Avi Avital, Les Violons du Roy, Jonathan Cohen at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall

Bach moves us with his emotional power, delights with his irresistible melodies, and fascinates with his intellectual depth—sometimes all at once! Experience this and more when mandolin superstar Avi Avital joins Les Violons du Roy to perform his own arrangements of some of Bach’s finest concertos. Additionally, he dazzles in his setting of an effervescent Vivaldi concerto, originally written for lute. Avital’s 2015 Carnegie Hall performance of Vivaldi’s music was called “nothing short of electric” (The New York Times). Join us for more high-voltage excitement. Part of: Baroque Unlimited Performers Les Violons du Roy Jonathan Cohen, Music Director and Conductor Avi Avital, Mandolin Program VIVALDI Concerto in C Major for Mandolin, Strings, and Continuo, RV 425 BACH Selections from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 BACH Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041 (arr...

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Bach moves us with his emotional power, delights with his irresistible melodies, and fascinates with his intellectual depth—sometimes all at once! Experience this and more when mandolin superstar Avi Avital joins Les Violons du Roy to perform his own arrangements of some of Bach’s finest concertos. Additionally, he dazzles in his setting of an effervescent Vivaldi concerto, originally written for lute. Avital’s 2015 Carnegie Hall performance of Vivaldi’s music was called “nothing short of electric” (The New York Times). Join us for more high-voltage excitement. Part of: Baroque Unlimited Performers Les Violons du Roy Jonathan Cohen, Music Director and Conductor Avi Avital, Mandolin Program VIVALDI Concerto in C Major for Mandolin, Strings, and Continuo, RV 425 BACH Selections from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 BACH Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041 (arr. for solo mandolin by Avi Avital) VIVALDI Concerto in D Major for Lute, Strings, and Continuo, RV 93 (arr. for solo mandolin by Avi Avital) VIVALDI Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos, Strings, and Continuo, RV 531 BACH Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 (arr. and transcr. for solo mandolin by Avi Avital) Part of Pre-Concert Talks Pre-concert talk at 2 PM: Music Director Jonathan Cohen and mandolinist Avi Avital in conversation with Benjamin Sosland, Assistant Dean for the Kovner Fellowships and Administrative Director of Juilliard Historical Performance, The Juilliard School.

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