Change of artist
Alina Ibragimova is no longer able to appear with Nicola Benedetti and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment due to a family bereavement. Nicola will now appear with violinists from the OAE: Kati Debretzeni, Rodolfo Richter, and Matthew Truscott.
Programme
- Concerto in D major for two violins, RV 513(15 mins)
- Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op. 3 No. 2(12 mins)
- Concerto in D minor for two violins, RV 514(11 mins)
- Radamisto - Passacaglia(5 mins)Passacaglia
- Concerto in A minor for two oboes, RV 536(7 mins)
- Concerto grosso No. 5 in D minor(11 mins)(after Scarlatti)
- Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043(15 mins)
Performers
- Nicola Benedettiviolin
- Rodolfo Richterviolin
- Kati Debretzeniviolin
- Matthew Truscottviolin
- Sarah Humphrysoboe
- Jonathan Cohenconductor
About This Event
The cavernous Royal Albert Hall auditorium is an ideal space to explore the clean harmonies and the decorative melodies of the Baroque concerto. Period-instrument ensemble the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is joined by leading violinist Nicola Benedetti and partnered with members of the orchestra to perform two-violin concertos by Vivaldi and Bach – Bach’s concerto being composed following a study of Vivaldi.
In addition to one of only three concertos Vivaldi wrote for two oboes, we hear Concerti grossi by Handel (borrowing material from his own Brockes Passion) and Newcastle-born Charles Avison responding to the Italian style made fashionable in England by Alessandro Scarlatti.
Live on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3 & on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Four at 8.00pm
Image: Nicola Benedetti © Andy Gotts