Venice Baroque Orchestra

Performers

• Giuliano Carmignola, Violin
• Venice Baroque Orchestra
  Andrea Marcon, Director

Program

• ALBINONI Concerto in G Major for Strings and Continuo, Op. 7, No. 4
• VIVALDI Concerto in G Minor for Strings and Continuo, RV 152
• GEMINIANI Concerto grosso in D Minor, “La Folia”
• VIVALDI Concerto in E Minor for Violin, Strings and Continuo, RV 273
• VIVALDI Concerto in D Major for Violin, Strings and Continuo, RV 222
• TARTINI Concerto in D Minor for Violin, Strings and Continuo, D. 45
• VIVALDI Concerto in C Major for Violin, Strings and Continuo, RV 191
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  Encores:
• VIVALDI Presto from Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, "Summer"
• TARTINI Largo from Concerto in A Major for Violin, Strings, and Continuo, D. 96 (alternate version)
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  Program is approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes, including one intermission

Bios

• Giuliano Carmignola
  
  Equally accomplished on the modern and Baroque violins, Giuliano Carmignola is highly regarded for his broad repertoire, which encompasses Baroque, Romantic, Classical, and 20th-century works. His career began with awards at the “Premio città di Vittorio Veneto” in 1971 and the International Violin Competition “Premio Paganini” in Genoa in 1973. Mr. Carmignola quickly secured his status as a leading soloist under Claudio Abbado, Eliahu Inbal, Peter Maag, and Giuseppe Sinopoli, appearing at Royal Albert Hall, the Teatro alla Scala, the Musikverein, the Philharmonie (Berlin), and the Great Hall of the Moscow
  P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He also toured extensively with I Virtuosi di Roma and gave the Italian premiere of Henri Dutilleux’s Violin Concerto.
  
  With a repertoire that ranges from Vivaldi, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn to Stravinsky, Bartók, and Prokofiev, Mr. Carmignola enjoys a diverse career. His concerto appearances this season include engagements with Abbado and Orchestra Mozart in Italy; Paul McCreesh and the Kammerorchester Basel in France and Germany; the Venice Baroque Orchestra (VBO) in Switzerland, France, Italy, and the US; the Academy of Ancient Music in the UK; and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Giovanni Antonini.
  
  In recent seasons, Mr. Carmignola has worked with Christopher Hogwood, Bernard Labadie, and Ton Koopman; he has also led the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Kammerorchester Basel, and the Kammerakademie Potsdam. In addition to ongoing recital performances with fortepianist Yasuyo Yano, last season he gave duo recitals with violinist Viktoria Mullova and a recital with Robert Levin at the Salzburg Mozartwoche.
  
  Several of Mr. Carmignola’s numerous recordings for Sony and Deutsche Grammophon with Andrea Marcon and the VBO have garnered awards, including the Diapason d’Or and the CHOC du Monde de la Musique. He has also recorded the complete Mozart concertos with Abbado and Orchestra Mozart.
  
  A native of Treviso, Italy, Mr. Carmignola began his studies with his father and graduated from the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice, where he studied with Luigi Ferro. He is currently professor of violin at the Hochschule Luzern as well as at Siena’s Accademia Musicale Chigiana.
  
  Mr. Carmignola plays a 1732 Stradivari on permanent loan from the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna.

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• Venice Baroque Orchestra
  
  Founded in 1997 by Baroque-music scholar and harpsichordist Andrea Marcon, the Venice Baroque Orchestra is recognized as one of Europe’s premier ensembles devoted to period-instrument performance. The orchestra has received wide critical acclaim for its concert and opera performances throughout North America, Europe, South America, and Japan.
  
  In the 2009–2010 season, the orchestra continues its collaboration with mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená in a tour throughout Europe that features Vivaldi arias. With violinist Giuliano Carmignola, the orchestra performs in Switzerland, France, and the US. It also presents the modern-day premiere of Boccherini’s opera La Clementina, fully staged in Bilbao, Córdoba, and Madrid.
  
  Recent highlights have included Vivaldi’s Andromeda liberata at Le Festival d’Ambronay; Orlando furioso in Rome; Vivaldi concertos for two violins with Viktoria Mullova and Carmignola in Paris; and tours to Korea, China, Japan, France, Germany, and the US. The orchestra presented Vivaldi’s oratorio Juditha triumphans at the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. During the 2007–2008 season, the orchestra collaborated on tours with Carmignola, Kožena, mezzo-soprano Romina Basso, and Anna Netrebko and Andreas Scholl.
  
  Committed to the rediscovery of first-rate Baroque opera, the Venice Baroque Orchestra has presented the modern-day premieres of Galuppi’s L’olimpiade, Cavalli’s L’Orione, Vivaldi’s Atenaide, and Benedetto Marcello’s La morte d’Adone and Il trionfo della poesia e della musica. With Teatro La Fenice, the orchestra staged Handel’s Siroe in 2000 and Cimarosa’s L’olimpiade in 2001. In April 2004, the ensemble revived Siroe in its first full staging in the US at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
  
  The orchestra’s world-premiere recording of Andromeda liberata for Deutsche Grammophon was followed by albums of Vivaldi concertos for two violins with Mullova and Carmignola, Vivaldi motets and arias with soprano Simone Kermes, and Handel arias with Kožená. It has been honored with the Diaspason d’Or, the CHOC du Monde de la Musique, an ECHO Award, and the Edison Award.

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