Cantata l’Armonica - Hasse (1/2) / glassharmonica, soprano, orchestra

Thomas Bloch: -The French multi-instrumentalist virtuoso Thomas Bloch (ondes Martenot, glassharmonica, cristal Baschet, waterphone), Yuki Ip (soprano), Jean Thorel (conductor) and the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong play the «recitativo» and the beginning of «Aria» from « Cantata lArmonica » for soprano, armonica and ensemble by Johann Adolf Hasse (composer) and Pietro Metastasio (author). PART 1 of 2 - Part 2 can be seen there : Live in Hong Kong City Hall during Le French May Festival. May 2009. Other names : armonica de verre (France), Armonica de vidro, orgue de verre (France, Belgium), crystal harmonica, crystal armonica, glass organ, crystal organ, ArmÛnica de cristal (Spain), Armonica a bicchieri (Italian), glasharmonika (Germany, Denmark, Sweden), glassharmonika (Norway), Harmonika szklana (Poland), close instruments : glass harp, glassharfe, glass harfe, harpe de verre, verrophon, verrophone, seraphim, verres musicaux, m