Vivaldi/ Ensemble Volcania/ Sepec - Villa VivaldiJoy, despair, love, hate, exuberance: in Vivaldi's music, the outermost extremes of emotion connect within the smallest of spaces. Leaping over genres, "Villa Vivaldi" palpably, audibly, and movingly links Antonio Vivaldi's virtuoso instrumental concerti to modern commissioned works that were written specifically for this program. Every moment on stage can be transformed into magic that is the conviction of the VOLCANIA ensemble. The musicians find

Musicians in the project are primarily players with whom Downes has had long associations saxophonist Tom Challenger

the music accompanied a tableau vivant in pre-Raphaelite style of winsome and scantily clothed young women

but also on some of Johnny Mercer's vocal hits

Mournful Congregation or the now-defunct Morgion

living rooms and at local live shows

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cellist with the The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra (Residentie Orkest)

every idea ample space

a funny circus family

two duets with award-winning mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli

Blending power pop & rock

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