2019/20 Walt Disney Concert Hall
Baroque (BV1)
Our ongoing celebration of music before 1750 includes these internationally renowned ensembles: the Academy of Ancient Music, Hespèrion XXI with Jordi Savall, Boston Baroque, and Les Violons du Roy with mandolin master Avi Avital, all performing some of the greatest music of the age.
Academy of Ancient Music
Celebrate the holidays with brilliant Baroque music.
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- Rejoice
- CLARKE “Mr. Shore’s Trumpett Tune”
- HANDEL “Rejoice Greatly” from Messiah
- CORELLI Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 7
- TORELLI Trumpet Concerto in D major
- HANDEL Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Intermission
- PURCELL “Sound the Trumpet” from The Indian Queen
- HANDEL “Let the Bright Seraphim” from Samson
- HANDEL Concerto Grosso in G major, Op. 6, No. 1
- BACH “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen” (Exult in God in all lands), BWV 51
Jordi Savall • La Capella Reial de Catalunya • Hespèrion XXI
The incomparable Jordi Savall returns with music from the Golden Age.
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Artists
- Hespèrion XXI
- La Capella Reial de Catalunya
- Jordi Savall director/treble viol
- Lucía Martín-Cartón soprano
- Viva Biancaluna Biffi mezzo-soprano / tenor viol
- Víctor Sordo tenor
- Yannis François baritone
- Juan Manuel Quintana bass viol
- Xavier Puertas violone
- Xavier Díaz-Latorre guitar & vihuela
- Andrew Lawrence-King triple harp
- David Mayoral percussion
Les Violons du Roy
Blistering Baroque artistry from mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital and the Canadian ensemble.
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- VIVALDI Mandolin Concerto in C, RV 425
- BACH Excerpts from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
- BACH Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (arr. for solo mandolin by Avi Avital)
- Intermission
- VIVALDI Lute Concerto in D, RV 93 (arr. for solo mandolin by Avi Avital)
- VIVALDI Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531
- BACH Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 (arr. and transcr. for solo mandolin by Avi Avital)