DELÍRIO CONCERTANTE

Part 1 Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música Laurence Cummings harpsichord and musical direction   António Vivaldi Sinfonia da ópera La Fida Ninfa Charles Avison Concerto grosso n.º 5, segundo Domenico Scarlatti Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso n.º 4 Francesco Geminiani Concerto grosso “La Folia”   Part 2 Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música Christian Zacharias musical direction Pieter Wispelwey cello   Georg Friedrich Handel Concerto grosso em Lá menor, op. 6 n.º 4 Joseph Haydn Concerto n.º 1 para violoncelo e orquestra   The Orquestra Barroca and the Sinfónica devote themselves to one of the most important instrumental genres of the Baroque period: the concerto grosso. From Italy comes the music of Arcangelo Corelli, who raised this form to its highest perfection, as well as that of others who took it upon themselves to spread the Corellian model across Europe; the programme thus also includes scores by one of his disciples, Francesco Geminiani, and by his British admirer Charles Avison. The concert features an award-winning cellist, Pieter Wispelwey, who, together with the Orquestra Sinfónica, performs one of the most important works in the instrument's repertoire: a Haydn concerto rediscovered in the mid-1960s.