Accademia Bizantina
Vivaldi d’amore
conductor and soloist Alessandro Tampieri
first violins Maria Grokhotova, Lavinia Soncini, Paolo Zinzani
second violins Mauro Massa, Heriberto Delgado, Gemma Longoni
violas Alice Bisanti, Nicola Sangaletti
cellos Giulio Padoin, Paolo Ballanti
violone Giovanni Valgimigli
archlute Tiziano Bagnati
harpsichord Valeria Montanari
four solo violins
Alessandro Tampieri, Maria Grokhotova, Mauro Massa, Heriberto Delgado
Antonio Vivaldi
String Concerto in B-flat major RV 167
Concerto No. 8 in A minor for two violins, strings, and basso continuo RV 522 from “L’Estro Armonico” Op. 3
Symphony “Il Coro delle Muse” RV 149 dedicate to Principe of Poland and Elector of Saxony Frederick Christian
Viola d’amore Concerto in D minor RV 394
Violin Concerto in E minor RV 273
String Concerto in F major RV 138
Concerto for viola d’amore and strings in A minor RV 397
Concerto No. 10 in B minor for four violins, cello, strings, and basso continuo RV 580 from “L’Estro Armonico” Op. 3
“Like a celebrated master / she plays the harpsichord, the violin / the cello and the viola d’amore”: these anonymous verses celebrate Anna Maria, the most brilliant of the young orphans of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, whose art enchanted visitors and inspired the “Red Priest” to teach her the violin as well as the sweet and persuasive viola d’amore, and to compose some of his virtuosic concertos for this complex twelve-stringed instrument, capable of evoking the Orient. The viola d’amore is the instrument that Alessandro Tamperi, long-standing soloist of the Accademia Bizantina, will alternate with the agile violin, proposing concertos from the treasure trove of inventions of Vivaldi’s L’estro armonico, as well as works such as the rare 1740 symphony dedicated to the Saxon prince, the guest of honour of a gala concert at the Pietà.
