Program

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin and Cello in F Major, RV 544

I. Allegro

II. Largo

III. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo, Op. 8 No. 5 in E-flat major "La Tempesta di mare", RV 253

I. Presto

II. Largo

III. Presto

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for 4 Violins, Op. 3 No. 10 in B minor, RV 580

1. Allegro

2. Largo - Larghetto - Adagio - Largo

III. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo, Op. 8 No. 1 in E Major "Spring", RV 269

1. Allegro

2. Largo

3. Danza pastorale. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo, Op. 8 No. 2 in G Minor "Summer", RV 315

1. Allegro non molto - Allegro

2. Adagio - Presto - Adagio

3. Presto

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo, Op. 8 No. 3 in F Major "Autumn", RV 293

1. Allegro

2. Adagio molto

3. Allegro 'Caccia'

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo, Op. 8 No. 4 in F Minor "Winter", RV 297

1. Allegro non molto

2. Largo

3. Allegro

Jordi Savall conducts Vivaldi, Tribute to Ospedale della Pietà and to Nature

With Les Musiciennes du Concert des Nations at Festival Jordi Savall 2023

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Cast

Alfia Bakieva — Soloist, Violin

Laura Aubert — Narrator

Le Concert des Nations

Jordi Savall — Conductor

Program notes

Under the direction of Jordi Savall, this tribute to Antonio Vivaldi unites Les Musiciennes du Concert des Nations and the Vivaldi Academia in a project that celebrates the brilliance of Vivaldi’s repertoire.

Inspired by the spirit of the historic Venetian Ospedale della Pietà, this twenty-first century musical “new Ospedale” aims to create an all-female space dedicated to the study, refinement, and dissemination of a repertoire spanning from the pre-Vivaldi era to the dawn of Romanticism (1600–1850). Solo violinist Alfia Bakieva displays all the virtuosity and sensitivity of the Vivaldian style, while narrator Laura Aubert brings a poetic dimension that illuminates the music with a narrative and sensitive perspective. This concert, conducted by Savall, brilliantly succeeds in reviving Vivaldi’s expressive richness while centering women’s voices in classical music performance.

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Antonio Vivaldi