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Original Sounds

Series R

“The World Upside Down” (Il mondo al rovescio) is Vivaldi’s name for one of his virtuoso concerti, in which high instruments take over low instrumental parts and and strings take over wind parts. The work symbolically embodies the Baroque urge to experiment, as we can experience in all its facets in the series Original Sounds (Originalklang). Vivaldi’s musical headstand can be heard in a concert with the ensemble Gli Incogniti and violinist Amandine Beyer – along with further fantastical concertos by Vivaldi, in performances demanding a maximum of playfulness and technical flexibility.

The entire range of human emotions are explored in Claudio Monteverdi’s vocal music, veering between love and hate, happiness and sorrow, hubris and humility. Cappella Mediterranea’s director García Alarcón has compiled a richly contrasted programme for his ensemble, drawing from the operas and sacred works and pitting the seven deadly sins against as many virtues.

The Berliner Barock Solisten (Berlin Baroque Soloists) comprise members of the Berliner Philharmoniker collaborating with prominent guest artists. Albrecht Mayer, the orchestra’s internationally acclaimed principal oboist, will perform, among other works, Bach’s magnificent A major Concerto, a piece that would seem to support Mayer’s presumption that “Bach loved the oboe beyond all measure”.

The concluding concert in the series is a double portrait of two English composers, the Baroque master Henry Purcell and John Dowland, famed for his moving musical depictions of melancholy. The performers are the French ensemble Jupiter with mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre, who for years have formed a dream team on the Baroque music scene.

Along with your series subscription tickets, you can purchase reduced-price tickets for an additional, star-studded concert. Joining the ensemble Il Giardino Armonico and their director Giovanni Antonini will be the charismatic Avi Avital, who almost single-handedly has earned new popularity for the mandolin.

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Wednesday,

08 Nov 2023,
20:00

Chamber Music Hall