Julien Chauvin and Victor Julien-Laferrière present a flamboyant program on period instruments. Even for a composer as prolific as Haydn, it's hard to compete with Vivaldi in the realm of the concerto!
The Venetian composer left us no fewer than 500 of them, intended for almost every instrument known at the time, and even multiplying the most varied combinations. Such is the case, for example, of Concertos RV 564 and RV 575, for a group of four soloists comprising two violins and two cellos.
Only rediscovered in the 1960s, two centuries after its composition, Haydn?s 1st Cello Concerto was quickly adopted by all cellists for its rich inspiration. It is a contemporary of the equally brilliant Violin Concerto in G major, which takes us back to a time when Haydn had just entered the service of the Esterházy princes.
"Le Concert de la Loge has established itself as a major player in the new Vivaldi generation
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Reservations essential.
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