Avi Avital discovered the mandolin at the age of eight, and – with his amazing virtuosity – he’s been instrumental in reviving and expanding its appeal. Together with Il Giardino Armonico under Giovanni Antonini, he is presenting the final concert of our Baroque Weekend. Along with original mandolin concertos by Giovanni Paisiello, we’ll hear Avital’s ingenious arrangements of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. And another instrument from the Baroque era will also make a major appearance: the recorder, brilliantly played by Giovanni Antonini.
Il Giardino Armonico
Enrico Onofri violin
Marco Bianchi violin
Stefano Barneschi viola
Paolo Beschi cello
Giancarlo De Frenza double bass
Luca Pianca lute
Giovanni Antonini conductor
Avi Avital mandolin
Francesco Durante
Concerto in G minor
Emanuele Barbella
Concert for Mandolin, Strings and Continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in C major for Recorder, Strings and Continuo, TWV 51:C1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto, BWV 1060 (Version for recorder, mandolin, strings and continuo)
Giovanni Paisiello
Concerto for Mandolin, Strings and Harpsichord in E flat major
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 (Version for mandolin, strings and continuo)
