Vivaldi’s Orphan Girls: Virtuosi della Pietà

All Vivaldi Program:
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major RV 383a, from Op. 4 La Stravaganza for violin, strings, & basso continuo
Zeffiretti che sussurrate, RV 749.31 for soprano, strings & harpsichord
Sonata for 2 violins and basso continuo in F major, RV 68
Ascende lieta, RV 635 for soprano, strings, & basso continuo
Concerto No. 12 E Minor, RV 409 for violoncello solo, 2 violins, viola & basso continuo
In turbato mare irate, RV 627 motet in G major for soprano, strings, & basso continuo
Celebrating the young orphan girls under Antonio Vivaldi’s tutelage, whose virtuosic talent and charisma created a musical mecca in 18th-century Venice. 
Kristen Watson, soprano; Susanna Ogata, Susannah Foster, Keats Dieffenbach, violins; Jenny Stirling, viola; Timothy Merton, Jennifer Morsches, cello; John McKean, harpsichord

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