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Il Pomo d'Oro (Instrumental Ensemble) |
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Founded: 2012 - Venice, Italy / Zürich, Switzerland |
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The ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro was founded in 2012. It is characterized by an authentic, dynamic interpretation of operas and instrumental works from the Baroque and Classical period. The musicians are all well-known specialists and are among the best in the field of historical performance practice. The ensemble so far worked with the conductors Riccardo Minasi, Maxim Emelyanychev, Stefano Montanari, George Petrou, Enrico Onofri and Francesco Corti. Concert master Zefira Valova leads the orchestra in various projects. Since 2016 Maxim Emelyanychev has been its chief conductor.
Il Pomo d'Oro is a regular guest in prestigious concert halls and festivals all over Europe. With the program of the 2016 recording with Joyce DiDonato, "In War and Peace", conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev and awarded with an Echo Klassik 2017, the orchestra is on tour worldwide.
The discography of il pomo Il Pomo d'Oro several opera recordings: George Frideric Handel's Serse, Tamerlano, Partenope and Ottone, Vinci’ s Catone in Utica, Recitals with the counter-tenors Jakub Józef Orliński, Franco Fagioli, Max Emanuel Cencic, and Xavier Sabata, with mezzo-sopranos Ann Hallenberg and Joyce DiDonato and with sopranos Francesca Aspromonte and Emöke Barath. Among the instrumental albums the recordings of Haydn’s violin and harpsichord concertos as well as a cello album with Edgar Moreau received Echo Klassik Awards in 2016. Further instrumental recordings are dedicated to the violin concertos and the harpsichord concertos by J.S. Bach with Shunske Sato and Francesco Corti as soloists. In the year 2018 and 2019 a number of new recordings were published: G.F. Handel Arias with Franco Fagioli, 17th century opera prologues with Francesca Aspromonte, G.F. Handel's Serse with Franco Fagioli in the title role, "Anima Sacra" with Jakub Józef Orliński, J.S. Bach violin concerts with Shunske Sato, and Alessandro Stradella’s opera La Doriclea. At the occasion of Barbara Strozzi’s 400th birthday the album "Voglio Cantar" with soprano Emöke Barath is released in early 2019.
Il Pomo d'Oro is official ambassador of El Sistema Greece, a humanitarian project to provide free musical education to children in Greek refugee camps. Il Pomo d'Oro plays charity concerts and offers workshops and music lessons according to the El Sistema method on a frequent regular basis in various refugee camps in Greece.
The name of the ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro refers to Antonio Cesti’s opera from the year 1666. Composed to the wedding celebrations of Emperor Leopold I and Margarita Teresa of Spain, il pomo d’oro was probably one of the largest, most expensive and most spectacular opera productions in the still young history of the genre. 24 different stage designs, a horse-ballet of 300 horses, a fireworks display of 73,000 rockets, numerous ‚special effects’ – superlatives, which should make the Emperor’s court the highlight of cultural splendor in Europe. |
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Musicians |
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Conductors: Maxim Emelyanychev (Chief Conductor), Francesco Corti (Guest Conductor), Federico Guglielmo (Guest Conductor), Enrico Onofri (Guest Conductor)
Violins: Zelfira Valova (Concertmaster), Federico Guglielmo (Concertmaster), Dmitry Sinkovsky (Soloist), Shunske Sato (Soloist), Alfia Bakieva, Paolo Cantamessa, Esther Crazzolara, Giulio D'Alessio, Anna Fusek, Anna Melkonyan, Daniela Nuzzoli, Stefano Rossi, Evgeny Sviridov, Fani Vovoni, Boris Begelman (Soloist)
Viola: Stefano Marcocchi
Cellos: Ludovico Minasi, Cristina Vidoni
Double-basses: Riccardo Coelati, Nicola Dal Maso. Grigory Krotenko, Davide Nava
Violones: Nicola Dal Maso, Grigory Krotenko
Violas da gamba: Riccardo Coelati, Grigory Krotenko, Rodney Prada
Bassetto: Grigory Krotenko
Oboe: Roberto De Franceschi
Bassoon: Katrin Lazar
Flute: Roberto De Franceschi
Recorder: Katrin Lazar
Lute: Luca Pianca
Harpsichord & Organ: Federica Bianchi, Luca Oberti (Harpsichord Soloist) |
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Sources:
Il Pomo d'Oro Website
Photos 00, 01, 07, 11, 14: Julien Mignot
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2019) |
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Recordings of Bach’s Instrumental Works |
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Conductor |
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Works |
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Francesco Corti [harpsichord] |
Orchestra |
[O-3] (2019): Harpsichord Concertos No. 1 BWV 1052, No. 2 BWV 1053, No. 7 BWV 1058, No. 4 BWV 1055
[O-4] (2020): Harpsichord Concertos No. 3 BWV 1054, No. 5 BWV 1056, No. 6 BWV 1057; Triple Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord BWV 1044 |
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Shunske Sato [violin] |
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Violin Concerto No. 1 BWV 1041; Violin Concerto No. 2, BWV 1042; 2 Violins Concerto BWV 1043; Violin Concerto No. 5 BWV 1056R |
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Links to other Sites |
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Il Pomo d'Oro (Official Website)
Il "Pomo d'Oro" orchestra on Facebook |
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