Archived Event

L’Amante Abbandonata: Italian Cantatas from the Settecento
Renata Pokupić mezzo-soprano; La Serenissima; Adrian Chandler director
Date
Sun 17 Mar 2019, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Renata Pokupićmezzo-soprano
  • La Serenissima
    • Adrian Chandlerdirector

    Programme

        • Concerto in A for strings and continuo RV158
        • Che giova il sospirar RV679

    Interval

    Overview

    Abandoned heroines are the central figures in thisprogramme by the wide-ranging Croatian mezzo,accompanied by a period-instrument ensemblethat specialises in the music of Vivaldi and hiscontemporaries, including the less familiar GiuseppeAntonio Brescianello and Giovanni Alberto Ristori.

    BBC Radio 3 will broadcast this concert on Friday 22 March at 7.30pm and it will be available via BBC iPlayer Radio and the BBC Sounds app for 30 days

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