BBC Proms 2020 : Benedetti and the OAE perform concertos for two violins

Benedetti and the OAE perform concertos for two violins , , Royal Albert Hall Violinist Nicola Benedetti joins period-instrument group the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for a celebration of Baroque concertos. Programme Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in D major for two violins, RV 513 (15 mins) George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op. 3 No.2 (12 mins) Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in D minor for two violins, RV 514 (11 mins) George Frideric Handel Radamisto – Passacaglia( 5 mins) Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in A minor for two oboes, RV 536 (7 mins) Charles Avison Concerto grosso No.5 in D minor (11 mins) (after Scarlatti) Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (15 mins) Performers Nicola Benedetti violin Rodolfo Richter violin Kati Debretzeni violin Matthew Truscott violin Katharina Spreckelsen oboe Sarah Humphrys oboe Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Jonathan Cohen conductor About This Event The cavernous Royal Albert Hall auditorium is an ideal space to explore the clean harmonies and the decorative melodies of the Baroque concerto. Period-instrument ensemble the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is joined by leading violinist Nicola Benedetti and partnered with members of the orchestra to perform two-violin concertos by Vivaldi and Bach – Bach’s concerto being composed following a study of Vivaldi. In addition to one of only three concertos Vivaldi wrote for two oboes, we hear Concerti grossi by Handel (borrowing material from his own Brockes Passion) and Newcastle-born Charles Avison responding to the Italian style made fashionable in England by Alessandro Scarlatti. Change of artist Alina Ibragimova is no longer able to appear with Nicola Benedetti and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment due to a family bereavement. Nicola will now appear with violinists from the OAE: Kati Debretzeni, Rodolfo Richter, and Matthew Truscott.