London Handel Festival: St George’s Hanover Square, London W1S 1FX

The music

Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710–91): ‘Il pianto di Maria’ (formerly attributed to Handel)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Stabat Mater
Antonio Vivaldi: Suonata à 4 al Santo Sepolcro in E flat
Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in C minor
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Madrigalesco in D minor

The musicians

(Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolette Moonen violin, Anna Curzon violin, Rachel Stott viola, Jonathan Rees cello, Lynda Sayce theorbo, Pawel Siwczak organ; plus Stephen Pedder violin, Catherine Weiss violin)