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June 2019
Settecento : Baroque Instrumental music from the Italian States
Sonata for recorder, 2 violins & continuo in c Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660 – 1725) Sonata for violin & continuo in g, Op 4/11 Evaristo Felice DALL’ABACO (1675 – 1742) Sonata for cello & continuo in a Antonio VANDINI (1690 – 1778) Sonata for recorder, 2 violins & continuo in g Francesco MANCINI (1672 – 1737) Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in b Giuseppe Antonio BRESCIANELLO (1690 – 1758) Sonata for violin & continuo in…
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Caldara in Buxton
Lucio Papirio Dittatore Antonio Caldara (1671–1736) The story of family strife in pre-Imperial Rome, this forgotten gem by the Italian composer Antonio Caldara, featuring jubilant choral writing and dazzling virtuoso arias, is a perfect vehicle for La Serenissima. Lucio Papirio Dittatore was composed by Caldara in 1719, by which time he was serving as vice-kapellmeister to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. Being composed for the imperial court, there are a number of characteristics rarely found elsewhere in opera seria,…
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Lucio Papirio Dittatore Antonio Caldara (1671–1736) The story of family strife in pre-Imperial Rome, this forgotten gem by the Italian composer Antonio Caldara, featuring jubilant choral writing and dazzling virtuoso arias, is a perfect vehicle for La Serenissima. Lucio Papirio Dittatore was composed by Caldara in 1719, by which time he was serving as vice-kapellmeister to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. Being composed for the imperial court, there are a number of characteristics rarely found elsewhere in opera seria,…
Find out more »I maestri Italiani
Vivaldi & Brescianello Concertos & Overtures Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in e, RV 281 Antonio VIVALDI (1678 – 1741) Concerto for strings & continuo in A, RV 158 Antonio VIVALDI Overture con Una Chiacona for strings & continuo in D Giuseppe Antonio BRESCIANELLO (c1690 – 1758) / reconstruction Adrian Chandler Concerto for violin, cello, strings & continuo in B flat Giuseppe Antonio BRESCIANELLO ‘Concerto Madrigalesco’ for strings and continuo in d, RV 129…
Find out more »Caldara in Buxton
Lucio Papirio Dittatore Antonio Caldara (1671–1736) The story of family strife in pre-Imperial Rome, this forgotten gem by the Italian composer Antonio Caldara, featuring jubilant choral writing and dazzling virtuoso arias, is a perfect vehicle for La Serenissima. Lucio Papirio Dittatore was composed by Caldara in 1719, by which time he was serving as vice-kapellmeister to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. Being composed for the imperial court, there are a number of characteristics rarely found elsewhere in opera seria,…
Find out more »August 2019
Snape Proms 2019
Concertos & Overtures by Vivaldi, Pisendel & Brescianello Concerto for strings & continuo in A, RV 158 Antonio VIVALDI (1678 – 1741) Concerto movement for violin, strings & continuo in a Johann Georg PISENDEL (1687 – 1755) Concerto for violin, cello, strings & continuo in B flat, RV 547 Antonio VIVALDI Overture-Suite for strings & continuo in D Giuseppe Antonio BRESCIANELLO (c1690 – 1758) (reconstruction: Adrian Chandler) Le Quattro Stagioni / The Four Seasons (Manchester version)…
Find out more »October 2019
La Serenissima in Liverpool
The Godfather Concerto for 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in D, TWV 54: D3 Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681 - 1767) Concerto movement for violin, strings & continuo in a Johann Georg PISENDEL Concerto movement for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in E flat Johann Georg PISENDEL (1687 – 1755) Concerto movement for violin, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in D, BWV 1045 Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 – 1750) Concerto for violin, bassoon, strings &…
Find out more »The Enlightened Emperor
A collection of cantatas and instrumental music composed by the Italian court composers of Emperor Charles VI including works by Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681-1732), Antonio Caldara (1671-1736), and Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729) performed by members of La Serenissima, directed by Adrian Chandler (violin) with Claire Booth (soprano)
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