Settecento : Baroque Instrumental music from the Italian States Concerto for recorder, 2 violins & continuo in a, RV 108 Antonio VIVALDI (1678 – 1741) Sonata for violin & continuo in a, Op 1/5, B.e6 Giuseppe TARTINI, (1692 – 1770) Sonata for violin & continuo in g, Op 4/11 Evaristo Felice DALL’ABACO (1675 – 1742) Sonata for recorder, 2 violins & continuo in g Francesco MANCINI (1672 – 1737) Sonata for cello & continuo in a Antonio VANDINI (1690 –…

Tisbe Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c.1690–1758) A concert performance from La Serenissima, sung in Italian The music of Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello has reached few ears in modern times. It may therefore come as a surprise to find that not only is his music of the very highest standard – fit to rub shoulders with the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi – but also that his only opera is a candidate for nomination as the finest baroque opera ever written. We…

Concerto for violin, cello, strings & continuo in B flat, RV 547 Antonio VIVALDI (1678 – 1741)   Overture to La Verità nell’Inganno for strings & continuo Antonio CALDARA (1671 – 1736)   Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in G D 45 Giuseppe TARTINI (1692 – 1770)   ~   Concerto ‘per Sua Maestà Cattolica Cesarea’  for violin, strings & continuo in C, RV 171 Antonio VIVALDI   Concerto for violin & cello, strings & continuo in A, RV…

Caldara, Conti and Vivaldi   The musical legacy of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI is commemorated with vocal and instrumental works by Viennese court composers Antonio Caldara and Francesco Conti, as well as Vivaldi, whose hopes of local preferment were dashed by the Emperor’s death. In this concert, La Serenissima and soloists Hilary Summers and Neal Davies explore various arias, sinfonias and concertos from His Majesty’s Imperial Court.