An all-Baroque concert with Fabio Biondi and Vivica Genaux on tonight’s “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  Violinist and guest conductor Fabio Biondi is the soloist in three “Violin Concertos” by Vivaldi. The chamber-sized CSO is also joined by mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux in arias by Giacomelli, Ariosti, and Veracini.

Tuesday May 8: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts (CSO 18-19)

Fabio Biondi, violin and conductor and Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano

Corelli: Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 4

Giacomelli: Sposa, non mi conosci from Merope (Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano)

Veracini: Giá presso al termine from Adriano in Siria (Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano)

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 222 (Fabio Biondo, violin)

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 271 (L’amorso) (Fabio Biondo, violin)

Ariosti: Questi ceppi from La fede ne’ tradimenti (Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano)

Vivaldi: Agitata da due venti from Griselda (Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano)

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in F Major, RV 284 (Fabio Biondo, violin)

Corelli: Concerto grosso in B-flat Major, Op. 6, No. 11

[fill: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 (Paul Lewis, p; Christoph von Dohnányi, cond.)]