CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Performance
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 | 7:30 PM
Europa Galante
A Windy Season of Vivaldi
Zankel Hall
Seating
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“One of the finest things interpretative musicians can do is rescue a masterpiece from routine and repetition. Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante did it … with [works by Vivaldi],” praised the Chicago Trbune. Get blown away by this dynamic collective of musicians when they return to Carnegie Hall with a program of Vivaldi’s wind concertos and selections from his beloved The Four Seasons, among the most popular pieces in Baroque music.
Performers
- Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, Director and Violin
Program
ALL-VIVALDI PROGRAM- Overture to Concerto in G Major for Oboe, Bassoon, and Continuo, RV 545
- Allegro from Concerto in C Major for Oboe and Continuo, RV 449
- Allegro from Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Major, RV 269, "La Primavera"
- Cantabile from Concerto in D Major for Flute, Strings, and Continuo, RV 428, "Il gardellino"
- Allegro from Concerto in E Major for Violin, Strings, and Continuo, RV 271, "L'amoroso"
- Allegro from Concerto in G Minor for Violin and Orchestra, RV 315, "L'Estate"
- Largo and Allegro from Concerto in D Major for Recorder, Oboe, Violin, Bassoon, and Continuo, RV 95, "La pastorella"
- Allegro from Concerto in F Major for Violin and Continuo, RV 293, "L'Autunno"
- Largo and Allegro from Concerto in G Minor for Flute, Strings, and Continuo, RV 439, "La notte"
- Concerto in B-flat Major for Violin and Continuo, RV 362, "La caccia"
- Allegro from Concerto in F Minor for Violin and Orchestra, RV 297, "L'inverno"
- Largo and Allegro from Concerto in F Major for Oboe, Recorder, and Bassoon, RV 570, "La tempesta di mare"
- Largo from Concerto in F Minor for Violin and Orchestra, RV 297, "L'inverno"
- Allegro from Concerto in E-flat Major for Violin and Continuo, RV 253, "La tempesta di mare"
Audio
Vivaldi's Concerto in B-flat Major for Violin and Continuo, RV 362, "La Caccia" (Allegro)
Europa Galante | Fabio Biondi, Conductor and Violin
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