Seattle Symphony: Vivaldi & Handel Arias & Concertos

George Frideric Handel — Overture to Agrippina
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Ch'io mi scordi di te? K. 505
Antonio Vivaldi — Selected works

Julia Lezhneva, soprano
Dmitry Sinkovsky, conductor / violin / countertenor

Handel – Overture to Agrippina
Vivaldi – Arias and duets
Handel – Arias and duets
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5, "Turkish"
Mozart – “Ch’io mi scordi di te?”

Inspired by many boyhood trips to Italy, Mozart infused his Violin Concerto No. 5 with enchanting forms borrowed from Italian operas and orchestral works. Baroque specialist Dmitry Sinkovsky is on hand to showcase this Italian-inspired work alongside passionate arias from Handel and Vivaldi.

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