My Soul Hears How All Things Rejoice and Laugh

Baroque Music Theater Songs of Nature

19:30-20:45 ｜ Saturday ｜ Oct 16 | The Red, Taikoo Li Sanlitun North

 Ticket (CNY): VIP280

Nowadays, people are worried about the global climate and call for action. In this context, we look back on baroque composer Georg Friedrich Handel's (1685-1759) Nine German Arias and revisit Nature in his eyes. This set of works consists of nine short songs, performed by a soprano and on instruments of the Baroque era. It sets poems by German poet Barthel Heinrich Brocks (1680-1747). The praise of the beauty of nature and eternal life runs through all the nine arias. It is unique in Handel's works for its novel orchestration, poetic emotions, joy and pain interwoven, and a style between baroque and early Romanticism.

In Songs of Nature, produced by a Belgian team, Handel's works alternate with new short pieces of Antwerp composer Wim Henderickx in the form of a Baroque ensemble performance. This theater work is jointly performed by soprano Li Jingjing and six musicians from Shanghai Camerata. Chinese director Shuang Zou and Australian scenographer Dan Porta work together to conceive the music theater.

Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel and Wim Henderickx 

Soprano: Li Jingjing  

Shanghai Camerata

Conductor: Gao Song 

Baroque violin: Cui Hongxia, Gao Beixi

Baroque viola: Hongxia Cui

Traverso: Chen Tong

Baroque cello: Yanmin Lu 

Theorbo: Zhang Charlie

Violone: Feng Zhou

Music director: Menglin Gao

Répétiteur: Xu Yingbao

Director: Zou Shuang

Stage Designer: Dan Potra

Video Designer: Marco Devetak

Lighting Designer: Peter Quasters

Costume Designer: Lieve Pynoo

Associate Set Designer: Xu Mengyuan

Make up and wardrobe manager: Liu Lian

Technical Director: Pei Yanfeng  

Lighting Operator: Wang Huaixuan

Assistant Set Manager: Qiu Xingya

Video Operators: Wang Chengjie and Yan Bosen

Assistant Stage Manager: Han Song and Yu Haide 

Surtitle Operator: Xiaoyue Sun

Produced by: Muziektheater Transparant, Belgium