La Notte Di Natale

Evoking the pastoral beauty of the Italian countryside, this selection of joyous seasonal music combines virtuosic solos with characterful dances.  Conjuring a frosty landscape with Vivaldi’s Winter, and two of Alessandro Scarlatti’s most celebratory cantatas – depicting the excitement and astonishment of the shepherds seeing angels in the night.                                                                       

Baroque ensemble Spiritato!, with its  line-up of virtuoso players and soprano Augusta Hebbert bring a dazzling Christmas programme to Oxford.

Locatelli Concerto Grosso Op. 1 No. 8

Scarlatti Cantata Pastorale Non sò qual più m’ingombra 

Torelli Concerto Grosso Op. 8 No. 6

Vivaldi Winter from The Four Seasons

Sammartini Concerto Grosso, op. 5 no. 6

Scarlatti Cantata Pastorale O di Betlemme altera

Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8