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Carnegie Hall Presents

Baroque Unlimited

This series of exemplary ensembles and soloists shows us just how passionate, fiery, and virtuosic Baroque music can be. From the exuberant energy of Vivaldi concertos to a complete concert performance of a Handel opera with an all-star cast, Baroque Unlimited will leave you breathless.

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Monday, Oct 22, 2012 | 7:30 PM
Les Violons du Roy
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Les Violons du Roy
    Bernard Labadie, Music Director and Conductor
  • Emmanuel Pahud

Program

  • BENDA Sinfonia in G Major
  • FREDERICK II Concerto for Flute in C Major
  • QUANTZ Concerto for Flute in G Major
  • BACH Ricercare a 6 from A Musical Offering, BWV 1079
  • C. P. E. BACH String Symphony No. 5 in B Minor, Wq. 182
  • C. P. E. BACH Concerto for Flute in A Major, Wq. 168
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Music fit for a king! It's a little-known fact that Frederick the Great of Prussia was an enthusiastic amateur flutist and composer. Emmanuel Pahud and the exhilarating Les Violons du Roy perform music by an 18th-century enlightened despot, as well as his more musically illustrious counterparts, including J. S. Bach and his son, Carl Philipp Emanuel.
Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 | 7:30 PM
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Venice Baroque Orchestra
    Andrea Marcon, Director

Program

  • VIVALDI La Senna festeggiante, RV 693
  • VIVALDI Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos, Strings, and Continuo, RV 531
  • VIVALDI Concerto in F Major for Bassoon, Strings, and Continuo, RV 488
  • VIVALDI Concerto in D Major for Strings and Continuo, RV 121
  • VIVALDI Concerto in C Major for Flautino, Strings, and Continuo, RV 443
  • VIVALDI Concerto in G Minor for Flute, Strings, and Continuo, RV 439, "La Notte"
  • ALBINONI Concerto in F Major for Two Oboes, Strings, and Continuo, Op. 4, No. 3
  • GEMINIANI Concerto Grosso in D Minor (after Corelli's Violin Sonata Op. 5, No. 12, "Folia")
  • VERACINI Overture in G Minor
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Andrea Marcon is a man on a mission: He wants to bring all the freshness and flash that made Vivaldi’s concertos so groundbreaking in their day to his own performances with the Venice Baroque Orchestra. “(They are) really like Beethoven’s solo concertos,” he told NPR Music, “where the soloist plays such a dominant role. This was not the case before Vivaldi.” You’ll hear some of these works on this program, along with music by Albinoni and Geminiani.
Vivaldi's Concerto for Strings and Continuo in D, R.121, 1. Allegro molto
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Archiv Produktion
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 | 2 PM
The English Concert
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • The English Concert
    Harry Bicket, Conductor
  • David Daniels, Countertenor (Radamisto)
  • Brenda Rae, Soprano (Polissena)
  • Patricia Bardon, Mezzo-Soprano (Zenobia)
  • Luca Pisaroni, Bass-Baritone (Tiridate)
  • Joélle Harvey, Soprano (Tigrane)
  • Baritone to be announced

Program

  • HANDEL Radamisto (concert performance)
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“David Daniels triumphs as Radamisto,” declared Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times after hearing the countertenor at the Santa Fe Opera; Luca Pisaroni, as the volatile antagonist, was positively “charismatic.” Daniels and Pisaroni both reprise their roles here at Carnegie Hall, joined by The English Concert under Harry Bicket, in a concert performance of Handel’s opera of lust, revenge, and the power of virtue.
Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 | 7:30 PM
Ensemble Matheus
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Ensemble Matheus
    Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Director and Violin
  • Veronica Cangemi, Soprano
  • Laurence Paugam, Violin
  • Jérôme Pernoo, Cello

Program

  • HANDEL "Frondi tenere" from Xerses
  • HANDEL "Ombra mai fù" from Xerses
  • VIVALDI "Zeffiretti che sussurate" from Ercole su’l Termodonte
  • VIVALDI "Gelosia" from Ottone in Villa
  • VIVALDI "Se mai senti" from Catone in Utica
  • VIVALDI "Siam navi all'onde algenti" from L’Olimpiade
  • HANDEL Overture to Xerses
  • C. P. E. BACH Concerto for Cello in A Minor
  • VIVALDI Concerto in G Minor for Two Violins and Cello, RV 578
  • PORPORA Concerto in G Major for Cello
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Together with its powerful leader, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus performs the Baroque repertoire it specializes in with white-hot energy. The ensemble is, as Stephen Brookes of The Washington Post put it, “aggressive, vibrant, and focused to an absolutely electrifying pitch.”
Vivaldi's Concerto for Strings & Continuo in A Major, RV 159, Allegro
Ensemble Matheus
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