Il Concerto di Natale
About the Event
Experience classical music like never before in this astonishing performance of masterworks by Vivaldi, Corelli, Dvorak and others at Rome's St. Andrew's Church of Scotland.
A magical Christmas musical journey that will take you from Pachelbel and his famous canon, to Antonio Vivaldi and his Sonata for Strings and the very special Violoncello da Spalla, continuing with the beautiful sounds of Arcangelo Corelli's Concerto “Made for Christmas Eve, to Dvorak's Cavatina, Strauss's Pizzicato Polka and Shostakovic's Romance, ending with the most celebrated Christmas melodies from around the world performed by the string orchestra and piano and great professional voices of the Choir of the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia.
PROGRAM
Johann Pachelbel, Canone in Re maggiore
Antonio Vivaldi — Concerto in do maggiore per cello, archi e basso continuo RV 399
Arcangelo Corelli, Concerto Grosso in Sol minore Op.6 n.8 “Fatto per la notte di Natale”
Antonin Dvorak, Cavatina da Miniatures Op.75a ( trascrizione per archi)
Johann/Joseph Strauss, Pizzicato Polka
Dmitri Shostacovich, Romance (from The Gadfly Op.97a)
Note di Natale — Canti natalizi
Cast / Production
ArchiinCanto Ensemble
Bruna Tredicine, soprano
Tiziana Pizzi, contralto
Patrizio La Placa, baritone
Emilia Nigro, Chiara Politano, Ludovica Simeoli, Cochise Gozzer — violins
Giovanni Nigro — viola
Giovanni Romito — cello
Ombretta Barbiero — piano and cembalo
Alberto Vitolo — cello da spalla and maestro concertatore
