The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ouverture Mitridate
Gaetano Ciandelli Cello Concerto in C
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
Credits
Giovanni Sollima cello
Edgar Moreau cello
Alexander Janiczek violin and conducting
Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw
Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra belongs to the holiest of the holy works in the classical genre. That’s why it’ll be so enthralling to see and hear Edgar Moreau perform the viola part on cello.
Giovanni Sollima is the type of musician who continually aims to astonish and astound with his latest musical discoveries. This year, he’ll be conjuring up a Gaetano Ciandelli cello concerto that he found during lockdown.
Ciandelli was a Neapolitan cellist and composer (dates of birth and death unknown) as was his son, Gaetano, who was a star pupil of none less than Paganini himself. Sollima will be performing this concerto at this year's Cello Biennale for the first time in more than two hundred years!
