Francesco Geminiani, Concerto Grosso 'La Follia'

COMMANDARIA ORCHESTRA

Aritstic Director / Conductor Francis Guy

Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762):
Concerto Grosso 'La Follia' (After Corelli's Violin Sonata, Op.5 nr.12)

Soloists: Violin: Pavel Rotaru Violin: Marianna Doncheva Cello: Mariliza Papadouri

2nd Festival “Medieval Nicosia” "Concert in Antique Style"
Theme Concert of 'The Commandaria Orchestra'
Venue: "Famagusta Gate", April 9th, 2017

Commandaria Orchestra’s "Concert in Antique Style" presents compositions for string orchestra, based on thematic material (fragmented or in its entirety) from medieval secular music. The composers’ sources were early music manuscripts, folk music tradition, etc.

Τhe Commandaria Orchestra
The Commandaria Orchestra was established in 2009 by The Cyprus Wine Museum. The appellation of the Orchestra is directly linked to the region where The Cyprus Wine Museum is based, at the Great Commandery of Cyprus which was founded by the Order of Saint John. Commandaria is also the universally unique sweet wine of Cyprus. The Orchestra’s main target is to spread the musical culture of Cyprus. Its rich repertoire includes masterpieces from the medieval ages until nowadays.

* Video and Audio Recording by HOOK - Recording Art Studio, Nicosia.