Elin Manahan Thomas introduces a concert recorded earlier this year in Belgium, given by the Czech consort L'Ensemble Inégal, directed by Adam Viktora, and featuring soprano soloist and co-founder of the ensemble, Gabriela Eibenova
The music transports us to eighteenth-century Germany, with a focus on Dresden, as a pearl of baroque eastern Germany at its pinnacle. The programme features the foremost composers of the Dresden Court.
Music includes
Johann David Heinichen - Concerto in G, S238, for recorder, oboe and strings
Johann Adolf Hasse - Salve Regina in G, for soprano, strings and basso continuo
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in D minor, RV 242, for violin, strings and basso continuo ('For Pisandel')
Jan Dismas Zelenka - Alma redemptoris mater in A, ZWV 123
Antonio Vivaldi - In turbato mare irato, RV 627.
The music transports us to eighteenth-century Germany, with a focus on Dresden, as a pearl of baroque eastern Germany at its pinnacle. The programme features the foremost composers of the Dresden Court.
Music includes
Johann David Heinichen - Concerto in G, S238, for recorder, oboe and strings
Johann Adolf Hasse - Salve Regina in G, for soprano, strings and basso continuo
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in D minor, RV 242, for violin, strings and basso continuo ('For Pisandel')
Jan Dismas Zelenka - Alma redemptoris mater in A, ZWV 123
Antonio Vivaldi - In turbato mare irato, RV 627.
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