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VIVALDI AND HIS RIVALS
Were Vivaldi and the other composers working in Venice at the height of the Baroque period actually rivals? Or were they buddies who would go out for a spritz together? Regardless, they were shaping the future of global music, and you will hear how they did that!
Music by Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Friedrich Haendel, Johann Adolph Hasse, Niccolò Jommelli & Nicola Porpora
Liesl Odenweller, Soprano
Venice Music Project Ensemble
– Baldassarre Galuppi (1706-1783)
Concerto a Quattro in G major
Andante allegro / Andante / Allegro assai
– Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
“Da quel ferro che ha svenato” RV 711
Aria di Berenice da “II Fernace”, Venezia 1727
– Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto di Parigi in C Major RV 114
For strings and basso continuo
Allegro / Adagio / Ciaccona
– Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
“Come mai puoi vedermi piangere”
Aria di Arianna da “Arianna”, Venezia 1727
– Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia in C Major RV 112
For strings and basso continuo
Allegro / Andante / Presto
– Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
“Parto, ti lascio o cara”
Aria di Arminio da “Germanico in Germania”, Roma 1732
– Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto per liuto in D major RV 93
Allegro / Largo / Allegro
– Johann Hasse (1699-1783)
“Se pietà da voi non trovo”
Aria di Ipermestra da “L’Ipermestra”, Vienna 1744
Venice Music Project Ensemble
Liesl Odenweller – Soprano
Massimiliano Simonetto – Violin
Cecilia Zanotto – Violin
Alessandro Dalla Libera – Viola
Federico Toffano – Cello
Alberto Maron – Harpsichord
Ivano Zanenghi – Lute