Photo: Ana de Labra
Music

Fabio Biondi and the charm of Italian baroque

Athens Camerata on Period Instruments

Dates

Tickets

10 — 40 €

Venue

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Sunday
Time
20:30
Venue
Main Stage

Information

Tickets

15, 20, 30, 40 €
Concs 10, 15 €

Introduction

One of the greatest violinists of our times joins forces with the Camerata on period instruments. Biondi in his first appearance in Greece, is accompanied by the renowned mezzo Mary-Ellen Nesi.

Photo: Ana de Labra

What happens when one of the greatest violinists of our times joins forces with the Camerata on period instruments? An adrenalin-charged evening with an Italian baroque flavor...

Performing in Greece for the first time, Fabio Biondi will be bringing his unique artistry to bear on the magical era of Sammartini, Vivaldi, Hassel, Corelli and Geminiani in works whose virtuosity takes your breath away and whose lyricism and sensibility stops your heart; works for strings bearing the signature of the great Italian violinist’s highly personal (and sometimes eccentric) readings.

He will be joined by the Greek mezzo-soprano, Mary-Ellen Nesi, an artist who lights up the international stage with her beautiful voice and the quality of her performances, in Vivaldi’s superlative cantata “Amor hai vinto”.

Program

Giovanni Battista Sammartini
Sinfonia for strings in F major, JC36
Presto / Andante / Allegro assai

Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso op. 6 no 4
Adagio - Allegro / Adagio - Vivace / Allegro / Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi
Strings Sinfonia “Il coro delle Muse” (1740) in G major, RV149
Allegro molto - Andante - Allegro molto

Adolf Hasse
Aria “Vedeste mai sul prato”

Interval

Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso op. 3 no 3 in E minor
Adagio e staccato - Allegro / Adagio / Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi
Cantata “Amor hai vinto”, RV 651
Mary-Ellen Nesi: mezzo-soprano

Violin concerto op. 3 no 9 in D major, RV 230
Allegro / Largo e spiccato / Allegro

Credits

Conductor & solo violin
Fabio Biondi
Mezzo-soprano
Mary-Ellen Nesi
Orchestra
Athens Camerata on Period Instruments