With »La Serenissima – Journey to Italy,« the Armoniosa ensemble transports listeners into the musical world of Italian Baroque and its influence throughout Europe. The program focuses on trio sonatas and concert arrangements by Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Benedetto Platti, and Tomaso Albinoni, which exemplify the elegance, virtuosity, and melodic expressiveness of Venetian instrumental music. The program is complemented by works by George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach, whose engagement with the Italian style impressively documents the stylistic influence of this music beyond Italy’s borders. With its chamber music ensemble, Armoniosa thus opens up a multifaceted perspective on the musical interplay between Italian sources of inspiration and German reception in the early 18th century.
PERFORMERS
Ensemble Armoniosa ensemble
Francesco Cerrato violin
Stefano Cerrato violoncello
Marco Demaria violoncello
Michele Barchi harpsichord
Daniele Ferretti organ
PROGRAM
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto B-Dur RV 383a für Violine, Streicher und Basso continuo
Giovanni Benedetto Platti
Triosonate G-Moll WD 691
Antonio Vivaldi
Triosonate für zwei Violinen und Basso continuo g-Moll RV 73
Johann Sebastian Bach
Italienisches Konzert F-Dur BWV 971
- Interval -
Georg Friedrich Händel
Triosonate Nr.1 h-Moll, op. 2
Tomaso Albinoni
Triosonate Nr. 6 a-Moll, op. 1
Antonio Vivaldi
Triosonate Nr. 12 d-Moll, op. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Konzert für Violine, Streicher und Basso continuo a-Moll BWV 1041