Haydn, Telemann and Vivaldi

As their Wigmore Hall residency ends, Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini, visionary conductor and recorder virtuoso, are joined by Julia Lezhneva, famed for her crystalline voice and effortless command of the true art of bel canto. The Russian soprano, harvester of five-star reviews, applies her delightful artistry to a selection of arias from Vivaldi’s operas and Haydn’s dark-hued dramatic cantata, with its heartfelt response to Ariadne’s abandonment by her lover, Theseus.

Programme:
Vivaldi Concerto in E minor RV134
Orlando finto pazzo RV727: Anderò, volerò, griderò
Il Tamerlano (Bajazet) RV703: Sposa son disprezzata
Ottone in villa RV729: Gelosia, tu già rendi l'alma mia
Concerto in D for flute, oboe, violin and bassoon RV90 'Il Gardellino'
Giustino RV717: Vedrò con mio diletto
L'Olimpiade RV725: Siam navi all'onde algenti
Telemann Recorder Concerto in C TWV51:C1
Joseph Haydn Arianna a Naxos HXXVIb:2