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Vivaldi Concertos by candlelight | London Concertante

When
Friday March 2, 2018 at 19:30
Where
St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
Tickets
£19-£28
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  1. Concerto for 2 violins and strings in A minor, from L’estro armonico Op 3 No 8; RV 522 - Antonio Vivaldi
  2. Trio Sonata No 12 in D minor, variations on 'La Follia' Op 1 - Antonio Vivaldi
  3. Concerto for Violin and Strings No 2 in G minor, 'Summer' RV 315, from Le Quattro Stagioni, 'The Four Seasons' - Antonio Vivaldi, arranged by Red Priest
  4. Concerto for 2 violins and strings in D minor BWV 1043 - Johann Sebastian Bach
  5. Concerto for 2 violins, cello and strings No 11 in D minor, from 'L'estro armonico' Op 3 No 11; RV 565 - Antonio Vivaldi

London Concertante was founded in 1991 and has gone on to garner an outstanding international reputation. Alongside regular series of concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields and Southwark Cathedral, the ensemble also performs across the length and breadth of the UK. International tours have taken them to the USA, Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, and they will be touring to Italy and again to Spain later in the year. Their numerous recordings receive regular airplay on global radio stations, and has helped to secure their position at the forefront of classical performers in the UK.

The programme features a favourite of performers and audiences alike, Vivaldi’s La Follia with variations on the well-known 17th Century melody that translates in English as, ‘the madness’. The piece rises and falls in intensity throughout with the variations running the gamut of emotions with changes in speed and mood along the way. Alongside this, the programme includes Vivaldi’s iconic Summer from his Four Seasons, with its sheer virtuosity, amongst moments of haunting melancholy. In amidst the works of Vivaldi sees a piece by another Baroque maestro, JS Bach, and his magnificent Concerto for 2 Violins, with its exciting, energetic opening and particularly sublime slow second movement.

If you don’t consider yourself ‘in the know’ about Mozart, Beethoven, or Bach, fear not, this is the orchestra for you. The London Concertante boasts a remarkable audience record in which an impressive 50% of spectators are first time classical concert goers! The London Concertante has its audience laughing at jokes, gasping at virtuosity, moved by gorgeous string playing, and leaving with a smile on their faces.

“Beautiful music. Amazing experience.” – A happy audience member! (March 2017)
“beautiful... [the] experience was fantastic... simply magical.” – Another happy audience member! (September 2017)
“They play with tone as soft as velvet, bow strokes that really sing and a Romanticist's wide volume range” – Evening Standard


Venue
St Giles' Cathedral
Royal Mile
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 1RE
Scotland
@StGilesHighKirk

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