Artists
- The English Concert
- Harry Bicketdirector, harpsichord
- Nadja Zwienerviolin
- Katharina Spreckelsenoboe
- Ann Hallenbergmezzo-soprano
Archived Event
Vivaldi, Albinoni and Ferrandini
The English Concert; Harry Bicket; Ann Hallenberg
- Date
- Wed 23 Mar 2016, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 1 hour 35 minutes in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Antonio Vivaldi1678-1741
- Concerto in G minor for strings RV157
- Violin Concerto in C major 'Per la santissima Assunzione di Maria Vergine' RV581
- Tomaso Albinoni1671-1751
- Concerto for oboe in D minor Op. 9 No. 2
Interval
- Antonio Vivaldi1678-1741
- Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro RV169
- Giovanni Ferrandini1710-1791
- Cantata: Il pianto di Maria
Overview
The outstanding Swedish mezzo-soprano AnnHallenberg returns to Wigmore Hall for herlong-awaited company debut with The EnglishConcert in their celebration of an Italian Easter.
Leader Nadja Zwiener and oboist KatharinaSpreckelsen offer virtuosic outpourings to thatsource of impassioned inspiration for successivegenerations of Italian composers, the sufferingsof the Virgin Mary.