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Live from St John's Smith Square, Ian Skelly presents a concert of Handel, Vivaldi and Corelli from Rachel Podger and Arte dei Suonatori, celebrating the year 1714.

Handel, Vivaldi and Corelli from Rachel Podger and Arte dei Suonatori, celebrating the year 1714

Live from St. John's Smith Square as part of the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music 2014

Presented by Ian Skelly

Handel: Overture and Suite from Rinaldo
Veracini: Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.1 No.6
Geminiani: Concerto grosso in D major (after Corelli's Op.5 No.1)
Interval
Corelli: Concerto grosso in F major, Op.6 No.6
Handel: Concerto grosso in B flat, Op.6 No.7
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.4 No.8, RV 249

Rachel Podger (violin)
Arte dei Suonatori, Aureliusz Golinski (violin & director)

Polish ensemble Arte dei Suonatori and violinist Rachel Podger perform a specially devised programme of orchestral and instrumental works by five leading European composers, including concertos by Vivaldi and Corelli published in 1714, music from Handel's first London opera (revived that same year), and a 'sequel' to Corelli's Op.6 ingeniously fashioned in London by his pupil Geminiani.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio Sonata in C, BWV529

    Performer: Julian Bream. Performer: George Malcolm.
    • RCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Cantata no.61 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland. John Eliot Gardiner

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata in D major, K.29

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Gary Cooper.
    • Channel Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 May 2014 19:30

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