Work: Magnificat in G minor, RV610

Celebrated soprano Miriam Allan headlines this energetic program of music written for the female orphan musicians of Venice's famous Ospedale.

It was hard to choose from the fascinating menu for The Composer’s Echo (the title for this Leeds Lieder Festival), which is described as “a feast of song from the great Western European tradition which fuses poetry and music” by the festival’s director, Jane Anthony.

Die Rückkehr des Ensembles in die Niederlande mit seinem sakralen Vivaldi-Programm geriet zu einer erlesenen Feierstunde.