Her CD, Amazone, became Gramophone magazine’s 2021 editor’s choice.ĭunford has quickly established himself as a Vancouver favourite, making a remarkable debut with countertenor Iestyn Davis for the Vancouver Recital Society in 2014, then returning last fall for a delightful solo recital for Early Music Vancouver. Also very much featured on the tour is mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre, a rising star on the European scene with prestigious performances at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the Salzburg Festival, plus regular appearances in opera houses. Their spring tour of North America features arias from some five operas, two lute concerti, a cello concerto and a single example of Vivaldi’s Latin religious music (well, he was a priest, after all).ĭunford is artistic director of the Ensemble, a quintet of strings plus keyboards and organ.

Lute virtuoso Thomas Dunford and his Jupiter Ensemble aim to do something about that. Mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre is a rising star on the European scene. In the 1950s, the introduction of the long-playing record made him, at long last, a household name, though this new renown was based on a pathetically small sample of his enormous catalogue. Then scholars of the 20th century bring-back-the-Baroque movement began to resuscitate his works.

Vivaldi and his music were entirely forgotten.

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