Academy of Ancient Music
Weds 21st May
7:00 pm
St James Church
Doors open at 6.15pm
The performance will end at approx. 8.45pm
Italian Concerti Grossi
Bojan Čičić - Violin and Director
MOSSI: Concerto in G minor for 4 violins, No. 12
LOCATELLI: Concerto grosso in C minor, Op. 4 No. 11
VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E major No. 12 RV265, from L’Estro Armonico
VIVALDI: Concerto in D minor for two violins No. 11 RV565, from L’Estro Armonico
VALENTINI: Concerto in A minor for 4 violins
CORELLI: Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 4
Tickets £45 I £40 I £35 I £30 I £10 I U25s £1
AAM leader Bojan Čičić takes us on a return trip to baroque Italy, in this celebration of the Italian concerto in all its wildly entertaining forms – from Vivaldi’s Venice to the splendour of Rome.
Take the warmth of Italy. Add the energy of the baroque, plus the novelty and glamour of the very latest in musical technology: the violin. This programme celebrates the Italian concerto, a sunburst of creativity, flamboyance and sheer musical imagination that took Europe by storm – and transformed the way we listen.
Along the way, we’ll meet some old friends: who doesn’t love the showmanship and melody of Vivaldi’s L’Estro Armonico, or the unchained exuberance of a Corelli Concerto Grosso? Locatelli, Valentini and Mossi are less well-known, but every bit as entertaining. AAM’s leader Bojan Čičić leads a hand-picked team of virtuoso players to rediscover a fabulous lost world: music that never loses its power to seduce, dazzle and delight.