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Edinburgh International Festival: Queen's Hall Series: Nicola Benedetti and Friends

Nicola Benedetti and Friends

Queen's Hall Series

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Violinist Nicola Benedetti performs Vivaldi and Telemann at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival.

Internationally acclaimed violinist Nicola Benedetti performs concertos by Vivaldi and Telemann, recorded at the Queens Hall in 2018.

Every weekday for three weeks, Radio 3 broadcasts one of the stand-out archive concerts from the Queen’s Hall recital series. Today Donald Macleod introduces internationally acclaimed Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti in a recital from 2018 that demonstrates her baroque violin style in sparkling showpieces for the instrument. She is joined by the distinguished period performance ensemble, the Academy of Ancient Music, under the direction of early music specialist Richard Egarr, for an energetic, witty and joyful Baroque recital featuring a selection of concertos for violin and harpsichord by Vivaldi and Telemann.


Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D, RV 208 'Il grosso mogul'
Vivaldi: Harpsichord Concerto in A, RV780
Telemann: Violin Concerto in A, TWV 51:A4, 'The Frogs'
Telemann: Concerto in C for four violins

INTERVAL: Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Alexander Melnikov perform part of Beethoven's Sonata for cello and piano No 4 in C.

Telemann: Alster Overture-Suite in F, TWV 55:F11
Vivaldi: 'Dresden' Violin Concerto in F, RV292


Nicola Benedetti - violin
The Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr - director / harpsichord


Photograph - Mihaela Bodlovic

Edinburgh International Festival: Queen's Hall Series

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Stand-out concerts from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh over the past decade.

Broadcasts of some of the stand-out concerts from the Queen's Hall series over the past decade at the Edinburgh International Festival.

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