George Frideric Händel – Opera Rodelinda Aria ”Pastorello d’un povero armento” HWV19 by Mark Padmore – Andrew Manze – The English Concert

George Frideric Händel (1685 † 1759)

As steals the morn…
Arias & Scenes for Tenor

Rodelinda Opera Regina de’ Longobardi, HWV19
Dramma per musica in three acts

Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym
(After Antonio Salvi & Pierre Corneille, 1710)

First performance: London, King’s Theatre in the Haymarket, 13 February 1725

Act.3 Scena 6 No.33 Aria ”Pastorello d’un povero armento” (Grimoaldo)

Grimoaldo: usurper of Bertarido’s throne and Duke of Benevento by Mark Padmore, (Tenor)

Performer:
Violin I: Andrew Manze, Miles Golding, Graham Cracknell, Thérèse Timoney, Sarah Moffatt
Violin II: Walter Reiter, Calire Duff, Silvia Schweinberger, Fiona Huggett
Viola: Alfonso Leal del Ojo, Stefanie Heichelheim
Violoncello: Alison McCillivary, Timoney Kraemer
Double Bass: Peter Buckoke
Oboe: Katharina Spreckelsen
Bassoon: Eyal Streett, Sally Jackson
Archlute: William Carter
Harpsichord: David Gordon

Andrew Manze, director
The English Concert