In war & peace - harmony through music

Recorded live in June 2017 at the magnificent Liceu Theatre in Barcelona, this DVD is the companion to Joyce DiDonato’s award-winning album In War and Peace:
Harmony through Music. Seeking answers to the existential question “In the midst of chaos, how do you find peace?”, it makes a compelling piece of music theatre as
DiDonato journeys through arias by Handel, Purcell, Monteverdi, Leo and Jommelli with Il Pomo d’Oro and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. On stage, In War and Peace: Harmony through Music makes a compelling piece of music theatre. In Barcelona, as on the European and North American tours she made in late 2016, DiDonato was joined by the baroque orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro and its principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev.

WAR
Handel Jephtha | Some dire event hangs o’er heads… // Scenes of horror, scenes of woe Storgè /// Leo Andromaca | Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro! // Andromaca /// De Cavalieri Rappresentatione di Anima, et di corpo | Sinfonia (instrumental) /// Purcell Ciaconna in G minor (instrumental) // Purcell Dido and Aeneas | Thy hands, Belinda...When I am laid in earth Dido (Dido’s lament) /// Handel Aggripina | Pensieri, voi mi tormentate Aggripina /// Gesualdo | Tristis est animam mea /// Handel Rinaldo | Lascia ch’io pianga Almirena

PEACE
Purcell The Indian Queen | They tell us that you mighty powers above Orazia /// Handel Susanna | Lead me, oh lead me to some cool retreat…Crystal streams in murmurs flowing Susanna /// Pärt Da pacem, Domine /// Handel Rinaldo | Augelletti, che cantate Almirena // Handel Giulio Cesare | Da tempeste il legno infranto Cleopatra /// Jommelli Attilio Regolo Par che di giubilo Attilia // Strauss Morgen! Op . 27 No. 4

Includes Bonuses: Joyce DiDonato presents “In War & Peace” project. Joyce DiDonato in Athens with el Sistema Greece directed by Josh Allott . Video Clip Lascia ch’io pianga directed by James Darrah.