Evoking the pastoral beauty of the Italian countryside, this selection of joyous seasonal music combines virtuosic solos with characterful dances. Conjuring a frosty landscape with Vivaldi’s Winter, and two of Alessandro Scarlatti’s most celebratory cantatas – depicting the excitement and astonishment of the shepherds seeing angels in the night.
Baroque ensemble Spiritato!, with its line-up of virtuoso players and soprano Augusta Hebbert bring a dazzling Christmas programme to Oxford.
Locatelli Concerto Grosso Op. 1 No. 8
Scarlatti Cantata Pastorale Non sò qual più m’ingombra
Torelli Concerto Grosso Op. 8 No. 6
Vivaldi Winter, from The Four Seasons
Sammartini Concerto Grosso, op. 5 no. 6
Scarlatti Cantata Pastorale O di Betlemme altera
Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8
Augusta Herbert, Soprano
Spiritato! Ensemble
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