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Baroque this Christmas: La Notte di Natale with Spiritato! and Cambridge Early Music

By Charlotte Valori, 12 December 2016
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Reviewed at Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge on 9 December 2016
Programme
Locatelli, Concerto grosso in F minor "Christmas Concerto", Op.1 no.8
Scarlatti, Cantate Pastorale per la Nascita di Nostro Signore
Corelli, Concerto grosso in G minor "Christmas Concerto", Op.6 no.8
Stradella, Cantate per la notte di Natale
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.