Vivaldi Meets the Middle East

Antonio Vivaldi: “Grosso Mogul” Violin ConcertoFrancesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso, “La Folia”Georg Philipp Telemann:• Overture,Les MoscovitesandLes TurcsfromLes Nations• Allegro fromConcerto PolonaiseAntonio Martín y Coll:Diferencias sobre la gaytaandPassacallefromFlores de músicHenry Purcell:Curtain TunefromTimon of AthensWolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Rondo alla Turca(Turkish March)Plus, traditional Persian music, Swedish polskas, original compositions fromMohammad Sahraei, and more! Vivaldi meets the Middle East in this engaging and immersive concert experience! Discover the intersection of baroque and folk with Persian music and instruments. Mohammad Sahraei, a multi-instrumentalist and ethnomusicologist originally from Iran, plays the tar, daf, and dayere alongside our Principal Baroque Leader Julia Wedman in this concert of Middle Eastern and European classics. Symphony Nova Scotia also premieres Vivaldi’s “Grosso Mogul” Violin Concerto – one of the most famous concertos of the Baroque era apart fromThe Four Seasons– and performs highlights from Telemann, Purcell, Geminiani, Mozart, and more. “Come on a journey of discovery as we follow the development of music and musical instruments from the Middle East to Europe, finding surprising connections between folk and baroque traditions, featuring the multitalented artists Mohammad Sahraei and Symphony Nova Scotia’s Kirsty Money, who is equally virtuosic on the Swedish nyckelharpa.” ~Julia Wedman