Christ Church Cathedral
Friday, June 17th, 2011 at 8.00 pm
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler, violin; Katy Bircher, flute;
Gail Hennessy, oboe & Peter Whelan, bassoon
“The orchestral sound,as always with La Serenissima, achieves bright attractiveness and vivacity”(Gramophone Magazine)
Vivaldi: Maestro de’ Concerti
‘Paris’ Concerto No 2 for Strings and Continuo in E minor, RV 133
Concerto for Bassoon in C major, RV 473
Concerto for Violin, Oboe, Strings and Continuo in F, RV 543
Concerto for Flute, Strings and Continuo in D minor, RV 813, “Il Grand Mogul” (Irish première)
Le Quattro Staggioni (The Four Seasons)
La Serenissima is one of the UK’s leading historical performance ensembles. Directed by Adrian Chandler, the group specialises in the music of Antonio Vivaldi and his contemporaries. The Ensemble has performed worldwide to great acclaim and in 2010 won a coveted Gramophone Award. For its Festival début, La Serenissima presents Vivaldi’s stunning programmatic concertos depicting the Four Seasons which are offset by one of his ‘Paris’ concertos and three virtuosic concertos for soloist and orchestra, including the Irish première of his recently discovered flute concerto “Il Gran Mogul”. A tour de force programme of virtuosity in Dublin’s historic Christchurch Cathedral!
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