within the Eilat Chamber Music Festival
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A festive and sparkling closing event of the Eilat Chamber Music Festival: Accademia Bizantina hosts contralto Delphine Galou in a program focusing on the finest virtuosic arias of the 18th century by Vivaldi, Jommelli, and Porpora, as well as virtuosic concertos performed by soloists of the orchestra.
Agitata
DELPHINE GALOU - alto
ALESSANDRO TAMPIERI - concertmaster, violin and viola d'amore
ACCADEMIA BIZANTINA
A.Vivaldi
Concerto for strings in G major RV 146
Allegro, Andante, Presto
From Juditha Triumphans RV 644
Aria: Agitata infido flatu
N. Jommelli
From Betulia Liberata, Aria: Prigionier che fa ritorno
A.Vivaldi
Concerto for viola d’amore in D minor RV 394
Allegro, Largo, Allegro
N. Porpora
Motetto: In procella sine stella
A.Vivaldi
Concert for strings in F major RV 138
Allegro, Adagio, Allegro
From Tieteberga RV 737
Aria: L’innocenza sfortunata
From Il Giustino RV717
Aria: Su l’altar di questo nume
Concert for strings in A minor RV 161
Allegro, Adagio, Allegro
Cessate omai cessate RV 684
Accademia Bizantina (AB) was founded in Ravenna in 1983.
Accademia’s music starts from the origin (“AB”), from the very rules of the baroque stylistic language: it investigates them without any addition, elimination or transformation, relying on the sounds of ancient instruments.
This unique performing method began in 1996 with the appointment of its conductor Ottavio Dantone, a true expert of Baroque expressive codes. His system, forged by experience and an ongoing philological study, has allowed AB as an orchestra to approach any repertoire with awareness and honesty. Being able to convey the composer’s authentic intentions to the public is an invaluable asset that has earned AB national and international recognition and collaboration*.
Each performance by Accademia Bizantina, which since 2011 can also count on the prestigious concertmaster Alessandro Tampieri, is an unexpected journey through time, an unparalleled balance between technique, skill, rigour, interpretative culture, intuition and stylistic accuracy.
Accademia Bizantina has recorded for Decca, Harmonia Mundi, Deutsche Grammophon, Naïve, Alpha, Onyx, HDB Sonus. It has received prestigious awards such as the Diapason d’Or, Midem, Choc di Classica, Opus Klassik, Grammy Music Award and Gramophone Awards. Particularly significant are the collaborations with violinists Viktoria Mullova and Giuliano Carmignola, countertenor Andreas Scholl and contralto Delphine Galou; in 2021 got the second place in the world and first place in Europe at Gramophone Awards for the best orchestra of the year.
Accademia Bizantina has performed in the world’s most renowned theatres and festivals, such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center (New York), Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre (London), Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris) and Opera Royal (Versailles); Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Bozar (Brussels), Pierre Boulez Saal / Staatoper (Berlin) Kölner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, ENCPA Beijing, Shanghai Concert Hall, Walt Disney Hall (Los Angeles), Theater an der Wien (Wien), CNDM Madrid, and Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.
