The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment plays Bach's Double Violin Concerto and Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3 and 6, plus works by Vivaldi and Corelli, live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, as ...
Classics with NOW: Handel, Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No. 6 Handel’s set of twelve concerti grossi, Op 6, were composed over a few weeks in 1739, and first published for subscribers in the same ...
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons--Concerto In E Major, Opus 8, No. 1, La Primavera; Concerto In G Minor, L'Estate; Opus 8, No. 2, Concerto In F Major, Opus 8, No. 3 ...
One of the most beloved purely instrumental works for Christmas is the Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, known as the "Christmas Concerto," by Arcangelo Corello. We'll hear it in concert at ...
Corelli’s Op 6 set (1714) popularised the notion of the concerto grosso – in which a small group of virtuoso soloists converses with a larger ensemble – while Vivaldi’s 350-plus solo concertos ...