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In March 2021, Sony Classical released our collaborative Italian album “Vivaldi - Paganini – Tartini,” which was immediately nominated for the German Record Critics' Award (2/2021).
Kölner Stadtanzeiger //
“There is no attempt to create a beautiful sound here, not all edges are sanded down. Instead, the listener can always feel the resistance of the material, hear the wood and also the effort that has been invested here...”
Tagesspiegel // 13 March 2021
“The violist and [...] l'arte del mondo play for their lives. Because they know: without the courage to look into abysses, music becomes pedestrian and harmless. This corresponds to the almost erotic power with which Mönkemeyer grabs and adapts these pieces for viola.”
Nils Mönkemeyer, Photo: Irene Zandel
A wonderful encounter with kindred spirits, that electrifies and spellbinds the audience.
Together with l’arte del mondo the fabulous violist Nils Mönkemeyer allows his love for historical instruments to come to life on his Baroque viola. Enjoy a program that features the famous viola concerto by Georg Philipp Telemann, Mönkemeyer’s own arrangement of a Vivaldi bassoon concerto and other beloved favorites.
Program I
Nils Mönkemeyer “Goes Baroque”
Orchestra: 8 – 13 strings, harpsichord, lute
Giovanni Battista Sammartini Sinfonia in A-Major, J-C 62
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Viola in c-minor (arr. from RV 495)
A. Vivaldi Concerto in g-minor, RV 156
Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto for Viola in G-Major, TWV 51 G9
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach Sinfonia in d-minor, WFV I/3
Markus Heinrich Grauel Concerto for Viola in Eb-Major, IMG 1
Program II
‘Virtuosità Italiana’
Orchestra: 8 – 13 strings, harpsichord
Evaristo Felice dall‘Abaco Concerto à Quattro da Chiesa in d-minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Viola in g-minor (arr. of RV 416)
A. Vivaldi Concerto in A-Major, RV 158
Giuseppe Tartini Variations in A-Major from L’arte dell’arco, B. F1
Niccolò Paganini Sonata per la Gran Viola, MS 70