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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;…
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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…
Find out more »March 2019
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…
Find out more »May 2019
La Serenissima at the London Festival of Baroque Music
The Godfather A feast of instrumental colour with oboes, bassoons, trumpets, timpani, strings and continuo by the finest composers of the baroque 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…
Find out more »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…
Find out more »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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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,…
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