Baroque specialist Nicholas McGegan curates a heartwarming Christmas program, featuring excerpts from the festive Music for the Royal Fireworks. Georg Friedrich Händel composed this suite to commemorate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, ending the War of Austrian Succession. Soprano Sunhae Im delights with her satin voice in perhaps the most famous baroque aria: the poignant and immortal Lascia ch’io pianga. Engaging in dialogue with jubilant trumpets, Im performs arias by Bach and Händel. Stepping briefly outside the Baroque, Franz Schubert allows the renowned soprano to converse with the clarinet. Michael Haydn, Joseph's younger brother, paints a charming Christmas scene with his Pastorello. Begin the festive season with baroque splendor in the comfortable ambiance and sparkling acoustics of the Queen Elisabeth Hall.

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra Christmas Gala

Queen Elisabeth Hall

Divertimento in D major

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Rinaldo

The Shepherd on the Rock

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen

Bourrée

Samson

Orchestral suites

Pastorello

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Clarinet in Divertimento in D major by Mozart

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Clarinet in Rinaldo by Handel

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Clarinet in The Shepherd on the Rock by Schubert

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Clarinet in Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen by Bach

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Clarinet in Bourrée by Handel

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Clarinet in Samson by Handel

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Clarinet in Orchestral suites by Bach

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Clarinet in Pastorello by Haydn

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