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Franco Fagioli sings Vivaldi and Handel

Venice Baroque Orchestra

,Barbican Hall
Franco Fagioli in Venice

Countertenor Franco Fagioli deploys all his charisma in a Baroque programme with a distinctly Italian flavour.

Franco Fagioli is an artist of extraordinary flamboyance and character – and a voice that gives some idea of what the stars of 18th-century opera must have sounded like. So he’s an inspired partner for the Venice Baroque Orchestra.

This, after all, is the group that according to The Guardian ‘play Vivaldi better than anyone nowadays’ – though if you heard their electrifying Juditha Triumphans at the Barbican in 2016, you’ll already know that. Vivaldi is at the heart of this concert too: arias for Fagioli, plus music by Handel and Geminiani.

Tagged with: Classical music Barbican Presents 2017–18

Programme

  • Vivaldi   Sinfonia in G major, RV 146
  •   Cessate o mai cessate, RV 684
  •   Sinfonia in G minor, RV 156
  •   ‘Mentre dormi’ from Olimpiade
  •   ‘Nel profondo cieco mondo’ from Orlando Furioso
  • Handel   ‘Dopo notte’ from Ariodante
  •   ‘Sento brillar ner sen’ from Il Pastor Fido
  • Vivaldi   Sinfonia in C major from Il Giustino, RV 717
  • Handel   ‘Scherza infida’ from Ariodante
  • Geminiani   Concerto gross in D minor ‘La follia’ (after A. Corelli Op 5, No 12)
  • Handel   ‘Se potessero i sospir miei’ from Imeneo

Performers

  • Franco Fagioli   countertenor
  • Venice Baroque Orchestra  
  • Gianpiero Zanocco   director

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