Italian Splendor

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 AT 3:00PM

featuring:
Cece Belcher, Maureen Nelson,
Kathryn Bennett, Hanna Landrum, violins
Käthe Jarka, cello
Linh Kauffman, soprano
Basil Reeve, oboe
Tami Morse, harpsichord

VIVALDI Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor
VIVALDI Sonata in A Minor for Cello & Continuo
J.S.BACH Harpsichord Concerto in D Major
                   Transcription of Vivaldi Concerto in
HANDEL Mi palpita il cor
VALENTINI Concerto Grosso, Opus 7, No. 11
VIVALDI Amato ben tu sei la mia speranzafrom“La Verità in Cimento”
                 Da due ventifrom“Ercole sul Termodonte”

Antonello Hall, MacPhail Center for Music
501 S. 2nd St, Minneapolis, 55401

Our musicians take the helm in this self-led concert exploring sights and sounds of the Apennine peninsula. Works by Vivaldi and Valentini carry us across space and time to wander the opulent villas and ancient streets full of sunshine, love, decadence, and spectacle. Highlights include: four violin soloists, a dramatic cameo by a famous German ex-patriot named Handel, and Bach daydreaming of Italy while offering the “sincerest form of flattery.”