Jupiter Ensemble with Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano

“Lea Desandre flies weightlessly around elaborate ornamentation, expressive and precise. The Jupiter players and Dunford excel.” — The Guardian

For their first concert in Vancouver, this astounding French ensemble, under the direction of lutenist Thomas Dunford (on his third visit to Vancouver), presents a vocal and instrumental program devoted entirely to the music of Vivaldi, based upon their multi-award-winning 2019 album ‘Vivaldi Jupiter’.

“Vedrò con mio diletto” from Il Giustino, RV717
“Armatae face et anguibus” from Juditha triumphans, RV 644
Lute Concerto in C major, RV 82
“Cum dederit” from Nisi Dominus, RV 608
“Veni, veni, me sequere fida” from Juditha triumphans, RV 644
Lute Concerto in D major, RV 93
“Gelido in ogni vena” from Il Farnace, RV 711
“Gelosia, tu già rendi l’alma mia” from Ottone in Villa, RV 729
Cello Concerto in G minor, RV 416
“Onde chiare che sussurate” from Ercole sul Termondonte, RV 710
“Scenderò, volerò griderò” from Ercole sul Termondonte, RV 710