B'Rock

Nardus Williams, soprano
Evgeny Sviridov, concertmaster

"Adventurers": Three perspectives on A Dirty Business

Within “Adventurers”, B’Rock puts the finger where it hurts and directs the view of its audiences towards a widely overseen fact: the multifaceted relations between (Baroque) Music and oppression of Black People. From economical dependency of Handel’s opera endeavors on the exploitation of Black people to open racism in the European “music industry” of the 18th century, B’Rock wants to point towards mechanisms that still echo in today’s society.

HANDEL  Overture, from Water Music Suite 1 HWV 348
HANDEL  Rec and Air from Acis & Galathea HWV 49 (‘Tis done + Heart)
HANDEL  Rigaudon, 1st movement from Water Music Suite 3 HWV 350
PACHELBEL  God of sleep, for whom I Linguish
HANDEL  Menuet, last mvmt from Water Music Suite 3 HWV 350
HANDEL  Andante, Aria Make me a clean heart, from Chandos Anthem no.3 Have mercy HWV 248
HANDEL  Air, from Water Music Suite 1 HWV 348

HANDEL  Overture, from Esther HWV 50
HANDEL  Air, from Esther HWV 50: Tears assist me, pity moving
HANDEL  Air, from Esther HWV 50: Flatt’ring tongue, no more I hear thee!
BOLLOGNE CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES  Overture, from ballet L’amant anonyme
BOLLOGNE CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES  Contredanse, ballet no. 1 & 6, from ballet L’amant anonyme
BOLLOGNE CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES  Symphonie in G op. 11 no. 1