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March 2018
Crowdfunding for Vivaldi x2
La Serenissima has launched its first ever Crowdfunding campaign. Please support us to enable the production, manufacturing and launch of our new CD, which we recorded last month at Cedars Hall in Wells. This recording of 8 double concerti by Antonio Vivaldi showcases the talented specialist musicians of La Serenissima and allows us to reach audiences and make the group's work available to all via radio-play, streaming and YouTube. These works are beautiful, upbeat examples of Italian baroque style and…
Find out more »May 2018
July 2018
Cedars Hall, Wells
Concertos by Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for 2 oboes, strings & continuo in d, RV 535 Largo Allegro Largo Allegro molto Concerto for violin, cello, strings & continuo in B flat, RV 547 Allegro Andante Allegro molto Concerto ‘per Sua Maestà Cattolica Cesarea’ for violin, strings & continuo in C, RV 171 Allegro Largo Allegro non molto Concerto for 2 oboes, strings & continuo in a, RV 536 Allegro Largo Allegro - Le…
Find out more »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…
Find out more »St John’s Church, Buxton
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 –…
Find out more »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…
Find out more »August 2018
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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