On Wednesday 28th July the Teatro Lirico musical activities in Sardinia continue with eight performances entitled Concerto barocco dedicated entirely to the refined music of the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Alessandro D’Agostini conducts the Teatro Lirico String Orchestra and the soloists are: Maurizio Minore (viola) and Simone Guarneri (double bass).

The musical programme includes: Concerto for strings and basso continuo RV157 in G minor, Concerto for strings and basso continuo RV134 in E minor by Antonio Vivaldi; Fantasia sulla Sonnambula for double bass and strings orchestra by Giovanni Bottesini; Concerto in G for viola strings and continuo TWV 51:G9 by Georg Philipp Telemann; Concerto for strings and basso continuo RV141 in F major, Concerto for strings and basso continuo RV151 in G major “Alla rustica” by Antonio Vivaldi; Suite Burlesque de Quixotte TWV 55:G10 by Georg Philipp Telemann.

The seven other performances are: Thursday 29th July at 9pm at Centro Santa Barbara, Iglesias; Friday 30th July at 7.30pm at the Chiesa Santa Maria degli Angeli, Flumini, Quartu S. Elena; Saturday 31st July at 9pm at the Teatro La Vetreria, Cagliari-Pirri; Tuesday 3rd August at 9.15pm at the Teatro Comunale, Palau; Wednesday 4th August at 9pm at the Teatro Comunale, Arzachena; Friday 6th August at 9pm at the Arena Mirastelle, Carbonia and Saturday 7th August at 9pm in San Pantaleo Cathedral Parvis, Dolianova.

The performance is subsidized by the Fondazione Banco di Sardegna and is realised in collaboration with the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna and the Town Councils of Arzachena, Cagliari-Pirri, Carbonia, Dolianova, Flumini di Quartu, Iglesias, Palau and Pula.