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Blavet, Pisendel, Leo, Leclair and Vivaldi
Les Ambassadeurs; Alexis Kossenko flute, recorder, director
Date
Mon 20 Jun 2016, 1.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
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Artists

  • Les Ambassadeurs
    • Alexis Kossenkoflute, recorder, director

    Programme

    • Michel Blavet
      1700-1768
        • Concerto in A minor for flute, 2 violins and continuo
    • Leonardo Leo
      1694-1744
        • Concerto in G major for flute, 2 violins and continuo
    • Antonio Vivaldi
      1678-1741
        • Concerto in A minor for recorder, 2 violins and continuo RV108

    Overview

    Alexis Kossenko and Les Ambassadeurs arecommitted to creating historically informedperformances that come to life in the present.

    The ensemble’s Wigmore Hall debut concertincludes a violin sonata by Johann Pisendel, whostudied with Vivaldi and for whom Bach probablywrote his violin Partitas and Sonatas, and MichelBlavet’s dashing Concerto in A minor.

    BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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