Antonio Vivaldi’s brilliant string writing lies at its heart of the concert program, offered on Tuesday, March 3rd of 2015 at Armstrong Auditorium by Mr. Avital and the Venice Baroque Orchestra, and features several of Vivaldi's sinfonias, concertos for lute, recorder and mandolin, "Summer" from The Four Seasons and also works by Benedetto Marcello and Giovanni Paisiello. And Mr. Avital offers fascinating insights about the VBO, the mandolin; past, present and future, Italy's regional cultures and music, and works featured on the program, presented this week in a special encore broadcast.
This program airs Saturday, October 8, 2016 on Classical 88.7 HD-1.