Italian Ensemble Interpreti Veneziani to Romance Gainesville Audience 4/18

Beloved Italian chamber group Interpreti Veneziani returns to Gainesville for the fourth time Sunday, April 18, capturing the romance and mystery of Venice in the University Auditorium.

This group of musical virtuosos made its debut in 1987, immediately gaining reputation for the youthful exuberance and all-Italian brio characterizing their performances. In Venice they play a total of some 350 concerts, with more than 60,000 subscribers to their own season at the San Vidal Church, where Vivaldi used to play, and where his spirit still hangs strong.

Playing on original instruments, specializing in mostly Baroque music, the individual talent of the members, their expertise as soloists and ensemble musicians and the high level of performances have earned the Interpreti an enthusiastic welcome from both audiences and critics alike.

Their most recent major achievements include appearances in the Bayreuth Festival and concerts in Stockholm's Royal Palace during the Water Festival; and in Leningrad's Belozelsky Hall; and participation in the World Vision telemarathon at the Kirov Theater to mark the reinstatement of the name St. Petersburg. Interpreti Veneziani has 15 albums, all on Rivo Alto label.

Presented by University of Florida Performing Arts, the April 2 performance will feature classical works by Vivaldi, Bartók and Bach, among others.

Even though it is difficult to reproduce the Venetian atmosphere and Vivaldi's music in concert halls, Interpreti Veneziani manages to do the impossible - they unfold the silence of the lagoon and the romanticism of the city wherever they go, feeling that no other composer renders Venice better than he does.

Interpreti Veneziani
Sunday, April 18, 2 p.m.
University Auditorium

The performance is sponsored by Davis Monk & Company and Plaza Royale Associates.

Program
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 7, No. 11 - Antonio Vivaldi
Double Violin Concerto in A Minor, RV. 523 - Vivaldi
Fandango Quintet No. 4 in D Major, G. 448 - Luigi Boccherini
Romanian Folk Dances - Béla Bartók
Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1 - Francesco Geminiani
Double Violin Concerto in D Minor - J.S. Bach
Introduction et Tarantelle Op. 43 - Pablo de Sarasate

Ticket Prices: $28.50 - $44.50

Web sites:
University of Florida Performing Arts: www.performingarts.ufl.edu
www.interpretiveneziani.com/index.php?page=26&lang=en

To Purchase tickets, call the Phillips Center Box Office at 352-392-ARTS (2787) or 800-905-ARTS (toll-free within Florida) or call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 (toll-free). Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Phillips Center Box Office, the University Box Office at the University of Florida Reitz Union or from any Ticketmaster outlet, or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Cash, checks, MasterCard and Visa are accepted.

UF students may purchase $10 tickets (with a valid student ID) at the Phillips Center Box Office and the University Box Office at the Reitz Union. Other students may purchase $10 student tickets (in the balcony) at the Phillips Center Box Office.

Performance dates, times and programs are subject to change.
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