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2019-04-08 06:25:33
Italian charm with a French accent in Vivaldi's La Senna Festeggiante from Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo
[…] work performed was almost certainly Vivaldi's serenata La Senna festeggiante RV693, (The Seine rejoicing), an occasional work for three soloists and orchestra which remains a relatively lesser known piece in Vivaldi's oeuvre.Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo, leader Louis Creac'h, gave Vivaldi's La Senna festeggiante a rare London outing at the Wigmore Hall on Friday 5 April 2019 with soloists Emőke Baráth (soprano), Anna Reinhold (mezzo-soprano) and Callum Thorpe (bass). The piece sets a libretto by Domenico Lalli, a Venetian poet who had supplied the librettos for some of Vivaldi's operas, and it takes the personifications of L'Eta dell'Oro (the Golden Age), Virtu (manly valour) and the Seine. They moan about the state of the world today, are entertained by the singing and dancing of woodland deities and then, in the shorter second half, pay homage to 'the greatest star which is the light of Gaul', i.e. the 16 year old Louis. […]
2018-01-20 05:56:00
Classical Music News of the Week, January 20, 2018
[…] presents its newest program, Of Beasts and Brutes, in the Loreto Theater at The Sheen Center on Monday, March 12, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.Of Beasts and Brutes playfully and seriously shines light on the human and animal traits that might emerge in an uprising against totalitarianism, as seen in Orwell's Animal Farm. The songs reference animalized brutes since the early Romans, up to and including modern times. Curated by Yale Department of Music professor Richard Lalli, this concert of great music and texts includes three newly commissioned world premieres from Scott Wheeler, Francine Trester, and Christopher Berg, along with Tchaikovsky, Poulenc and Rachmaninoff, among others. Monday, March 12, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Loreto Theater at The Sheen Center | 18 Bleecker Street | New York, NY Tickets: General Admission $20.00, Students $15.00 (Plus $2 Facility Fee) Link: https://sheencenter.org/shows/beasts/ --Katy Salomon, Morahan Arts and MediaBerkshire Opera Festival Announces Its Third Season […]
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