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July 2019
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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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…
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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 »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 »September 2019
Sacred Music in Santiago
Antonio Caldara (1671-1736) Oratorio: Morte e sepoltura di Christo with soloists Julia Doyle, Renata Pokupic, Hilary Summers, Robert Murray, Neal Davies Adrian Chandler (director/violin) La Serenissima This concert is part of a package available from www.martinrandall.com
Find out more »October 2019
A European Community
Ouverture-Suite for strings & continuo in g, TWV 5:g5 Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681 – 1767) Concerto grosso VI for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in g, Opus 3 Pietro CASTRUCCI (1679 – 1752) Concerto for sopranino recorder, strings & continuo in C, RV 443 Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in A, RV 353 Antonio VIVALDI (1678 – 1741) Concerto for recorder, strings & continuo in F, GWV 323 Christoph GRAUPNER (1683 – 1760) Ouverture-Suite…
Find out more »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 Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) performed by members of La Serenissima, directed by Adrian Chandler (violin) with Claire Booth (soprano)
Find out more »January 2020
Valletta Baroque Festival 2020
'SACRED VIVALDI' Concerto per violino in tromba marina, strings & continuo in G, RV 311 Motet Nulla in mundo pax sincera for soprano, strings & continuo, RV 630 Concerto for viola d’amore, strings & continuo in d, RV 394 Introduzione al Gloria Cur sagittas, cur tela, cur faces for contralto, strings & continuo, RV 637 interval Concerto for violin, organ, strings & continuo in d, RV 541 Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, violin in tromba marina,…
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'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 (1687 – 1755) Concerto movement for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in E flat Johann Georg PISENDEL Concerto movement for violin, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in D, BWV 1045 Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 –…
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