The French Connection -Concertos : Chandler / La Serenissima

Vivaldi - The French Connection

Vivaldi:
Concerto for strings No. 5, RV 114
Bassoon Concerto, RV 488 in F major
Violin Concerto, Op. 4 No. 7 in C major, RV 185
Concerto in G RV438 - late version
Concerto in G minor RV157
Concerto fragment for bassoon, strings & continuo in C, RV468
Flute Concerto RV432
Concerto in F Major, RV 100
Concerto for strings No. 3, RV 119
Violin Concerto, RV 211 in D major

Katy Bircher, flute
Peter Whelen, bassoon
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler, violin & direction

After the extremely successful and acclaimed series 'The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto' Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima return to AVIE to explore another side of Vivaldi's compositions : The French Connection.

"The voracity with which the French devoured Italian music during the late baroque period is well documented. Vivaldi was involved in both the dissemination of the French style in Italy and that of the Italian style in France. His works achieved fashionable status there in the late 1720s thanks to his concertos Le Quattro Stagioni which became a feature at the popular Concert Spirituel (between 1728 and 1763)." Adrian Chandler