The Grand Tour: Venice and the Mediterranean

Free pre-concert talk at 6.30pm

The Grand Tour: Venice and the Mediterranean

Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Tognetti, director & violin
Joseph Tawadros, oud

Marini Sonata for three violins "in Eco"
Tawadros Kindred spirits
Vivaldi Concerto in D minor for two violins
Tawadros Sleight of hand
Vivaldi Concerto No. 2 in G minor "Summer"
Tawadros Eye of the beholder
Vivaldi Concerto in C major "S Lorenzo", Grave
Vivaldi Concert in A minor, Presto
Tawadros Permission to evaporate
Tawadros Give or take
Vivaldi Concert No. 3 in F major "Spring"
Tawadros Dahab (Boundless)
Tawadros Point of departure
Vivaldi Concerto No. 4 in F minor "Winter"
Tawadros Constantinople

Australian virtuoso-violinist Richard Tognetti, acclaimed for his revelatory artistry and scintillating concert programmes, returns following the outstanding success of his debut last season with the AAM. In a five-star review, The Guardian praised the “vibrantly physical dynamic” of Tognetti’s playing and the intensity of his relationship with the AAM.

Expect musical sparks to fly again in this season’s collaboration, when Tognetti is joined by oud-virtuoso Joseph Tawadros for a programme which conjures up the vibrant colour of 18th century Venice’s musical marketplace, a place where folk melodies and bawdy carnival ballads intermingled with motets and court concerti, echoing along the waterways and down the narrow alleys of “La Serenissima”.

TICKETS: £14–£27 (£3 for AAMplify members). Available at www.cornex.co.uk or call 01223 357851