Orchestra
Vivaldi's "L'estro armonico" with Abendmusik, the String Band
Antonio Vivaldi's L'estro armonico violin concerti are performed by Abendmusik, New York's period instrument string band.
In a program dubbed "Girls on Fire!" the group presents the composer's first collection of printed concerti for one, two, and four violins. Published in Amsterdam in 1711, these concerti are believed to have been performed by the all-female orchestra comprised of students at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice. In honor of women everywhere—and in particular Anna Maria della Pietà, an 18th-century violinist, composer, and teacher who was an orphan at the Ospedale—the group will feature a selection of concerti from the entire collection (Concerti 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, and 12).
Dr. Alison Smith, historian of early modern Italy and professor emeritus at Wagner College, will give a short pre-concert talk on Anna Maria and the cultural life of women in Italian convents during the eighteenth century.
The concert curator is violinist Vita Wallace.
Claire Smith Bermingham, Tatiana Chulochnikova, Aisslinn Nosky, Theresa Salomon - violins
Margrét Hjaltested, Kristina Giles - violas
Caroline Nicolas - violoncello
Patricia Ann Neely - violone
Rebecca Pechefsky - harpsichord
Vita Wallace - violin and Program Curator
Dr. Alison Smith - speaker
ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE
Antonio Vivaldi, L'estro armonico, Op. 3, Part II
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
Read more here about the Abendmusik group and the special guest performers for this event.
Doors open at 6:30pm. Registration does not guarantee a seat; registrants are seated first-come, first served.
This event is in-person only.
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