Concerts
February 11, 2024
7:00 PM
Benaroya Hall
Sweeter than Roses
English Baroque love songs for voice, oboe, viol, and harpsichord, featuring soprano Grace Srinivasan and oboist Pablo O’Connell, with Adaiha MacAdam-Somer on viol and Byron Schenkman on harpsichord. Music by Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, Elisabetta de Gambarini, and Ignatius Sancho.
“Wringing every bit of grace out of the harpsichord, Schenkman brought life and wit out of these ancient works.”
– Sun Break
Grace Srinivasan
Voice
Pablo O’Connell
Oboe
Adaiha MacAdam-Somer
Viol
Byron Schenkman
Harpsichord
Program
George Frideric Handel:
Sonata in C Minor for oboe and continuo
Elisabetta de Gambarini:
“Behold and listen” from op. 2
John Stanley:
“I feel new passions rise” from op. 9
Thomas Arne:
“Come away death”
Ignatius Sancho:
The Complaint “Take, oh take, those lips away”
Hornpipe in B-flat Major
“Sweetest Bard”
Henry Purcell:
“Oh let me weep”
Suite in D Minor for harpsichord
William Babell:
Sonata no. 1 in B-flat Major for oboe and continuo
Henry Purcell:
“Sweeter than roses”
“Halcyon days”
“[Grace Srinivasan has] beautiful vocalism”
– San Francisco Gate
Notes on the Program
By Byron Schenkman
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