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A tale of two fiddlers: Brescianello vs Vivaldi at St Martin-in-the-Fields

By Mark Pullinger, 12 February 2022
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“La Serenissima is the most Italianate of British Baroque bands”
Reviewed at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London on 11 February 2022
Programme
Brescianello, Overture in A major
Brescianello, Sinfonia no. 5 in F major, Op.1
Brescianello, Violin Concerto no. 5 in C minor, Op.1
Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 violins in G major, RV 516
Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 cellos in G minor, RV 531
Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 violins in D major, RV 513
Performers
Adrian Chandler, Violin, Director
Oliver Cave, Violin
Agata Daraskaite, Violin
Vladimir Waltham, Cello
Carina Drury, Cello
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.