Wigmore Hall: La profezia d’Eliseo nell’assedio di Samaria (part of The A-Z of Italian Baroque)
Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore Street, London, United KingdomAttilio Ariosti (1666-1729), a mendicant monk who found fame as a composer, joined Handel and Bononcini as co-director of their London opera company. Join La Serenissima for a rare chance to hear his rousing oratorio La profezia d'Eliseo nell'assedio di Samaria, (‘The Prophecy of Elisha during the Siege of Samaria’), written in 1705 for Vienna’s imperial […]
Music in Country Churches: Crossing Borders
St Mary the Virgin, Wiveton, Norfolk The Green,, Wiveton,, Norfolk,Ouverture-Suite for Strings and Continuo in F majorGiuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c. 1690–1758)‘Paris’ Concerto VI for Strings and Continuo in G minor, RV 154Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)Concerto for Violin, Strings, and Continuo in B flat major, RV 380Antonio Vivaldi- Interval -Concerto for Violin, Strings, and Continuo in G minor, RV 330Antonio VivaldiOuverture-Suite for Strings and Continuo in […]
St Martin in the Fields: Vivaldi Mandolin Concerto with Raffaele La Ragione
St Martin in the Fields Trafalgar Square, London, United KingdomLa Serenissima meets mandolin sensation Raffaele La Ragione for an all-Vivaldi extravaganza. Baroque Venice at its most stylish – and seductive.“Gorgeous” was how Gramophone magazine described the playing of Raffaele La Ragione. And if you never realised that a mandolin could be playful, brilliant – even sensuous – this outstanding young Italian virtuoso has a thrilling surprise […]