Giovanni Antonini, director & flute
Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 8pm
Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, Cambridge
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILBLE! Online sales have ended for this concert. Purchase tickets in person at the Sanders Theatre Box Office starting at 6:30pm on Saturday, February 19.
A Venezia! Music of Castello, Merula, Legrenzi, Vivaldi, and Galuppi
Founded in Milan in 1985, the legendary ensemble Il Giardino Armonico celebrates its 25th anniversary season by making its début with the Boston Early Music Festival. Acclaimed around the globe for their performances and recordings, these eight extraordinary musicians will bring their talents to an evening of sonatas and concerti by Venetian Baroque masters.
Concert sponsored in part by the Dante Alighieri Society.
Free pre-concert talk at 7pm
PROGRAM
Castello: Sonata decimaquinta a 4
Merula: Canzone a 4 “La Lusignola”
Merula: Ciaccona for two violins and continuo
Castello: Sonata decimasesta a 4
Legrenzi: Sonata seconda a 4 Op. 10
Vivaldi: Concerto in C major, RV 444
Vivaldi: Concerto in C minor, RV 441
Galuppi: Concerto a 4 in G minor
Vivaldi: Concerto in C major, RV 443
