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LA SERENISSIMA

Director - Adrian Chandler

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"the trademark vitality of La Serenissima's sound is unmistakeable"
- Goldberg Magazine, October 2007

"The two enduring features of this series have been the fantastic sound of La Serenissima and the virtuosic confidence of its director, Adrian Chandler." - Early Music Review, August 2008

La Serenissima was formed in 1994 for a performance of Antonio Vivaldi's La Senna festeggiante (RV 693) and has now firmly established itself as one of the leading exponents of the music of Antonio Vivaldi and his Italian contemporaries.

Since the first CD release in 2003, La Serenissima has been universally applauded by publications such as Gramophone Magazine, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine, Diapason, Fanfare Magazine, American Record Guide, The Independent, The Strad, La Stampa, Gaudisc and the Evening Standard for its performances and recordings on the AVIE label. It has made eight recordings to date and received its first Gramophone Award nomination in 2008 with its second Gramophone Award nomination, for the third volume of The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, following in 2009.

La Serenissima pride itself on bringing works seldom heard to the concert platform, including Vivaldi's Ottone in Villa (RV 729), Giustino (RV 724), Tito Manlio (RV 717), La Fida Ninfa (RV 714), Tremori al braccio (RV 799), the violin sonata (RV 798) and the Concerto fatto per la Solennità della S. Lingua di S. Antonio in Padova, 1712 (RV 212). Rarities by other composers include Albinoni's Il Nascimento dell'Aurora, and Caldara's Cantata per la Notte del Santissimo Natale.

La Serenissima has appeared at many of the UK's leading festivals and venues including South Bank Early Music Festival, Chelsea, Chester, Spitalfields, Warwick, York Early Music Festival, Cambridge Summer Music, St George's Bristol, Snape Maltings and London's Cadogan and Queen Elizabeth Halls. It has also appeared in Italy, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Mexico and Spain to great acclaim.

Current projects and future collaborations include recordings and performances of concertos for flute, recorder, violin and bassoon (The French Connection) and a programme of Vivaldi concerti entitled Gods and Emperors.

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