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July 2018
Brescianello’s Tisbe in Buxton
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…
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La Serenissima returns to Petworth
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…
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September 2018
La Serenissima at the Wigmore Hall
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.
Find out more »November 2018
The Godfather in Bristol
Concerto for 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in D, TWV 54: D3 Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681 - 1767) Concerto movement for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in E flat Johann Georg PISENDEL (1687 – 1755) Concerto for violin, bassoon, strings & continuo in B flat Giuseppe BRESCIANELLO (1690 – 1758) Concerto movement for violin, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in D, BWV 1045 Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 – 1750) ~ Concerto movement for violin, strings &…
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Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
PROGRAMME Concerto for 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, bassoon & strings in D, TWV54: D3 Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681 - 1767) Concerto movement for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in E flat Johann Georg PISENDEL (1687 – 1755) Concerto for violin, bassoon, strings & continuo in B flat Giuseppe BRESCIANELLO (1690 – 1758) Concerto movement for violin, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, bassoon & strings in D, BWV1045 Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 – 1750) ~ Concerto movement for…
Find out more »February 2019
Recording The Godfather
In February 2019 La Serenissima returns to Cedars Hall in Wells to record its flagship programme The Godfather. The musical world of 18th-century Europe was a small one. Despite the problems presented by contemporary standards of transport, it was quite normal for composers in one part of Europe to be au fait with what was happening elsewhere. This is borne out by the closeness of three German composers: Pisendel, godfather to one of Telemann’s children; Telemann, godfather to CPE Bach;…
Find out more »La Serenissima in Oxford
VIVALDI : DOUBLE CONCERTOS Concerto in D minor for two oboes RV 535 Concerto in B flat major for violin and cello RV 547 Concerto in A minor for two oboes RV 536 Concerto in F major for two horns RV 538 ** (interval) Concerto in F major for two horns RV 539 Concerto in A major for violin and cello RV 546 Concerto in F major for violin, cello, two oboes and two horns RV 574 with…
Find out more »Vivaldi x2 in Bath
VIVALDI : DOUBLE CONCERTOS Concerto in D minor for two oboes RV 535 Concerto in B flat major for violin and cello RV 547 Concerto in A minor for two oboes RV 536 Concerto in F major for two horns RV 538 ** (interval) Concerto in F major for two horns RV 539 Concerto in A major for violin and cello RV 546 Concerto in F major for violin, cello, two oboes and two horns RV 574 with…
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La Serenissima at The Wigmore Hall
L’Amante Abbandonata : Italian Cantatas from the Settecento La Serenissima, director Adrian Chandler Renata Pokupic, mezzo-soprano Che giova il sospirar for mezzo-soprano, strings & continuo Antonio VIVALDI (1678 – 1741) Arianna abbandonata for mezzo-soprano, strings & continuo Benedetto MARCELLO (1686 – 1739) interval Notte che in caro d’ombre for mezzo-soprano, strings & continuo H480 Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660 – 1725) Concerto for strings & continuo in A, RV 158 Antonio VIVALDI Didone abbandonata for mezzo-soprano, strings & continuo Giovanni Alberti…
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