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Venice Baroque: Thriving On Vivaldi
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Venice Baroque: Thriving On Vivaldi

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The Venice-based orchestra specializes in vibrant, even daring performances of music by one of its city's native sons: Antonio Vivaldi. Hear the group, with feisty violin soloist Giuliano Carmignola, play an all-Vivaldi concert at Boston's Emmanuel Church.

Hear Venice Baroque Play Vivaldi In Boston

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Love And Lunacy: Vivaldi's 'Orlando Furioso'

Vivaldi's dazzling 1727 drama about true love and lost marbles is based on a 16th-century bestseller by Ludovico Ariosto, an epic that inspired nearly three centuries worth of operas.

Parco della Musica on World of Opera -- 'Orlando Furioso'

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Venice Baroque Orchestra In Concert

Under the baton of harpsichordist and Baroque scholar Andrea Marcon, the acclaimed period-instrument ensemble presents a striking program with a heavy emphasis on Vivaldi, featuring virtuoso violinist Giuliano Carmignola.

Venice Baroque Orchestra In Concert

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Vivaldi: A Man For All Seasons

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Vivaldi: A Man For All Seasons

The Venice Baroque Orchestra, with violin soloist Guiliano Carmignola, brings a dramatic approach to Vivaldi's well-known Four Seasons. The concertos' angular, energetic rhythms celebrate the sound of birdsong and thunderstorms.

Hear Ted Libbey and Fred Child Recommend Vivaldi's '4 Seasons'

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