HÄNDEL, PURCELL, STROZZI & SAARIAHO

The Postscript Ensemble and soprano Elisabeth Hetherington explore the voice of rejected women throughout the ages. Inspired by Anne Sexton’s famous poem Her Kind, they perform music by Handel, Purcell, Strozzi, Saariaho, and Fadael, interwoven with electroacoustic interludes by Tatiana Rosa. Baroque portraits of Alcina, Armide and Medea reflect modern insights into madness, psychological fault lines and femininity. Hetherington and the Postscript Ensemble thus create a dramatic and poignant journey through centuries of female experiences.

With music by:

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759)

Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695)

Barbara Strozzi (1619 – 1677)

Kaija Saariaho (1952 – 2023)

Karmit Fadael (°1996)

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Elisabeth Hetherington — soprano
Ensemble Postscript:
Rachael Beesley — violin
Cynthia Freivogel — violin
Iteke Wijbenga — viola
Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde — cello and co-artistic director
Margaret Urquhart — violone
Artem Belogurov — harpsichord en co-artistic director