'Aure lievi, che spirate' Vivaldi: Orlando furioso - 'Sol da te, mio dolce amore' & 'Sorge l'irato nembo' Telemann: Concerto in E minor for recorder, flute and strings Porpora: Polifemo - 'Alto Giove' Vivaldi: Orlando furioso - 'Ah sleale...Io ti getto elmo' Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in D major, RV 513 Vivaldi: La fida ninfa - 'Dimmi pastore' Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Laurence Paugam (violin) Alexis Kossenko (recorder) Jean-Marc Goujon (flute) Ensemble Matheus Jean-Christophe Spinosi (violin/director).