Julia Lezhneva & Kammerorchester Basel ID:
Orchester
Ladies First
Wednesday, 02. September 2026
7:30 p.m., Church Saanen
Back in 2018, the Saanen Church glowed during the performance of this celebrated artist – then as now alongside the Kammerorchester Basel. Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva returns for an evening of Baroque splendour, where Handel’s brilliant Concerti grossi enter into a sparkling dialogue with rarely heard Italian opera arias – those famed “travel arias” that the primadonnas and tenors of the time kept ready in their luggage (hence the German term “Kofferarien”) to showcase their vocal virtuosity wherever they went.
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'\t\t\t<td>“Son qual nave esposta ai venti”, aria '
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Julia Lezhneva, Soprano
Kammerorchester Basel
| Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759) | |
| Concerto grosso in B-flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313 (1734) | 12' |
| Attilio Ariosti (1666–1729) | |
| “Mi sento intorno al cor”, aria for Berenice from the opera “Lucio Vero” (London 1727) | 7' |
| Nicola Porpora (1686–1768) | |
| “Timida pastorella”, aria for Adelaide from the opera “Adelaide” (Rome 1723) | 8' |
| Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759) | |
| Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316 | 10' |
| Pietro Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785) | |
| “Son qual nave esposta ai venti”, aria for Solinda from the opera “L’inganno tradito dall’amore” (Vienna 1735) | 7' |
| Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783) | |
| “Se fra turbini”, air aria for Attalo from the opera “Attalo, re di Bitinia” (Naples 1728) | 5' |
| Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759) | |
| Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315 | 12' |
| Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783) | |
| “Se grato esser mi vuoi”, aria for Fulvia from the opera “Ezio” (Naples 1730) | 5' |
| Geminiano Giacomelli (1692–1740) | |
| “Vaghe luci voi sapeste”, aria for Scipione from the opera “Scipione in Cartagine Nuova” (Piacenza 1730) | 6' |
| Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759) | |
| Concerto grosso in B Minor, Op. 6 No. 12, HWV 330 (1739) | 12' |
| Giovanni Porta (1675–1755) | |
| “Mi parla nel seno”, aria for Merione from the opera “Farnace” (Bologna 1731) | 8' |
| Geminiano Giacomelli (1692–1740) | |
| “Bel cader qualor pugnando”, aria for Quinto Fabio from the opera “Lucio Papirio dittatore” (Parma 1729) | 7' |
| 90' | |
CHF 130/110/70/40