Wednesday, January 26, 2011

I Solisti Veneti at the Cairo Opera House

I Solisti Veneti, incontestably one of the best chamber orchestras in the world, specialized in the Baroque repertoire, will play on Sunday January 30, 2010 at 8:00 PM in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House.
With over 300 recordings, a Grammy Award, and a Grand Prix du Disque in its palmares, this Italian ensemble, founded and still led by Franco Scimone will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of Cairo's classical music season.



The program of the evening is as follows:
Giuseppe TORELLI (1658 – 1709)
Concerto in re maggiore Pas.A.2.2.18 per tromba e archi
Antonio VIVALDI (1678 - 1741)
Dall’Opera Terza “L’Estro Armonico”
Concerto n. 10 in si minore per quattro violini, violoncello e archi

Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI (1710 – 1736)
dal Concerto in si bemolle maggiore per mandolino e archi "Allegro" e "Largo alla siciliana"
Arcangelo CORELLI (1653 - 1713)
“Fuga perfetta” in re maggiore di Gallario Riccoleno (*)
Niccolò PAGANINI (1782 – 1840)
“Le charme de Padua” per violino e archi
Giacomo PUCCINI (1858 – 1924)
“I Crisantemi” (1890 **)
Saverio MERCADANTE (1795 – 1870)
“Garibaldi” (sull’“Inno di Garibaldi”)
Giovanni BOTTESINI (1821 - 1889)
Fantasia su “La Sonnambula” di Bellini per contrabbasso e archi
Amilcare PONCHIELLI (1834 – 1886)
“Capriccio” per oboe e archi
(*) Gallario Riccoleno is the anagram of  Arcangelo CORELLI
(**) elegy for the death of Amedeo di Savoia

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